Chapter+5+-+Empires+and+Imperialism

CHAPTER 5 - DAWN OF EMPIRES Really Cool Empires Widget The Brutality of the Assyrians Link to a Series of Lectures on The Greeks

ANCIENT GREECE ACTIVITIES

PART 1 - Go to the [|Companion Website] and complete the Chapter 5 pretest. - Read Pages 125 - 139.

PART 2 - Read Pages 140 - 160. - Answer the questions on page 160. - View the following documents and answer the questions from the CD-Rom: ~ 4.1, 4.2, - Complete the following activities on the [|Companion Website]: ~Map Labeling. ~Chapter Review.

Note: You should email your answers to the questions from the companion website to . However, if you go to the Profile section of the companion website, you can load info there so you won't have to retype it every time.

Each member of the "empire" must add at least five meaningful lines to the outline below (in your own words - please do not cut and paste).
 * CHAPTER 5 - COLLABORATIVE OUTLINE**

The Meaning of Empire
//__I.Empires__// //Extension of rule over other people (usually by conquest), bringing together of diverse people and/or goods under a common ruler. The different types of empires are Hegemony and Dominance. Hegemony is the type of empire where the controlling government let the people of the conquered land follow their own religions and cultures, and are governing with the consent of the governed. Dominance is the type of empire where the government goes in with force and takes over and controls what the people can and can’t do. An example of a government that had the characteristics of an Empire was the Persian Empire. One way the Persians can be defined as an empire is the amount of conquests they had. The conquests for Medes, Lydians, Babylonian, and Egypt. They always wanted to expand and conquer. Another way they can be defined as an empire is because they ruled the people of all the districts under their control with fairness and respect of their religions and customs.//

II. Methods of Empires: The remotest parts of the empire are connected with the capital city. Lines of communication and transportation, sea lanes, and roads are located here. Exotic goods and diverse people are brought together under one common ruler. A centralized rule is included for people of different languages, religions, ethnic origins, and cultural and technological levels. A system of administration is created in an empire to help organized communication and exchange among parts of the empire. The administration must be able to communicate in many different languages of the empire. It may adopt and impose a single administrative language so the empire is universally understood. The administration must establish a legal system with uniformity. Rulers would impose their government through dominance, which is the exercise of sheer power.

III. Causes of Empirical Decline: 1. Failure of Leadership a.inability of empire to select rulers capable of maintaining the structures

2. Overextension of Administration a. inability for the rulers to control the empire while dealing with domestic problems

3. Collapse of the Economy a.difficulty to control and govern

4. Doubts over Ideology- (the thinking group of the nation) a. end of belief in justice or benefit of empire

5. Military defeat a. enemies and colonized people fight

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