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Egypt
Old Kingdom (2686 2181 bce)
Middle Kingdom (2134 1690 bce)
New Kingdom (1549 1069 bce)
First Intermediate Period (2181 1991 bce)
Second Intermediate Period (1674 1549 bce)
*Hyksos, or Rulers of Foreign lands
*Ahmose, Hathsepsut, Akhenhaten, Rameses I - III
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Assyria and Achaemenid Persia: Two Models of Empire
Assyrian Empire Achaemenid Empire
c. 934 609 BCE c. 550 - 330 BCE
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Map of Assyria and Surrounding Civilizations
Assur
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Assyrian relief, c. 800 BCE Assyrian tribute bearer, c. 700 BCE
ivory/bone, 5 5/16in
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Assyrian, Procession of Captives, c. 700
BCE stone, 16 x 15 in.
Assyrian, Procession of Captives, c. 660BCE
stone, 20 x 18 in.
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Assyrian relief, hunters in a chariot, c. 800 BCE
Assyrian, Cavalrymen along a Stream, c.
700 BCE
stone, 20 x 33 in.
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Assyrian, Cavalrymen along a Stream, c.
700 BCE stone, 20 x 33 in.
Assyrian, Armor plate, c. 700 BCE IRON, 2
x 3 in.
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Assyrian, Youth Thrusting a Sword, c. 700
BCE ivory, 1.38 x 1.65 in.
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Persian Empire: Major Rulers and Their Capitals
Ruler
Cyrus [reign: roughly 546 529 bce]
City
Pasargadae
Cambyses [reign: 529 522 bce] Susa
Darius [reign: 521 486 bce] Persepolis
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Persepolis
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Persian Empire: Internal Harmony and Unification
Satrapie :: Persia as Nomarch :: Egypt
Satrap :: Persia as Nome :: Egypt
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Persian Empire: Internal Harmony and Unification
Religion: Zoroastrianism, founded by the prophet Zoroaster
Central Deity: Ahura Mazda
Creation myth of Zoroastrianism: both man and woman emerge from plant,
with same features.
Possible link to [relative] gender equality seen in the empire?
Women on record as receiving equal types of employment, equal wages.
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"I am Cyrus, king of the world, great king, mighty king, king of Babylon, king of the land of
Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters, son of Cambyses, great king, king of Anshan,grandson of Cyrus, great king, king of Anshan, descendant of Teispes, great king, king of
Anshan, progeny of an unending royal line, whose rule Bel and Nabu cherish, whose kingship
they desire for their hearts' pleasures.
When I, well-disposed, entered Babylon, I established the seat of government in the royal
palace amidst jubilation and rejoicing. Marduk, the great God, caused the big-heartedinhabitants of Babylon to...me. I sought daily to worship him. My numerous troops moved about
undisturbed in the midst of Babylon.
I did not allow any to terrorize the land of Sumer and Akkad. I kept in view the needs of Babylon
and all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being. The citizens of Babylon ... I lifted their
unbecoming yoke. Their dilapidated dwellings I restored. I put an end to their misfortunes.
I strove for peace in Babylon and in all his [other] sacred cities. As to the inhabitants of
Babylon ... I abolished forced labour ... From Nineveh, Assur and Susa, Akkad, Eshnunna,
Zamban, Me-Turnu and Der until the region of Gutium, I returned to these sacred cities on
the other side of the Tigris, the sanctuaries of which have been ruins for a long time, the
images which [used] to live therein and established for them permanent sanctuaries. I [also]
gathered all their [former] inhabitants and returned [to them] their habitations.
Persian Empire: Internal Harmony and Unification
Charter of the Rights of Nations
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Saith Darius, the king:
Thereupon that Phraortes fled thence with a few horsemen to a district in
Media named Raga. Then did I send the army against them. Phraortes was
taken and brought unto me. I cut off his nose, and his ears, and his tongue,
and I put out his eyes, and he was kept in fetters in my court, and all thepeople beheld him. Then did I crucify him in Ecbatana, and the men who
were his chief followers I imprisoned in the stronghold in Ecbatana.
-Darius the Great, from the
Rock of Bishtun
While I was in Persia and in Media, the Babylonians revolted from me a second tim
While I was in Babylon, these provinces revolted from me: Persia, Susiana,
Media, Assyria, Egypt, Parthia, Margiana, Sattagydia, and Scythia.
Persian Empire: Internal Discord and Rebellion
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