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From Human History to the Early Civilizations 1 From Human History to the Early Civilizations How to rule an Empire

The Invention of Empire What an empire is…. An empire is a state with politico-military dominion of populations who are culturally and ethnically distinct from the imperial (ruling) ethnic group and its culture The problem of empires: How to govern geographically distant cities? How to maintain your army as a ready fighting force? How to prevent revolts/rebellions?

How they did it- You Tell me.. Mesopotamia (Tigris-Euprhates) Akkadian Empire (1244-612 BCE) Sargon of Akkad Later Empires : Babylonians, Assyrians, Persians Chinese Empire Shang (1751-1111 BCE) Later – Chou (1000-800 BCE) Egyptian Empire King Menes (3100-2686 B.C.)

Groups Group 1 – Mesopotamia Group 2 - Chinese Empire Group 3 - Egyptian Empire Group 4 – Non-Empire = Indus Valley 15 minutes – use text and intertubes….