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Chapter 4 First Age of Empires 1570-200 B.C. A Political Unit in which a number of people or countries are controlled by a single ruler Examine the picture on page 88 and list two ways an empire would benefit a merchant and one way in which they would harm a merchant
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Chapter 4 First Age of Empires 1570-200 B.C.
A Political Unit in which a number of people or countries are controlled by a single ruler Examine the picture on page 88 and list two ways an empire would benefit a merchant and one way in which they would harm a merchant __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is an Empire?
A succession of weak pharaohs and power struggles among rival nobles caused the country to fall to invaders HYKSOS (HIHK-sohs) Asian Nomadic invaders Used Chariots Ruled Egypt from 1640-1570 B.C. Hebrews settled in Egypt during this time War and Violence in Egypt
Pharaohs of the New Kingdom overthrew the Huksos Hatshepsut declared herself Pharoah of Egypt Her step son, Thutmose III was a warlike ruler He took over as ruler and possibly murdered his step mother Grew Egypt into a mighty empire stretching out to Nubian Controlled lands around the Nile and far beyond Power and wealth un-like ever before or ever again New Kingdom of Egypt
Invasions by the Sea Peoples Invasions by Palestinian Tribes Empire broke apart into regional units Libyan Pharaohs ruled Egypt The people from Nubian known as The Kush took over after the Libyans were ousted from Egypt Kush King named Piankhi overthrew the Libyans The Kush Kingdom saw itself as the guardians of Egyptian civilization The Empire Declines
850 B.C. Assyria acquired a large empire Highly advanced military State of the art weapons Greatest power in Southwest Asia The Assyrian Empire
Came from Mesopotamia Constant warfare Built an Empire from the Tigris River all the way to central Egypt Glorified military strength Metal armor Copper helmets Leather skirts Iron swords Pointed Spears Assyrian Empire
Spread itself too thin Earned many enemies After defeating the Assyrians the Chaldeans made Babylon their capital city Center of the new Empire Nebuchadnezzar (NEHB-uh-kuhd-NEHZ-uhr – Ruler Highest building was the seven tiered ziggurat more than 300 ft high Astronomers kept detailed records of how the stars and planets changed at night They concluded the sun, moon, Earth and five other planets belong to the solar system The empire fell shortly after his death The Persians would take over Assyrian Crumbles