APW Chapter 4--topics of Eurasian Empires, Empires, Classical Era Empires, and Eurasian Empires
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| 215758775 | When did the first empires develop? | during the era of the first civilizations | |
| 215758776 | What were the Eurasian empires of the "classical era"? | Akkadian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Assyrian Empire, and Egypt -- all central to world history for 4000 years | |
| 215758777 | What is an empire? | has: political system with coercive power; larger more aggressive states | |
| 215758778 | What were the larger more aggressive states of an empire like? | conquered other states, use their resources; included multiple people and cultures; no clear line between empires and small multiethnic states | |
| 215758779 | What were the Eurasian empires of the classical era? | Persian Empire - Iran; Greek Empire of Alexander the Great - Greece; Roman Empire - Italy; Chinese Empire (Qin and Han) - China; India - (Mauryan and Gupta Empires) | |
| 215758780 | common problems facing the classical empires? | 1. would they impose their culture on people? 2. would they rule conquered people directly or through local elites? 3. how should they extract wealth while maintained order? | |
| 215758781 | What is the biggest common factor among the classical empires? | ALL EVENTUALLY COLLAPSED | |
| 215758782 | What makes empires so appealing? | imposing size; blood and violence of conquering; satisfaction of watching fall of the mighty; stimulated exchange of ideas, cultures, and values; people and security encouraged development, commerce, and culture mixing |