Transcript Chapter 4- First Age of Empires

FIRST AGE OF EMPIRES
CHAPTER 4 (P. 86-111)
EGYPT
• Pharaohs set up a
professional army
• Invaded territories in
Africa & Southwest
Asia
• Drew vast wealth
from the lands it
controlled
NUBIA
• Interacted with Egypt
• Spread culture
through trade
• Conquered Egypt &
maintained Egyptian
way of life
• Established strong
trade among Africa,
Arabia, & India
ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
• Highly advanced
military organization
& state-of-the art
weaponry
• Brutal treatment of
conquered peoples
• Kings used harsh
taxes to control
conquered peoples
PERSIAN EMPIRE
• Tolerant
• Kings permitted a
high degree of
local selfgovernment
• Empire divided into
20 provinces
CHINA
• Ethical systems laid
the groundwork for
strong government
• Qin Dynasty
defeated invaders,
crusted internal
resistance, united
China
• Centralization
CONFUCIANISM
• Based off teachings of Confucius
• Social order, harmony, & good government should
be based on family relationships
• Respect for parents & elders is important to a wellordered society
• Filial piety
• Education is important both to the welfare of the
individual & to society
• Laid groundwork for bureaucracy (Trained civil
service)
DAOISM
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Based off teachings of Laozi
Dao, “the way,” guides all things
Natural order is more important than social order
Human beings should live simply & in harmony with
nature
LEGALISM
• Highly efficient & powerful government is
the key to restoring order to society
• Punishments used to maintain social order
• Thinkers & ideas should be strictly controlled
by government
QIN DYNASTY
• Emperor Shi
Huangdi
• Unifies China
• Uses legalist ideas to
subdue warring
states
QIN DYNASTY
• Program of Centralization
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Highway network
Standards for writing, law, currency, weights & measures
Irrigation projects
Trade expanded
• Great Wall
• Begun by Zhou rulers, finished by Qin