CHAPTER 4 First Age of Empires. The Egyptian and Nubian Empires

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CHAPTER 4

First Age of Empires

The Egyptian and Nubian Empires

The Egyptian and Nubian Empires

Nomadic Invaders Rule Egypt

Hyksos – ruled Egypt from about 1640-1570 B.C.

Israelites Migrate to Egypt Descendants of Abraham

migrated to Egypt around 1650 B.C.

Expulsion and Slavery Queen Ahhotep and

Kamose – began the expulsion of the Hyksos and enslavement of the Israelites

The Egyptian and Nubian Empires

The New Kingdom of Egypt New Kingdom

Hatshepsut’s Prosperous Rule Hatshepsut

Thutmose the Empire Builder Thutmose III Nubia

The Egyptians and the Hittites Ramses II

An Age of Builders

The Egyptian and Nubian Empires

The Empire Declines Invasions by Land and Sea

Sea Peoples from the north Tribes of Canaan rebelled

in the east Libyan invaders from the

west Egypt’s Empire Fades

The Egyptian and Nubian Empires

The Kushites Conquer the Nile Region

Kush The People of Nubia The Interaction of Egypt

and Nubia Goods and Ideas were

exchanged along the Nile for years.

Piankhi Captures the Egyptian Throne Piankhi – overthrew the

Libyan dynasty and united the Nile Valley

The Egyptian and Nubian Empires

The Golden Age of Meroe The Wealth of

Kush Enjoyed

significant rainfall and an abundance of iron ore

The Decline of Meroe

The Assyrian Empire

A Mighty Military Machine

Assyria The Rise of a Warrior

People Sennacherib

Military Organization and Conquest

The Assyrian Empire

The Empire Expands Assyrian Rule Assyrian Culture

Nineveh – Assyria’s capital

Ashurbanipal

The Assyrian Empire

The Empire Crumbles Decline and Fall

Medes and Chaldeans – burned and leveled Nineveh in 612 B.C.

Rebirth of Babylon Under the Chaldeans Nebuchadnezzar –

restored Babylon as Chaldean king

The Persian Empire

The Rise of Persia The Persian Homeland Cyrus the Great Founds

an Empire Cyrus

The Persian Empire

Persian Rule Cambyses and Darius

Cambyses Darius

Provinces and Satraps Satrap – local governors Royal Road

The Persian Empire

The Persian Legacy Zoroaster

Zoroaster’s Teachings Political Order

The Unification of China

The Unification of China

Confucius and the Social Order Confucius Urges

Harmony Filial piety – respect for

parents and ancestors Confucian Ideas About

Government Bureaucracy – a trained

civil service

The Unification of China

Other Ethical Systems Daoists Seek Harmony

Search for knowledge and understanding

Legalists Urge Harsh Rule Legalism – based on the

idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is key to social order

The Unification of China

The Qin Dynasty Unifies China A New Emperor Takes

Control Shi Huangdi – first

emperor to unify China Autocracy – government

that has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner

A Program of Centralization

Great Wall of China The Fall of the Qin

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