2. Unifying Question
WHAT IS AN EMPIRE?
Tasks of empire
include:
- Administration
- Rulers vs. subjects?
- Resources
The extension of
power by one
people over
other, different
peoples
Kinds of Empire?
Propaganda?
3. TheBIGQuestion:
How can we compare the way civilizations
* gain
* retain
* lose their Empires?
Editor's Notes
We are moving from beer to wine: what was central to our understanding of wine? Empires.
Tasks of empire include:
- Effective communication and administration
Awareness of place of conquered peoples in empire
Unified monetary system
Popular images of empire focus on monuments, opulence, power, and wealth
Formation of large regional civilizations
Note growth in Mediterranean and China.
Civilizations did not really share borders, but contact through trade OR Alexander’s Empire (SYNCRETISM)
INCREASING GLOBALIZATION
Note most of the world is still NOT civilized
Significant population growth, although this was quite slow. Remember most of the world was still not settled, even at end of this unit.