HIST-151- Chapter 4

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1. Empires and Common Cultures!
2. Today’s Things! n  What’s an Empire?! n  Neo-Assyrians! n  Persians! n  Zhou China! n  What is an example of a “Common Culture”?! n  South Asia! n  Review for Exam 1!
3. The “Classical World”! n  Roughly 1000 BCE to 600 CE! n  Classical societies exist in many places! n  Middle East! n  Mediterranean! n  South Asia ! n  East Asia!
6. The Neo-Assyrian Empire! n  Military Force! n  Tiglath Pileser III! n  Ruling the Empire! n  Administration! n  Relocation! n  Propaganda!
8. Decline! n  Overextension! n  Discontent! n  Destruction--612 BCE!
10. The Persian Empire! n  Origins! n  Cyrus the Great! n  Continued Expansion! n  Darius I! n  A Multicultural Empire! n  Religion & Status! n  Infrastructure!
12. On the Fringes! n  The Sea Peoples (Peleset)! n  From Danube River Valley in Europe! n  Became known as Philistines in Levant! n  Massively disruptive! n  Phoenicians! n  Trade! n  Language! n  Israel & Judah! n  David (ca. 1000-960 BCE)! n  Solomon (ca. 960-930)! ! The Mernepteh Stele
15. Persia and the Greeks! n  Darius (522-486 B.C.E.)! n  Revolt of Ionian cities! n  Attacks the mainland Greeks! n  Battle of Marathon, 490 B.C.E.! n  Xerxes (486-465 B.C.E.)! n  Invasion of Greece, 480-479 B.C.E.! •  Spartan league and Athenian navy! •  Battle of Thermopylae, 480 B.C.E.! •  Battle of Salamis, 480 B.C.E.! •  Battle of Plataea, 479 B.C.E.!
16. The Vedics in Southern Asia! n  The Vedas! n  Organization! n  mahajanapada! n  Castes and Hierarchy! n  Culture! n  The Upanishads!
18. The Early Zhou Empire! n  Origins! n  The Mandate of Heaven! n  Society! n  Economy!