1. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 1 Chapter 4 First Age of Empires 1570-200 B.C.

2. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 2 What is an Empire? A Political Unit in which a number of people or countries are controlled by a single ruler Examine the picture on page 88 and list two ways an empire would benefit a merchant and one way in which they would harm a merchant ______________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________

3. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 3 War and Violence in Egypt A succession of weak pharaohs and power struggles among rival nobles caused the country to fall to invaders HYKSOS (HIHK-sohs) –Asian Nomadic invaders –Used Chariots –Ruled Egypt from 1640-1570 B.C. –Hebrews settled in Egypt during this time

4. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 4 New Kingdom of Egypt Pharaohs of the New Kingdom overthrew the Huksos –Hatshepsut declared herself Pharoah of Egypt –Her step son, Thutmose III was a warlike ruler He took over as ruler and possibly murdered his step mother Grew Egypt into a mighty empire stretching out to Nubian Controlled lands around the Nile and far beyond Power and wealth un-like ever before or ever again

5. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 5 The Empire Declines Invasions by the Sea Peoples Invasions by Palestinian Tribes Empire broke apart into regional units Libyan Pharaohs ruled Egypt –The people from Nubian known as The Kush took over after the Libyans were ousted from Egypt –Kush King named Piankhi overthrew the Libyans –The Kush Kingdom saw itself as the guardians of Egyptian civilization

6. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 6 The Assyrian Empire 850 B.C. Assyria acquired a large empire –Highly advanced military –State of the art weapons –Greatest power in Southwest Asia

7. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 7 Assyrian Empire Came from Mesopotamia Constant warfare Built an Empire from the Tigris River all the way to central Egypt Glorified military strength Metal armor Copper helmets Leather skirts Iron swords Pointed Spears

8. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 8 Assyrian Crumbles Spread itself too thin Earned many enemies After defeating the Assyrians the Chaldeans made Babylon their capital city –Center of the new Empire –Nebuchadnezzar (NEHB-uh-kuhd-NEHZ-uhr – Ruler –Highest building was the seven tiered ziggurat more than 300 ft high –Astronomers kept detailed records of how the stars and planets changed at night –They concluded the sun, moon, Earth and five other planets belong to the solar system –The empire fell shortly after his death –The Persians would take over

9. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 9 The Persian Empire

10. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 10

11. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 11