Rome’s fiss sseps so Mediseiianean Woild Peisia pais 2 Mesoposamia – Fall of she The Indo-Gangetc Plain The Noish China Plain
piimacy Peisian Empiie
(Mediseiianean
Woild pais 2)
The dissiibuton of Death of Alexander Relatve strength of Around 334 BCE – nothing East of the river Indus, new Struggle, relentless
powei the Great – end of Persia probably made seemed to indicate that the empire was slowly being shaped. struggle remained
World around 500 BCE prospect of unity in King Daiius III Persian Empire was in more Already during Alexander’s life – China’s part.
– one large empire, Eastern underestmate rise of danger than before. Remained his soldiers refused to cross the
ruled by Persian Mediterranean and another ambitous leader: most powerful actor in the Beas Rivei (northern India), lest Between ffh and third
Acheamenid Empire. Middle East. Realm Alexander the Great of region, controlled enormous they encountered the mighty century, pack of
Subjugated realm of split in 4 parts: Macedon – would agricultural economy, gateways army of the Nanda King – warring states – period
unprecedented scale, - Antgonid Dynassy become fatal. for trade, modernized Royal thought to count over 200.000 is named afer, thinned
building on traditons (Macedonian Road, maintained canal between soldiers and 3000 war elephants. from fourteen to
of Babylon, Assyria and heaisland). Discovery of vast territory Nile and Red Sea, facilitated seven. Waiiing Ssases
the Medes. - Atalids (Asia Minor) of gold afer Alexander trade wherever it benefted the Ashoka’s doctrine of harmony Peiiod – started with
Encompassed rich -Psolemies (Egypt) conquered capital of imperial coffers, size of armies rested on hard power, Ashoka the split of the Jin into
irrigaton economies of - Seleucids Persian empire – showed stll unmatched. maintained 600,000 soldiers, three parts: Wei, Zhao
Egypt and (Mesopotamia) it stll had plenty of organized in division of navy, and Han. Rest of the
Mesopotamia, trade multpolar regional reserve. Stll 100.000 of division of infantry, division of North China Plain was
routes between Central order. troops during last batles war elephants etc. divided by the Chu and
Asia and (dozens of cooks, Qin, Qi and Yan, at the
Mediterranean and Third century – Rome servants to perfume Centre o the world had shifed center, shriveled rump
Pontc-Caspian Steppe gradually emerged as Darius), biggest mistake from the Middle East to India. In state of the Zhou,
and Indian Ocean. Afer the leader of the was to allow the wake of Buddhist monks, its whose king’s esteem
its downfall/short Western Macedonians to gain cultural infuence spread from had now become
occupaton by Mediterranean – foothold across Greece to Southeast Asia, and almost negligible.
Alexander the Great, banks of the River Hellespont and leave from Sri Lanka to Kashmir, the
Middle East would no Tiber, city had come defense of Asia Minor to frst southern gateway to China. The Gojoseon
longer know such unity to maturity through mercenaries. Too slow to controlled the Korean
untl conquests of 100s of years of shif Persian armed forces peninsula, nomads in
Mohammed and his fghtng. Most to deter/defeat the north = Xiongnu. In
followers more than fearsome rivals were Alexander. the west lived the
900 years later. the Gauls. mountain tribes of
Persia winked at the Wuzhong, Qiang in
Century afer death of Initally the power worst possible movement today’s Sichuan
Alexander the Great in struggle in the – Persians on the defense province, Shu, Yelang,
323 BCE – Western = Alexander proved Dian in today’s Yunnan
characterized by Mediterranean and himself a superior and Yue, diverse
fghtng between city power struggle in the commander. Fired his conglomerate of tribes
states in Middle East were not troops from the front, with ramifcaton even
Mediterranean, South interconnected. There surrounded himself with across the Red River.
Asia and North China is evidence of Seleucid capable generals.
Plain. correspondence Alexander benefted By 354 BCE – new
about the success of from the feared pretender had already
Anarchy slowly gave Rome, for the rest Macedonian lancer thrown the gauntlet –
way to Eurasian order relatons were scant. formatons, improved Duke Xiao of Qin. Qin
dominated by the two Between 500 BCE and phalanxes, and from had several
heirs of Alexander: 250 BCE – superior military advantages –
Ptolemaies, Seleucids, Mediterranean, engineering. motherland along the
Romans, Maurya Middle East and Wei River was
Dynasty, Han Dynasty. Northern Africa separated from the
contnued to plains by several
Between 500 BCE and transform into one mountain gates.
