HIS102Y1 Lecture : History.docx
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Multi-ethnic controlled over a large area of land. Political unit, usually larger than a kingdom and often compromising a number of territories or nations, ruled by a single supreme authority. An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state; Supreme political power over several countries when exercised by a single authority. An extensive sphere of activity controlled by one person or group. A metting with a person or thing casually or unexpectedly. Meeting by chance, conflict, exposure to new things. Exchange: the act or instance of giving one thing and receiving another in its place. To provide or transfer in return for something of equal value. Trends to whom they were importing and exporting. Persia- meaning province mesopotamia(tigris, euphrates) babylon (nineveh, ur) Cyrus-founded, created and unified the empire through marriage alliances. Xerxes- under his power it became weak and threatened by the greeks.
