Throughout history, the conquering of lands has held a large contribution in the development of various civilizations. The remnants of these conquests have celebrated the feats of rulers and their achievements. When military campaigns occurred frequently in the ancient Middle East, the victories of rulers have been recorded through inscriptions, artwork, and stone monuments. Rulers often recorded their conquests as a way to glorify their victory which helped for multiple purposes such as establishing power for both the ruler and his people.
Egypt was home to one the greatest kingdoms on the planet, the Ancient Egyptians. However with their fall Egypt has been in constant control by other peoples. The Mamluks, Napoleon, and the Ottomans all had their share of rule. Then the British
Empires grew rapidly across the Afro-Eurasian region from around 700 BCE to 200 BCE. Some of the most notable empires from that time were the Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and the Qin and Mauryan Dynasties. One of the most impactful and efficient ways that empires could successfully expand was through a powerful military. However, a strong military was not the only attribute that led to imperial growth and was not the most influential part of the empire’s expansion.
The Persian Empire An empire is an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, and that is exactly what the Persian Empire was during the ancient world. First, King Cyrus united two colossal tribes: the Medes and Persians to build the Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire. Before Cyrus became the King of Persia, he grew to be a great leader. Conquering other great empires helped him build most of his great superpower.
According to Ancient history Encyclopedia “An empire is a political construct in which one state dominates over another state, or a series of states. At its heart, an empire is ruled by an emperor, even though many states in history without an emperor at their head are called "empires". At its core, an empire is the domination of one state by another.”
Throughout Western Civilization, there have been multiple cyclical empires. These empires have ruled in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Despite the fact that they have come and gone quickly, they all have still managed to leave their mark and helped influenced the societies. The main Mesopotamian Empires were Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian.
Nick Randall AH 101 9 February 2023 Short Paper #1 The transition between the Old Kingdom of Egypt (circa. 2700-2200 BCE) to the Middle Kingdom (2050-1800 BCE) was not the smoothest. The Old Kingdom, while prosperous at its peak, began to crack as the authority of the Pharaoh began to erode. The authority of priests and the noble class saw the power of Egypt decentralize rapidly.
An empire is defined as a powerful group of nations, territories or people ruled by a single authority, especially an emperor or empress(Dictionary.) There were various Empires that existed in the early centuries of the developing world. The Muslim empires such as the Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavids, were all very powerful and had a lot of achievements. They flourished due to their government, military power, and leaders. Although they were very successful, they dealt with many rises and falls.
Warfare of ancient Egypt (this will include facts about Egyptian warfare and part of a battle) Chariots were very powerful in war and had 2 people on them one was driving and holding a shield, the other fighting with bows and arrows or throwing javelins. Other nations like Hyksos used long spears to kill someone on another chariot by getting close and stabbing them to death, Egyptians never were found of that way and did not use it. Also Egypt used foot solders to kill anyone the archers and chariot did not.
Although the Mesopotamians and Egyptians of 3500 to 1500 B.C.E. were similar due to social hierarchy and power roles, nevertheless, the differences between Mesopotamians and Egyptians are evident with politics. This is because of the way Egyptians saw opposing countries as enemies and how Mesopotamians saw other countries as trading partners. The Mesopotamians viewed their priests as extremely powerful people, believing that priests were connected spiritually to the gods and worked hard to appease the gods. The priests would use this to their advantage. For example, selling amulets to citizens to ‘ward off evil spirits’ was just a business move for the priests to make more money and keep their power.
An empire is defined as an extensive supreme authority across many countries; something that cannot be broken or unrivaled in its glory and throughout the ages there have been many rise and fall situations where an empire can last for decades but also can fall within the mere beginning of when it starts to spread. Ancient empires before the 600BC used several strategies to become successful. One of the methods that made empires successful and sustainable during this period was effective war skills. During this period, empire were usually acquired and created through wars. For instance, Nebuchadnezzar the then King of Babylon made his kingdom very powerful through capturing Jerusalem and bringing it to Babylon in 586 BC.
Ancient Egypt rule for around 300 years, from Syria all the way to Sudan. Before become one big empire, ancient Egypt was consist of smaller cities such as Heliopolis, Memphis, Abydos, Thebes, and Nekhen. All of these cities were located near by the Nile river, before it was united in 3100 BC, the cities were divided into two regions depend on the river flow, the upper Egypt called upstream and the lower Egypt called downstream. The major periods of the kingdom divided into 3 periods, Old kingdom (2575 BC - 2130 BC), Middle kingdom (1938 BC – 1630 BC), and the last is New kingdom (1539 BC – 1075 BC). Between these 3 periods there 2 periods of instability between each periods, they are first intermediate (2130 BC – 1938 BC) and second intermediate
In conclusion we can affirm that Egypt is without doubt a great civilization that is worth to be studied in depth, importance they gave to the scientific advances of that time make us see the magnitude of this civilization, it’s importance and understand why these vestiges are so studied that until today are found and
Ancient Egypt was one of the most dominant civilizations in it’s time. As a whole, Egypt’s population had some of the most diverse jobs. Specialized trade was quite crucial to the advancement in Egypt’s reign. Power was one of the key factors to a successful civilization, during it’s time, Egypt was the most advanced group of people. Good farming seasons and more food led to people being able to branch out and diversify their trades.
In the timeline of ancient Egypt, it is understood that there are three periods of recorded history of ancient Egypt. These three are widely known as the old kingdom lasting for around 500 years (2700- 2200bc approx.), the middle kingdom which went for approximately 300 years (2100- 1800bc) and the new kingdom which lasted for about 490 years (1570-1080bc). Even though that there are three very significant periods, this report will mostly be focussing on the old kingdom and new kingdom. His old kingdom has had many different names but is most commonly known and referred to as the “golden age” or the “pyramid age” (Pharaonic Egypt by dr. Susan J. Herlin, 2003) as it was the time of when the very first pyramids were built.
