2. THE MOST IMPORTAN EMPIRES WAS:
• Sumerians
• Persian Empire
• Hittite Empire
3. THE SUMERIANS EMPIRE
• Sumer is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern
Mesopotamia (now southern Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early
Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. It is also one of the first
civilizations in the world, along with Ancient Egypt, Norte Chico, the Minoan
civilization, and the Indus Valley Civilization. Living along the valleys of the Tigris
and Euphrates, Sumerian farmers grew an abundance of grain and other crops,
the surplus from which enabled them to form urban settlements. Proto-writing
dates back before 3000 BC. The earliest texts come from the cities of Uruk and
Jemdet Nasr, and date to between c. 3500 and c. 3000 BC
4. PERSIAN EMPIRE
• The Persian Empire is the name given to a series of dynasties centered in
modern-day Iran that spanned several centuries—from the sixth century B.C. to
the twentieth century A.D. The first Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great
around 550 B.C., became one of the largest empires in history, stretching from
Europe’s Balkan Peninsula in the West to India’s Indus Valley in the East. This
Iron Age dynasty, sometimes called the Achaemenid Empire, was a global hub of
culture, religion, science, art and technology for more than 200 years before it fell
to the invading armies of Alexander the Great.
5. HITTITE EMPIRE
• The Hittites were an Anatolian people who played an important role in
establishing an empire centered on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around
1680–1650 BCE.[2] This empire reached its height during the mid-14th century BC
under I, when it encompassed an area that included most of Anatolia as well as
parts of the northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia.