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Empires of the Middle East, occupied since the middle of II millennium B.C…
Empires of the Middle East
Caudillo: head of an army or a
community
Deity: a god or goddess
Empire: a group of countries or
states that are controlled by one
leader or government
Flood: a large amount of water
covering an area that is usually dry
Horde: group of nomadic people
who will work without discipline
and violence.
Sorcerer: a man with magic
powers, who is helped by evil
spirits
THE FIRST EMPIRE IN THE HUMANITY
Sumerian, situated to the south of
the old Mesopotamia was the first
and the oldest civilization of the
world. Emerged from settlements
that were unified under military
leaders, such as Lugalzagesi,
Sagon of Acad, Ur-Nammu and
Hammurabi, which we have
already mentioned.
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. Numerous Sumerian cities stood out Babylon, its
capital, the largest in the world for a thousand years.
In addition to writing, develop fundamental inventions to the history of humanity, like:
In wood: screw pump (to raise water to very
high ground), wheel, potter's wheel, wooden
and fur canoes, sailing boats, and rowing
boats.
In metal: saw, tongs, drills, nails, hammers,
hoes, hooks, harpoons, knives, arrowheads,
spears, helmets and backs of copper
SKILL: To identify the great slave empires of antiquity in the
Middle East, highlighting the role of agriculture, writing and
armies.
SOCIAL STUDIES-8TH
PERSIAN EMPIRE
The theocratic monarchy, whose king was considered the personification of god,
occupied since the middle of II millennium B.C. the present territory of Iran, and
extended immensely from northern Greece to the Indus, including Thrace, the
Middle East, Asia Minor and the Caucasus
THE EGYPT OF THE PHARAONS
Around the Nile, an empire that unified under
the authority of a single king, called the
pharaoh, came to the people that inhabited
from Sahara Desert to the Sinai Peninsula by
3100 BC.
INCREASINGLY COMPLEX SOCIETIES
In the primitive hordes of hunters, composed of dozens of people, all did the
same; there were no differences among its members. 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 STATES AND THE EMPIRES
An ancient state was a political organization, or power of organization that
controlled a territory and a subordinated population. The states established a
city like a capital
occupied since the middle of II millennium B.C. the present territory of Iran, and