POLI 381 Lecture 1: POLI 381-lecture 1
14 Sep 2019
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Sumer civilization: 5000 bce, region in the middle east, 12 city states, 4000 bce, it expanded, taken by akkadian, 3500-2000 bce. Babylonia- early: babylonia at the of hammurabi 1700-1000 bce existed, real writing first starts here, hammurabi is a leader, writes laws of hammurabi, epic literature. Babylonia- late: occupied most of the middle east, 606-536 bce. Greco-persian wars-thermopylae: 300 spartans, 700 thespians, 400 thebans and several thousand others, most of whom were killed. Alexander the great: july 356-june 323 bce, 50 years after peloponnesian war. Roman empire: raising in the west, punic wars, rome goes after carthage then called it peace, 264-201 bc, all roads lead to rome, unconvential warfare how rome empire ended. Holy roman empire and central europe c1490 (hungary, ottoman, muscovy, Venice, holy roman, poland, lithuania, teutonic order, papal states. China: 4000-year long history, shang dynasty 1500-1027 bce, zhou dynasty 1027-256 bce, qin dynasty 221-206 bce, han dynasty 202 bce-220ce.
