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Gobernant: Mebaragesi de Kish
Capital: Eridu
Monuments: Ziggurats
Perquè?: The culture of Uruk was imposed slowly, however it was not created a great kingdom but it was a country made up of several city-states. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_0N7E7nScc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY05g30v2Xo -
Governant: Lugalzagesi de Umma
Capital: Akkad
Monuments: The White Temple of Anu in Uruk
Perquè?: Once the Akkadian Empire was defeated, its establishment in Mesopotamia and its control, although general, was very weak in the South, with city-states totally independent of the qutu government. -
Governant: Abu Simbel
Capital: Babylonia
Monuments: Temple of Ramsés II
Perquè?: At the end of the 7th century BC, his last great king, Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC, approx.), Ascended to the throne of Babylon, who immediately embarked on a dozen military campaigns to subdue all the small local kingdoms of Syria. -
Governant: Sargón II
Capital: Assur
Monuments: A lamassu/ Riuines de la ciutat de Nínive/ Esfinges
Perquè?: Assyria and his empire were not affected unduly by these tumultuous events for 150 years, perhaps the only ancient power that was not. However, after the death of Ashur-bel-kala in 1056 a. C., Assyria entered a comparative decline for the next 100 years. -
Governant: Ciro II el Grande
Capital: Pesèpolis
Monuments: The fire temple/ Tumba Aqueménida (Naqsh-e Rostam)
Perquè?:
The Persians had no military rivals thanks to their great army, except the Greeks who were superior in their tactics. The Greeks had great political fragmentation against them. In Greece, power was divided between city-states, while Persia was a huge, totally unified empire.
