HUMA 1770 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 - Globalization in World History
26 May 2013
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Powerful civilization developed connections between the entire land mass. Height of roman empire, trade took place from pacific ocean to atlantic ocean. Chinese didn"t trade far outside their borders, as a form of protection from invasion. Archaemenids: taken over by alexander the great and his army, 3 most wellknown of persian emperors. Made into northern greece, but weren"t successful in battle. Cyrus created this huge empire by overthrowing the meets who previously ruled this area, and conquest of. Jews captured were released as cyrus"s success and allowed to resettle. Darius failed to conquer greece, and made enemy, whom eventually fought against them. Control maintained by military, by troops, and spying network. Darius the great conqueror of egypt. 515 bc, built massive stone highway, connect to india the royal road . Determined to build a gateway in northern africa. Built canal of mediterranean to red river. The canal that links to red river and mediterranean.
