1. BY: JASMINE BUSH AND NIKKI SWEANY
EARLY EMPIRES
BY: JASMINE BUSH
AND
NIKKI SWEANY

2. White Horse Temple gate.
LUOYANG
Who controlled luoyang in 500?
Northern Wei Dynasty.
What kinds of people lived there?
Chinese Buddhist.
Why did they want to live there?
Sacred cities are built there.
The ruins of WangCheng are build under Luoyang.
Notable landmarks?
White Horse Temple.
Empress DoWager Wenming Temple.
Who controls Luoyang today?
Mayor: Duo Hongchang.
In Henan, China.
Intriguing things:
There capitals change many time.
They had over 30,000 Buddhist statues.
White Horse Temple gate.
Wall painting in the Empress Dowager Wenming Temple.

3. Hunting scene showing king Khosrau I.
CTESIPHON
Who controlled Ctesiphon in 500?
The Persian Empire.
What kinds of people live there?
Rich or royal people.
Military.
Why did they want to live there?
At the time it was the largest city in the world.
Major military objective for leaders in Eastern Wars.
Notable Landmarks?
Arch of Tag-I Kisra.
Khosrau I
Who controls Ctesiphon now?
In Iraq 30km south of Baghdad.
Intriguing things:
Captured in 116, but released from captives in 117.
The ruins of Ctesiphon were the site of a major battle of World War I in November 1915.
Hunting scene showing king Khosrau I.
Taq-I Kisra (1932)

4. TEOTIHUACAN Who controlled Teotihuacan in 500?
What kinds of people lived there?
Multi-Ethnic. (Otomi, Zapotex, Mixtec, Maya, & Nahua people)
Why did people want to live there?
Creation myths. Some people thought that’s where life was started.
Notable Landmarks?
Pyramid of the Sun.
Pyramid of the Moon.
Temple of Quetzalcoatl.
Who controls Teotihuacan now?
Its in the Basin of Mexico in Teotihuacan, Mexico.
Intriguing things:
Very Religious.
They have an unknown disappearance.
Got there name from a Nahtuatl speaking Aztec AFTER it fell.
Had many gods, They worshiped the same as Mesoamerican cultures.
Pyramid of the Moon // Temple of Quetzalcoatl.
Pyramid of the Sun.

5. ALEXANDRIA