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Timetable Early Empires
2850-2052
2350-2230
2052-1570
1800-1375
1728-1686
1650-1570
1640-1380
1570-715
1531
1380-1200
1375-1047
1047-612
835-610
715-525
715-559
625-539
559-331 		Egypt : Old Kingdom
Akkadian Empire
Egypt : Middle Kingdom
Old Assyrian Empire
Rule of Hammurabi, King of Babylon
Egypt : Hyksos invasion and rule
Old Hittite Kingdom
Egypt : New Kingdom
Babylon sacked by Hittites
New Hittite Kingdom
Middle Assyrian Empire
New Assyrian Empire
Kingdom of Urartu
Egypt : Kushite Dynasty
Median Empire
New Babylonian Empire
Persian Empire



... Geography, Peoples :
..... Know Halys river, Lake Van
..... Know Peoples : Hyksos, Hittites, Mitanni, Urartu, Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Elamites

... Biography
..... Know early Emperors : Pharaohs Menes, Amenophis IV., Ramses III., Sargon I., Hammurabi, Tiglathpileser III., Nebuchadnezzar II., Cyrus the Great, Croesus

... Imperial policy
..... Egypt : largely introverted-defensive
..... Assyrian Empire : militant, expansive, oppressive-intolerant, glorifying warfare
..... New Babylonian Empire : following Assyrian policy
..... Persian Empire : militant, expansive, tolerating religion & tradition of conquered peoples

... Nat'l characteristics :
..... Hittites credited with introduction of iron forging technology into Mesopotamian civilization
..... Persians Zoroastrians; nat'l game polo
..... Lydia credited with invention of coinage (money)



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