attitude of first empires to boost trade (tyre, assyria,
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old testament
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account of wars between Israel, Judah, Aram, Moab,…
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battle of Halule
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691BC assyria (sennacherib) against everyone (Chaldeans, persians, zagros kingdoms)
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Ashurbanipal
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last GREAT assyrian king, builder of libraries, conquerer of egypt, medes and persians, second half 7th century BC
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Medes
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first dynasty to rule after Assyrians, took over under Cyaxares in the 7th century BC
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Achaemenids
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persian dynasty, rule late 7th until 4th century BC , Cambyses I marries into median dynasty, Cyrus II founds new dynasty and takes over
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Persian imperialism
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late 7th-4th century BC , middle east : satrapies, propaganda (religious), war
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Persian wars
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499-494 BC, persians against sparta and athens, starts with Ionian revolt
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Persepolis
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persian capital, makes alexander fall in love with luxury
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Mount Behistun
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rock carving of Darius I under wings of zoroastrian deity
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crossing hellespont
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alexander did that and Darius III (persians) left mercanaries in charge like a dumbass
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Seleucids
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one of the post alex-empires, the one in the east, I guess the biggest one but I think ptolemy survived longer in egypt
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phoenicia
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not really unified people, lived around tyre, loved trading, greeks didn't like them
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synoecism
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one of greek ways of expansion where big cities absorb smaller, surrounding ones
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Leagues
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greeks form semi permanent coalitions with some other rules, some even have constitutions
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stenochoria
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greek version of lebensraum
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