Post on 29-Dec-2015
New Kingdom of Egypt
➲Weak pharaoh's and power struggles led to the fall of the Middle Kingdom.
➲Hyksos ruled Egypt from 1640 B.C.-1570 B.C.
➲Warlike rulers began to restore Egypt's power and overthrow the Hyksos.
Egypt's New Kingdom
➲During the New Kingdom, Egypt becomes wealthier and more powerful than ever.
➲Advanced weapons,archers,charioteers, and infantry or foot soldiers.
➲Strong leadership among the pharaoh's
Strong Pharaoh's of the New Kingdom
➲Hatshepsut spent her reign encouraged trade rather than war.
➲Thutmose III was a warlike ruler who successfully invaded Palestine, Syria, and south into Nubia.
➲Rames II was a great builder and signed a peace treaty with the Hittites.
New Kingdom Declines
➲Egypt was attacked by the “People of the Sea” and the tribes of Palestine and the Libyans from the west.
➲Egypt breaks into independent kingdoms.
➲Libyans ruled Egypt and adopts their culture and way of life.
Kushites Conquer Egypt
➲Egypt enjoyed dominance of Nubia and the Nubian kingdom of Kush for about a thousand years.
➲After the fall of the New Kingdom, Kush becomes a regional power.
➲Nubian kingdoms served as trade corridors that linked Egypt to the interior of Africa.
Kushite Influence and Conquest
➲Egypt influences Nubians.➲Princes went to Egypt to learn
Egyptian customs.➲Piankhi unites the Nile Valley and
overthrows the Libyans.➲Begins the short lived twenty-fifth
Dynasty.
Golden Age and Decline
➲Assyrians push the Kushites out of Egypt in 671 B.C.
➲Kushite royal family settles in Meroe.
➲Significant rainfall and iron ore.➲Aksum overthrow the Kushites
around A.D. 350.➲Four centuries of prosparity.
Assyrians Military Machine
➲Sophisticated military organization, state of the art weaponry, and geography played an important role in Assyrian success.
➲Engineers designed pontoons or floating structures used to support a bridge.
➲Showed no mercy in battle.➲War like people.
Expanding Into an Empire and Rule
➲Assyrian Kings defeated kings in Syria, Palestine, and Babylon.
➲Power extends into Egypt and Anatolia.
➲Chose their own rulers or supported those who supported them.
➲Conquered territories had to pay takes tribute or else be destroyed.
Assyrian Culture
➲Sennacherib establishes Nineveh as the Assyrian capital.
➲One of the largest cities in the world during this time
➲Military campaigns and hunting lions were two popular artistic subjects.
➲One of the largest ancient libraries thanks to Ashurbanipal.
Fall of the Assyrians
➲Assyrian power had spread too thin.
➲Cruelty towards conquered people earned them many enemies.
➲Weak leadership.➲Combined armies, led by the
Medes and Chaldeans burn and level Nineveh.
Babylon Restored Under Chaldeans
➲Chaldeans make Babylon the center of their empire1,000 years after Hammurabi.
➲Was destroyed by Sennacherib.➲Babylon restored by
Nebuchadnezzar.➲Hanging Gardens and Seven Tier
Ziggurat.➲Conquered by the Persians.
Rise of Persians
➲Home of the Persians had rich farmland and natural resources.
➲Dozens of kingdoms rule, but two, Meades in the north and Persians in the south.
➲Cyrus defeats the Meades and extends Persia power into Anatolia and the Fertile Crescent
Persian Rule➲Cyrus was known for his kindness
toward conquered people. Great military leader, also.
➲His son, Cambyses, extended Persian power into Egypt. Was no like his father.
➲Darius extends power into modern Afghanistan and into the River Valleys of India.
Darius Rule➲Darius was a great conqueror and
administrative ruler.➲Divided empire into twenty
provinces.➲Let people keep their way of life. ➲Installed his own governors,
satraps, tax collectors and sent out inspectors called the “eyes and ears.”
➲Royal roads and coined money.
Persian Religion➲Zoroaster was a religious prophet
who taught that two spiritual armies were fighting for possession of a person's soul. You choose.
➲Avesta is the holy book.➲Ahura Mazda- The god of truth and
light.➲Ahriman- The god of evil and
darkness.
Philosophy and Social Order
➲China's values of social order, harmony, and respect for authority were put aside toward the end of the Zhou.
➲Confucius believed these values could be restored through our relationships.
➲Believed in governing wisely.
Confucius Beliefs and Ideas of Government
➲Five relationships- Ruler/subject, father/son, husband/wife, older brother/younger brother, friend/friend.
➲Respect for parents/elders- filial piety.
➲Laid the groundwork for bureaucracy. Stressed education.
Daoism ➲Created by Laozi, stressed that a
natural force called Dao, or the way, guides all things.
➲All creatures, except humans, follow Dao. Natural order important.
➲Argue about pointless questions such as right or wrong/good and bad manners.
➲Government should leave people alone. Studied science.
Legalism
➲Created by Hanfeizi andSi.➲Highly efficient and powerful
government is the key to social order.
➲Harsh punishment and rich reward.➲Thinkers ideas should be controlled
by the government.
I Ching Yin and Yang
➲Iching is a book of oracles that answers ethical problems by throwing coins and interpreting the results.
➲Yin and Yang are two powers that represent the natural rhythm of life and compliment each other.
➲Acupuncture helps to restore this order.
Qin Dynasty
➲Replaced the Zhou Dynasty around the third century B.C.
➲Employed Legalist ideas.➲Ruled by Shi Huangdi.➲Halted internal battles and
opposition to his rule.➲Doubles China size.
Rule of Shi Huangdi
➲Seized the land of noble families.➲Strengthen the truck and weaken
the branches.➲Divides China into thirty-six
districts. ➲Appoints his officials to run the
districts.➲Useless books were to be
destroyed
Shi Hunagdi's Programs
➲Builds a highway network stretching 4,000 miles.
➲Set standards for writing, law, and currency.
➲Irrigation projects.➲Starts construction on the Great
Wall of China.
Fall of the Qin Dynasty
➲Under Shi Huangdi, China was an autocracy.
➲Forced labor and harsh treatment.➲Peasants rebelled against Shi
Huangdi's son. Weak ruker.➲Han Dynasty takes control of China
for 400 years.