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EMPIRES OF THE MIDDLE EAST - Coggle Diagram
EMPIRES OF THE MIDDLE EAST
THE EGYPT OF THE PHARAONS
The Egyptian culture developed the
hieroglyphs as a form of writing, until today
some of the pyramids remain, tombs of
pharaohs made by their successors to reinforce their intended divine character.
This empire lasted more than two
thousand years, to the very dis of the splendor of Rome.
Thousands of thousands of slaves built them, to deposit in their interior, in chambers and secret passages, the mummified bodies
THE STATES AND THE EMPIRES
The states established a
city like a capital.
The archeologists had found that the first states appeared between
4000 and 3000 B.C.
Develop of agriculture had been taken, to the west of actual Iran, in
Mesopotamia, and in Egypt too.
THE FIRST EMPIRE IN THE HUMANITY
Its agricultural wealth was based
on the control of the technology of periodic floods of the two rivers in
the middle of which settled their fields and cities, through a system of dikes, ponds
and channels for the irrigation.
In addition to writing, develop fundamental inventions to the history of humanity, like: in wood: screw pump , wheel, potter's wheel, wooden and fur canoes, sailing boats, and rowing
boats.
The high priest king
was considered the intermediary between the gods and the men.
INCREASINGLY COMPLEX SOCIETIES
In the tribes, made up of
hundreds of people, a few individuals differed from magicians, shamans, and
sorcerers who channeled myths, lies and superstitions into the unknown, gaining
influence and often becoming leaders of the tribe.
The development of agriculture
and technology created the necessary conditions what for the society became
more complex
The agricultural and technological development and the success of food
production was converted in slavery.
PERSIAN EMPIRE
The theocratic monarchy, whose king was considered the personification of god,
occupied since the middle of II millennium B.C.
This empire weakened after losing the medical wars against the
Greek.
Its army was one of the most
powerful of antiquity.The king had
a personal army of 10,000 soldiers.