HIST 1001 Chapter : World History Up To 1500 BCE Unit 2
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I trade, travel, & cultural exchange: a. Ii persia: the first classical empire: a. cyrus the great/ darius i, b. The persian state: c. the ionian revolt. What is axial age: karl jaspers coined term, refer to period 500 bce- 500 ce, distinguish by great thinkers plato, confucius. Time several great religions: christian, buddhism, of salvation: not coincidence: must be connected-significant, split: full of it; others like idea, were greater contacts. Emergence of large regional empires persian, roman, hun. 2nd center of trade india: roman- red sea to s. continent s. india. For tertiary trade root: china, vietnam, korea, roman, sub-saharan, af. , ethiopia (animal, slaves, great interregional travelers, none than old times, not all the way around world, chinese monks, into india. Ex: herodotus to research egypt, m. east: shows limitation, boarder on fantastical, represent new curiosity, cultural conflict & exchange, emergence large regional empires, come into contact, persian wars.
