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Empires of the Middle East - Coggle Diagram
Empires of the Middle East
Complex Societes:
Before Agriculture:
Emergence of agriculture and tecnology:
There was no diference among the members of the norders.
It appeared:
Division of work: farmers, potters
Trade
Markets
Merchants
States of empires:
State:
An ancient state was a political organization, or power of organization that controlled a territory and a subordinated population. States stablished a city as a capital.
Empires:
An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.
After
Before
First States:
4.000-3.000 B.C:
Mesopotamia (West of Iran)
Egypt
3.000-2.000 B.C:
India
Coast of Peru
2.000-1.000 B.C:
China
First Dynasty: Xia
First Empire of the Humanity: Sumerian:
Location:
It was located to the South of old Mesopotamia
It was the first and oldest civilization of the world
Characteristics:
• Its agricultural wealth was based on the control of technology to control floods
• Its capital was Babylon
• Their gods were: the sun, the moon, rivers, and trees.
Contributions to humanity:
Writing: cuneiform
Wood: screw pump, wheel,
Stone: drils, nails, helmets, saw, tong
Egypt of Pharaons:
Location:
It was located around the Nile river
Consolidated by the people from the Sahara Desert to the Sinai Peninsula
Characteristics:
One single king called: Pharaon
Pyramids and pharaon tombs were built by slaves.
Contributions to humanity:
Writing: hieroglyphs
Incredible pyramids and tombs
Persian Empire
Location:
It occupied the present territory of Iran, and extended immensely from northern Greece to the Indus, including Thrace, the Middle East, Asia Minor and the Caucasus.
Characteristics:
-I ts army was one of the most powerful of antiquity. The king had a personal army of 10,000 soldiers, known as "THE IMMORTAL"
It became a weak empire after losing a war against Greece
