Egypt
Old Kingdom: 2600-2150.
Middle Kingdom 2000-1800
New Kingdom 1550-1100
1200 Sea People
Egypt under 1 ruler. Later conquered by Hyksos dynasty. But in Late bronze reconquered by Egypt
native dynasty. Pharaoh, expansion onto Nubia and Syria. Akhenaten shizzle. Aton sun god above
Amon.
Dynasty ends with generals succeeding each other.
Sea people: loss in power/land empires. City states more powerful. Phoenicians (+ trade colonies
spread) 22 letters alphabet.
Jews fled to Egypt, go back to Palestine. Claim territory.(1000 bc) Saul 1e, David 2e King, Solomon
3th. Later split in North and South part. Ruled by David’s kin.
750 and later on: Assyrian kings conquered city-states + parts Egypt. Deported regions, Judah vassal
state. Babylon lost independence. Later sacked, later rebuild.
Assyrian empire destroyed by Meden and Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar (605-562) Jews to Babylon.
550 Persian Cyrus defeated Assyrians + Median capital: Persia empire. (Jews back to Israel)
Darius I by coup ruler, killed rightful heir (522): smaller Provinces/Satrapies, fixed tax with governors/
satraps + informers king for control satraps. Xerxes (486)
Sumerians
City states, with specialization. Temple economy with high priest. Later king with bureaucracy and
military.
Start with Sargon who founded the Akkadian empire. Later palace ruled the economy.
2 kingdom: Hittites and Hurrians. And Ur kingdom which fell into dependent city states.
Chariot warriors are the shit (late bronze)
Later Mittini empire Asia Minor.
Religion: Polytheism , King as high priest (god-kin), Gods humanlike with certain qualities.
, Henotheism: there are more gods, but one is the most important.
Economy: Redistribution economy. Through taxes you gain surplus grain, you redistribute this to
elites and civil servants etc. (ALL land is KINGS LAND) (but still markets and barter/trade)
Later combi market economy and redistribution economy. Upcoming private land.
Upcoming silver money as ingots with fixed weights.
Old Kingdom: 2600-2150.
Middle Kingdom 2000-1800
New Kingdom 1550-1100
1200 Sea People
Egypt under 1 ruler. Later conquered by Hyksos dynasty. But in Late bronze reconquered by Egypt
native dynasty. Pharaoh, expansion onto Nubia and Syria. Akhenaten shizzle. Aton sun god above
Amon.
Dynasty ends with generals succeeding each other.
Sea people: loss in power/land empires. City states more powerful. Phoenicians (+ trade colonies
spread) 22 letters alphabet.
Jews fled to Egypt, go back to Palestine. Claim territory.(1000 bc) Saul 1e, David 2e King, Solomon
3th. Later split in North and South part. Ruled by David’s kin.
750 and later on: Assyrian kings conquered city-states + parts Egypt. Deported regions, Judah vassal
state. Babylon lost independence. Later sacked, later rebuild.
Assyrian empire destroyed by Meden and Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar (605-562) Jews to Babylon.
550 Persian Cyrus defeated Assyrians + Median capital: Persia empire. (Jews back to Israel)
Darius I by coup ruler, killed rightful heir (522): smaller Provinces/Satrapies, fixed tax with governors/
satraps + informers king for control satraps. Xerxes (486)
Sumerians
City states, with specialization. Temple economy with high priest. Later king with bureaucracy and
military.
Start with Sargon who founded the Akkadian empire. Later palace ruled the economy.
2 kingdom: Hittites and Hurrians. And Ur kingdom which fell into dependent city states.
Chariot warriors are the shit (late bronze)
Later Mittini empire Asia Minor.
Religion: Polytheism , King as high priest (god-kin), Gods humanlike with certain qualities.
, Henotheism: there are more gods, but one is the most important.
Economy: Redistribution economy. Through taxes you gain surplus grain, you redistribute this to
elites and civil servants etc. (ALL land is KINGS LAND) (but still markets and barter/trade)
Later combi market economy and redistribution economy. Upcoming private land.
Upcoming silver money as ingots with fixed weights.
