conquered the Mesopotamian Empire. They prearranged themselves into self-governing cities. Around the year two thousands three hundred and thirty BC‚ the Sumerian cities were conquered by King Sargon I and the Akkadian Empire was founded. Around the year two thousand and two hundred BC the Akkadian Empire was conquered and a long period of division started. Around the year one thousand and eight hundred BC‚ the city of Babylon attained supremacy and founded a lasting empire. The last great dominance
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Byzantine Empire under Justinian When Justinian became emperor in 527‚ he wanted to build a new Rome by incorporating the ancient Roman Empire. He made Constantinople the capital of the Byzantine Empire and kept the Roman culture along with the Greek culture for more than a thousand years. Justinian helped rebuild the Roman Empire by the many contributions he gave to the empire; he was able to rule a well-structured empire. Justinian was known partly for rebuilding the Roman Empire; he restored
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The Roman Empire was the most widespread administrative and societal structure of Western civilization. By 285‚ C.E‚ the Roman Empire had grown too vast to be ruled from the central government at Rome. The Romans showed a talent of borrowing and improving upon the skills and concepts of other cultures. They borrowed extensively from the Greeks and also from the Egyptians‚ Persians and the Carthaginians. All this was done in an attempt to try to conquer and spread their ideologies throughout the world
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Which features of the Persian Empire did Alexander incorporate for the administration of his empire? The Ancient Greece was divided in city-states that were independent from each other. However they would form an ally if they had a common enemy but when they didn’t they fought against each other. The Persian Empire reached its apogee in the XV century BC. The Persians already dominated the orient and wanted to reach Greece in the V century BC. To stop the Persians‚ the Greco-Persian wars started with
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The Persian Wars: How the Greeks Won The Persian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Greek states and the Persian Empire from 500-449 BC. It started in 500 BC‚ when a few Greek city-states on the coast of Asia Minor‚ who were under the control of the Persian Empire‚ revolted against the despotic rule of the Persian king Darius. Athens and Eretria in Euboea gave aid to these Greek cities but not enough‚ and they were subdued by the Persians. The Persians became determined to conquer
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After the Ionian Revolt of 499 BC‚ the Persians and their king Darius wanted to take control Greece. Persia wanted to extend its territory. And the Greeks had helped the Ionians to revolt against the Persians‚ and had marched to Sardis and burned the city.The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens‚ helped by Plataea‚ and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the climax of the first
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Magalhy Contreras Professor Sinclair History 1301-21005 20 September 2014 U.S. History I Midterm Exam Essay Question from Section II: 3) How and why was Hernán Cortés able to conquer the Aztec Empire? • Hernán Cortés was authorized by the governor of Cuba to do an expedition with six hundred men and eleven ships to try and find the kingdom where lots of gold was expected to be. Cortés was given a gift by the Tobasco people‚ and the gift was a girl named Malinali. Malinali was Cortés’ interpreter
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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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There were many successful empires but some did better than others. The other river valleys or China extended from 2000-200 B.C.E. which was in Asia or east of Greece. Greece latest 750-338 B.C.E and was south of Aksum which thrived through 100-752 C.E. The success of these societies comes from their ability to adapt and overcome the challenges the geography threw at them and that is what shapes history. Even though China was isolated‚ China was able to share ideas and resources through their rivers
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The Persian Wars Eric D. Blanco Persia‚ known as Iran‚ was the largest empire the world had ever seen by the 5th century B.C.E. The name Iran derives from the word “Asyran‚” and during the first half of the first millennium‚ the Iranian-speaking people moved gradually into the area of the Zagros Mountains‚ the largest groups known as the Medes and Persians. According the author of The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC by Philip de Souza‚ The Persians were part of a group of ancient
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