Explain the importance of trade‚ taxation and tribute in the Persian Empire. The Persian people called Darius a ‘merchant’ as an acknowledgement for his ability to renovate the administration and economy of the empire. The introduction of a number of schemes to promote the economy has led to an unprecedented prosperity in all parts of the empire which lasted for half a century. Darius introduced coinage and a uniform system of weights and measures to create a simple trade system. He also fixed
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few. Shortly after 1900 B.C.‚ the Amorites – the Semites from the west who weakened the Third Dynasty of Ur‚ took Babylon as their capital. Gradually and carefully‚ they consolidated their position in the north. By the eighteenth century‚ the Old Babylonian dynasty attained full strength under King Hammurabi‚ who had a long and prosperous reign of forty-two years from 1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C. (Jones‚ 1960‚ page 54). Many of the relics of his reign have been preserved‚ which allowed historians to study
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The first full civilization emerged by 3500 B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley in the Middle East. Relatively soon thereafter civilization developed along the Nile in Egypt‚ and later spread to other parts of the Middle East and one region in Africa. The advent of civilization provided a framework for most of the developments in world history. Additionally‚ the specific early civilizations that arose in the Middle East and Africa had several distinctive features‚ in political structure
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to unsupervised blowouts at home‚ the social calendars of most teens are full of alcohol. Other drugs rise and fall in popularity from generation to generation‚ but alcohol never really goes out of style. From being worshiped by the ancient Babylonians to being forbidden to teenagers‚ alcohol has caused many problems. Today‚ drinking is the drug of choice by teens and causes most wrecks and deaths today. To understand alcohol people must first know the history of alcohol‚ the effects of teen
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predicting the “overthrow of the Assyrian invader” (Hastings 426). Moving on to Deutero-Isaiah‚ the prophecies in chapters 40-55 are thought to have been composed by an anonymous prophet who lived among the Judean exiles during the time of Babylonian captivity (Alter 174). This prophet responds to the major events that had previously taken place. Having over exerted their power
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10th-9th E- Elohim; more angels/dreams; prophets; Israel (Ephraim); 9th-8th D- Deuteronomy; laws; Moses; centralization/monotheism; 621 BCE P- Priestly; Holiness Code; transcendent God; Geneology; 6th Post-exile Criticisms- story best after Babylonian Exile; Texts are composite and incorporate layers from different eras; 3. Genesis- The Primeval History (Gen. 1-11) and The Stories of the Ancestors (Gen. 12-50) Major Themes- Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Human mistakes/punishment);
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believe that it comes directly from God and so cannot be changed. All we can do is "understand" (they wouldn’t even say interpret) it‚ and the right to do so has devolved upon rabbis‚ descendants of the Pharisees who probably began teaching during the Babylonian Exile. The "authentic" understanding of the Torah is encapsulated in the "halachah‚" the law (literally‚ "way"). God is thus the law-giver whose literal words must be obeyed. From this comes the concept of MITZVAH‚ which means "commandment." For
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Pythagoras of Samos‚ or simply Pythagoras is an iconic Greek philosopher and Mathematician‚ who is mostly known as the founder of the Pythogoreansim movement. Pythagoras was raised in the island of Samos located off the coast of turkey but later had moved to Croton‚ a city in southern Italy‚ where he accomplished most of his philosophical work. Pythagoras was a man of many interests‚ he enjoyed mathematics‚ philosophy‚ astronomy‚ and music. And while today he is known as a mathematician‚ in his own
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Jewish captives to help them during the “times of the Gentiles.” Daniel reminds them of God’s supreme power and authority. In the Aramaic section of the book of Daniel‚ Daniel addresses the two Gentile empires during Daniel’s time‚ which were the Babylonians and the Medo-Persians. Daniel reminds them that even though they had Israel under temporary control‚ God had supreme power and authority over them. The book of Daniel is split into two sections. The first six chapters were mostly written in
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Pythagorean theorem is named after the Greek mathematician Pythagoras (ca. 570 BC—ca. 495 BC)‚ who by tradition is credited with its discovery and proof‚[2][3] although it is often argued that knowledge of the theorem predates him. There is evidence that Babylonian mathematicians understood the formula‚ although there is little surviving evidence that they used it in a mathematical framework.[4][5] The theorem has numerous proofs‚ possibly the most of any mathematical theorem. These are very diverse‚ including
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