As soon as people started participating in agriculture we had populations. People started moving to rivers to be able to grow crops. Which had them live by a lot of people. But the starting of an empire is a different story. Empires formed before 350 BC for four main reasons. The reasons are climate change, migrations, new technologies, and administrative innovations. Egypt, Persia, and Neo-Assyrians showed these techniques while building their empires.
One reason empires are built during this time is climate change. A major drought took place in 1200 BC. In Afro-Eurasia they could not support their people, so they migrated to new places. There were also social upheavals occurring all over. The pharaohs in Egypt stored their food and forcing …show more content…
It helped build stronger militaries. Which helped control new territories. The Neo-Assyrians set up what every empire would have; well-equipped armies, deportation, tribute, and road systems. Everybody started building social hierarchies in their empires. The kings are always on top, then the military elites, and then the peasantry. Some hierarchies are based on religion though so the priest would be up near the king. Tribute was important to all the empires. Some made tribute into the form of taxes. In the empire of the Neo-Assyrians they had forced labor that served in the military. They split their empire to be ruled be two different leaders. Plus, their officers in the army were promoted on merit and not birth right. In Persia they built an administrative system that allowed satrapies. Satrapies was when the king split the empire to be ruled by governors in each area that worked closely with the king. Egypt believed that gods and pharaohs worked together. In Gilgamesh they believed that Gilgamesh was “Two thirds they made him god and one third man”. Another example is “The Lord God of heaven, who is also the God of Israel, has made me ruler of all nations on
One reason empires are built during this time is climate change. A major drought took place in 1200 BC. In Afro-Eurasia they could not support their people, so they migrated to new places. There were also social upheavals occurring all over. The pharaohs in Egypt stored their food and forcing …show more content…
It helped build stronger militaries. Which helped control new territories. The Neo-Assyrians set up what every empire would have; well-equipped armies, deportation, tribute, and road systems. Everybody started building social hierarchies in their empires. The kings are always on top, then the military elites, and then the peasantry. Some hierarchies are based on religion though so the priest would be up near the king. Tribute was important to all the empires. Some made tribute into the form of taxes. In the empire of the Neo-Assyrians they had forced labor that served in the military. They split their empire to be ruled be two different leaders. Plus, their officers in the army were promoted on merit and not birth right. In Persia they built an administrative system that allowed satrapies. Satrapies was when the king split the empire to be ruled by governors in each area that worked closely with the king. Egypt believed that gods and pharaohs worked together. In Gilgamesh they believed that Gilgamesh was “Two thirds they made him god and one third man”. Another example is “The Lord God of heaven, who is also the God of Israel, has made me ruler of all nations on