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Ancient Empires/people - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Very powerful army
      - used for weapons like battering rams on wheels
      - Most advanced siege machinery and techniques
    - - 934-607BC
        
        The fall of the Neo-Assyrian empire would bring about the Neo-Babylonian empire
        
        would be replaced by the Persian
    - - use of a messenger system of relay riders
        
        To speed this process up, and to make the movement of troops easier, they built a large network of roads throughout their empire
    - - thousands of tablets have been gathered from archeological work there
        
        among them, the Epic of Gilgamesh
- - - - Hittite warriors on a chariot
- - - - Migrants usually shifted West and some cities had already been built and they happened upon them
    - - 550BC: The king of the Persians, Cyrus the Great conquered the Medes and set out to establish his control towards the Mediterranean
        
        This was the first step to the creation of the Persian empire
        
        His successor Darius the Great continued the conquest and built the largest empire, extending it into Europe
        
        Commercial prosperity of Greek city-states attracted the Persians
        
        Found a pretext to attack when Athens supported the Ionian revolt
        
        Started a long series of wars that extended Persian influence (Greco-Persian wars 499-449 BC)
        
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        Darius referred to as King of kings to set himself above other rulers
  - - - Macedonian king Philip II (359-336BC) reconquered the Greek territories and his son Alexander the Great defeated the Persian army in Afghanistan in 331 BC
        
        Alexander the Great created the biggest empire up till now as he incorporated part of Northern India in his empire
  - - - Later replaced by their own provincial governors called satraps => kept a lot of power in their province
    - - The king was in charge and the final judge in legal matters.
        
        They set up a form of imperial law that all within the empire needed to abide by.
        
        Royal judges were placed throughout the various provinces and implemented the legal system.
  - - - Standardized coinage and predictable tax levies across their empire
        
        After Darius’ reign, Persian rulers began to hoard their wealth rather than putting it back into the society.
      - roads connecting Persia with Anatolia and Mesopotamia
        
        governors were creating army posts, inns and depots on these roads
        
        Armies and messengers could move quickly on these roads
        
        The Persian army was key to maintain control over their empire and it expand it even further.
        
        The core of the army was made up from an elite battalion known as the “10,000 Immortals”. The name comes from the fact that if any of the soldiers were hurt or killed, they would be immediately replaced. This gave their enemies cause to believe they had supernatural powers.
        
        Also famous for their archers and their war chariots with iron sickles attached to the axles.
        
        weaknesses of the army
        
        Having mixed cultures within the army led to each group fighting according to their own customs, using their own weapons and tactics making the army somewhat disorganized.
        
        They had to rely on non-Persians for the navy. (Greeks, Phoenician, Egyptian, and Cypriot sailors)