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First Age of Empires

Egypt

1570 – 1075 B. C.

Empire Building

Persia

550 – 330 B. C.

·        Pharaohs set up a professional army

·        Pharaohs invaded surrounding territories in African and Southwest Asia

·        Egypt drew vast wealth from the land sit controlled around the Nile River and far beyond

·        Persian Kings were tolerant in their treatment of peoples and cultures that made up their empire

·        Kings permitted a high degree of local self-government, so that conquered peoples enjoyed remarkable freedom

·        The empire was divided into 20 provinces, each ruled by a satrap (or governor)

Nubia

751 B. C. – A. D. 350

Assyria

850 – 612 B. C.

China

221 – 202 B. C.

·        Nubia and Egypt interacted and spread their culture to their trading partners

·        The Kings of Nubia conquered Egypt, ousted Libyan rulers, and restored Egyptian way of life

·        Nubia made use of abundant natural resources to establish trade between Africa, Arabia, and India

·        Assyria developed a sophisticated military organization and state-of-the-art weaponry to conquer an empire

·        The empire engaged in brutal treatment of its conquered peoples

·        Kings used harsh taxes as well as military power to control conquered peoples

·        Confucian and Legalist ideas laid the groundwork for a strong central government and a bureaucracy

·        Chinese emperors of the Qin Dynasty defeated invaders and crushed internal resistance

·        China crushed political opposition at home in a sweeping program of centralization

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