Foundations: Early Empires and the
Classical Societies

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Shi Huangdi, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty(221–210 B.C.E.)

Homework for the Week:

• Outline (Cornell Notes) Chapter 3a Civilization Notes part 1 Due: Tuesday.
• Assigned Chapter Outline Due Thursday. (Make Copies for all your classmates)
• Outline (Cornell Notes) Chapter 3b Civilization Notes part 1 Due: Friday.
• Research Cube: Assignment Explained. Due: Monday 30th.

Skills

• How to Write a Thesis?
• How to Write a Paragraph

Changing Role of Women:

• Women in Prehistory
• Why Women's Status Deteriorated? by Peter Sterns.
  • Read the Article and list three reasons why women's status changed with adoption of agriculture.

Early Empires of the Middle East

• Characteristics of Empire
  • Conrad-Damerest Model on Empires.
• Early Empires
  • The Hittites
  • The Assyrians
  • The Persians
• Cultural Contributors
  • Hebrews = Monotheism
  • Phoenician = First Alphabet.

Classical Empires

• Greeks
• Romans
• Chinese Han
• Classical Indian
  • Aryan Invasion
  • Development of the Caste System
  • Mauryan Empire
  • Gupta Empire

Why did the Roman and Han empires fall?

What Empires replaced the Classical Empires in:

1. Mediterranean
2. Middle East
3. Europe
4. Central Asia
5. East Asia