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The European Imperialism was the first instance that outsiders gained control and began to establish and elite culture. The Nile cataracts and swampland blocked movement south. The Romans sent expeditions against pastoral peoples in the Libyan Sahara, but couldn’t incorporate them into the Roman world. IRAN
The Parthians were established by a nomadic leader, and became a major force by 247 BCE.
They helped foster the silk road by being located on the threshold of Central Asia. The shankas were driven southwest along the Himalayas and were dominant from 50 BCE-50 CE Greek states were defended by armies of citizens (mainly famers instead of soldiers, which led …show more content…
The Han expanded bureaucracy.
The Qin stressed central authority.
Gaozu’s troops were trapped by Xiongnu from marching north, so he adopted a policy of pleasing the Xiongnu by buying them off with gifts of rice, silk, and wine. INDIA- 170,180-4, 175-180
The Gupta Empire is an example of a theater-state where their state acquires prestige and power.
During Ashoka’s conquest of Kalinga, hundreds of thousands of people were killed, wounded, or deported.
The Mauryan Empire was India’s first centralized empire. The influence of Hindu-Buddhist culture imported from India led to the rise of larger political entities.
Malay rulers used Sanskrit terms, like maharaja, to put Indian ideas of bureaucracy into place.
Funan (the first major Southeast Asia center) was very prosperous with walled cities, palaces, systems of taxation, and more.
Economic
The Bantu people engaged in fishing, using canoes, net lines, and hooks.
They lived in permanent villages on the edge of the rain forest.
They grew yams, grains, and made oil from pam nuts. Despite political fragmentation, there were many signs of economic, cultural, and intellectual vitality. The network of roads and towns fostered lively