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the long run, Augustus’ fixed payment tax model reduced tax revenue because over-taxation was no longer possible. Based on Gill’s ancient Roman province list, it appears Rome was busy adding new provinces through the acquisition of Mesopotamia and Assyria in 115 CE (n.d.). The lack of adding new provinces after this time must have further slowed tax revenue growth. As time progressed, add-on taxes were established, and even within Italy itself, land taxes on Romans living on the Italian…

3 Para summary: The novel A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage explains important events in history based on and/or affected by the 6 most influential beverages that shaped the path of history by highly influencing cultures and politics. From beer to coca cola, the history of the world is covered from Mesopotamia to today. Approximately 12,000 years ago, the hunter gatherers began to settle after discovering the ability to store cereal grains and farm (among other reasons),…

It is true to a significant extent that the reign of Egyptian leader, Amenhotep III was one of the most significant tenured of all New Kingdom pharaohs. Although individual aspects of Amenhotep III’s rule vary in their own importance, it is undeniable that his reign was extremely significant, presiding over an almost unbroken 40 year period of relative stability and prosperity from. Of most significance in Amenhotep III’s reign was his peaceful and diplomatic foreign policy. In stark contrast from…

The fall of the Roman Republic nearly saw the destruction of Roman civilization. From the ashes of constant infighting between powerful generals and senators, Octavian—the adopted son of Julius Caesar—rose to unquestionable power. This marked the beginning of the Roman Empire. Octavian, given the title Augustus, was regarded as the example that each emperor would model his reign after. In order to stay in power, the emperors had to ensure political dominance and foster unity among the people.…

In the past, during the Old Stone Age, everyone was mostly nomadic, meaning they migrated moving from place to place to follow game animals and ripening fruit for survival. Also, during this time early religious beliefs were called animism and that is the belief that the world was full of spirits and forces that might reside in animals, objects, or dreams. Yet, multiple years later there was a Neolithic agriculture revolution, people begin to grow their own crops, which gave them a reason to…

1. The flourishing of Egyptian and Nubian societies along the Nile River can be attributed largely to the shift in climate which happened in North Africa during the 6th millennium B.C.E.; the general migration of the Sudanic nomads disseminated itself over time along the Nile Delta, and down the river itself. 2. Until the completion of the Aswan Dam (1968), the Nile always flooded yearly, creating floodplains and leaving alluvial mineral deposits in the downstream soil which made it very…

Arinna, he is likewise served, and serves the “the victorious Storm-god, my lord, Mezzulla and all the [the gods]. Reverberating more than six centuries later, this ideal of absolute piety appears in the Tang-I Var Inscription, as Sargon the king of Assyria was by “Marduk, the gods [my helps] granted [me] a kingship [without] equal” and for his…

status, in turn, affected the message which God wanted to reach his people (Arnold & Beyer, 2015). During the response of Isiah to the call of God, there were only about twenty years until Israel (the Nothern Kingdom) would fall to the people of Assyria (Arnold & Beyer, 2015). This provided a pivotal time since Judah was forced to make a decision as to whether they would use the conquering of Isreal as an example to leading to reform or follow the Israelites (Arnold & Beyer, 2015). This was…

In order to understand the true meaning of the Bible, it is necessary for one understands the overall contextual story of the bible. The story of the Bible consists of God's promises to a man named Abraham, and the process through which God fulfills those three promises. The story begins when God made the universe. He created the Heavens and the Earth and then he filled the Earth with his creations. These included the sun and the stars, and the flora and the fauna, but most importantly, God…

The environment is known as the natural world in which we live. It is the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. The environment affects our society everyday. What we decide to do during the day, where we go to vacation, and ultimately where we live. Luckily for us, our society and civilization had already been established with certain rules and customs. Those people who lived in the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greek culture believed that the…