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Topic 6 Empires of the Middle East - Coggle Diagram
Topic 6 Empires of the Middle East
Complex societies
Before Agriculture
There was no difference among the members of the hordes
Emergence of Agriculture and Technology
It appeared:
Division of work: farmers, potters.
Trade
Markets
Merchants
Result:
The bosses reserved the monopoly of forces and Information.
Control
First empires 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 pharaohs
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
Its 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
Contributions to humanity
Excellent irrigation system: Qanat
States and Empires
State
An ancient state was a political organization that controlled a territory and a subordinate population. States sablished a city as a capital.
Empire
An expensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.
comparation
Before
After
First states
4.000- 3,000 B. C
Mesopotamia (West of Iran)
Egypt
3.000-2.000 B.C
India
Coast of peru
2.000-1.000B.C
China
First Dynasty: Xia
