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Sargon, the leader of the Akkadians, took over the Sumerian city-states, establishing the first empire. -
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Sargon's grandson took charge after his father of the Akkadian Empire
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The Akkadian Empire fell from attacks from neighboring kingdoms -
Hammurabi came to power, making the Babylonian Empire -
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After the death of Hammurabi, the kings after him were not able to keep the kingdom united, later falling to invaders
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After driving away the Hyksos out of Egypt after they conquered it, the pharaoh Ahmose 1 reunited Egypt, establishing the New Kingdom -
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Construction of magnificent nw buildings and temples. Military superiority kept the empire strong
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Invasions from the "Sea People" destroyed Egyptian power i Canaan, driving the Egyptians back to their old frontiers, resulting in the collapse of the New Kingdom
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After the New Kingdom's collapse, the area south of Egypts called Nubia, decided to establish itself as an independent state. -
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Thanks to their exploitation of iron weapons, they were able to establish an empire by this date -
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This was caused by the Assyrians -
Thanks to a coalition of Chaldeans and Medes, the Assyrians fell by this date -
Under the rule of the King Cyrus, these Indo-Europeans rose to power, making the powerful state of Persia. -
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After the collapse of the Assyrian Empire, the Chaldean king Nebuchadnezzar II made babylon the leading state in western Asia, but then fell to the Persians
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Thanks to struggles for the throne, the Greek Ruler Alexander the Great conquered Persia by this time -
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The overall problem with these civilizations was that they were to focused on conquest and spreading their empire. We see these different empires that focus on conquest fall between a short period of time, compared to a semi peaceful empire like the Kush Empire that relied on trading. Even though they tried taking over Egypt but failed, they still prospered for a long period of time. What these civilizations should have done was focused on keeping their empire stable, instead of taking over land
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They should have lived peacefully instead of having hate for other empires. If they were peaceful, then they wouldn't be focused on taking over empires, resulting in their fall. Another way the people could have lived differently to make their lives better was to focus on jobs that would help keep the empire stable. If you have devoted people that would work on fixing buildings, farming, building, trading, ect..
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The leaders should have been peaceful and mindful of consequences. If they were wise, then they would see that their actions would lead to consequences. Also they should have been leaders that focused on keeping his kingdom and people stable, instead of forgetting that and just going to conquer foreign empires, resulting in their fall. They shouldn't be a leader focused on power and fear, but a kind yet powerful leader.