Intro to part 2 & chapter 3 (State & Empire)



After reading the intro to part 2 from the book, I found many things that interested me. One thing that stood out to me was how early religions became popular around 500 B.C.E. At that time Hinduism, and Buddhism in India; Greek rationalism; and judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam in the middle east. All of these religions, according to the book, have provided the moral 
and spiritual framework that are in people's worlds today. It emphasizes that all these philosophical and religious systems have been the product of second 
and third wave civilizations. To continue on, chapter three brings up the states 
and empires in Eurasia and North Africa. I came up to the page where it had a 
layout of the map of time that dates from 750 B.C.E, and all the way to the 5th century. A thing I found that interested me was how the era of greek 
city-states started all the way from 750 B.C.E. that included the city of rome... and fast track to the 5th century, Rome becomes an empire and collapses. It is crazy how it all started from little cities that ended up becoming empires and then later on ended up collapsing a couple centuries later. Other empires that were also big during this time was the Persian empire. The Persians had the biggest land and army compared to their rivals. They had land from Babylonia, that stretched all the way to Hindu Kush-India. 
The Persians had a god named Ahura Mazda. He was a king, an absolute monarch that was more than willing to crush rebellious regions or officials. To the point where he killed someone that interrupted him while he was speaking. I believe that even though that isn't something nice to do, but I do believe that a king, or a ruler during 500 B.C.E should be powerful and someone that people can follow. Even if it means he has to kill someone to show how strong or powerful he is. The book continues on talking about other empires like the romans, the greeks, and many more. My favorite of all these had to be the Greeks. The Greeks brought us many things including Zues and Apollo. I enjoy reading about the greeks because they are very interesting to learn about. Everything they have done, we still relate to it today in the 20th century.















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  1. Reilly PatersonOctober 15, 2018 at 7:35 PM

    I liked how much detail you went into about the Romans, Persians, and Greeks! I also like that you shared which one you enjoyed reading about more.

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