1. From Human History to the Early Civilizations1
From Human History to the Early Civilizations
How to rule an Empire

2. 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?

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

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