When God Marduk killed Tiamat and became the god of Babylon, the idea of kingship and legitimacy grew, however, when Babylon was conquered by the Persian Empire, it was a start of the Achaemenids Empire to expand its power and rule from Babylon to Egypt and other parts of Asia. By then God Marduk wanted to find a new king for Babylon. In 539 BCE, Cyrus the great, the founder of the Achaemenids Empire, one of the biggest empire the world could ever see (WOTW). Cyrus became the king of Anshan with request
Ancient Egyptian culture flourished around religious effects that impacted them with new developments of Egypt religion. It had a huge impact in their society since their civilization due to their advance in bureaucracy of a strong hierarchy. It is based on their indigenous beliefs of their own traditional worships of gods that influenced Egyptians who were profoundly religious, advanced in the modernization of technology and severely separated by roles of each gender. The evolution of Egypt's divine
The mighty benevolent Ramesses were a leader, warrior, protector, and God to his people in ancient times. The son of Seti I and queen Tuya the idea that Ramesses was perceived as the highest of all the ancient Egyptian Gods in his time was a fascinating factor. However, how and why the people thought of him as a God was an amazing phenomenon. There would not a pharaoh like him for years to come, the ancient Egyptian people where aware of this fact and that is why they were loyal as well as able to
The Early Historic Period was a period of change. It began in the 6th century BCE, a time often considered to be a turning point in early Indian history. This is so, because, for the very first time in Ancient India, we witness the emergence of several known political entities known as the mahajanapadas. The mahajanapadas were kingdom states that covered greater parts of Northern India and through them, social, political and cultural complexities began to tangibly take shape. The period under question
At first glance, Sparta and Athens appeared as two very different poleis of Ancient Greece. However, if one examined the pair more closely, they could see more similarities. Nevertheless, the similarities are on a broader level and differences still remained. Both Sparta and Athens fit the definition of a polis. I would define a polis as city-state – an urban center with countryside. An essential factor is some amount of unity. With this, the people of city-state could band together and take
The empire of Rome had many wide-spread influences and cultures. For instance, in the era of Old Rome the purpose was about worshipping emperors such as Augustus and Caesar. During the New Rome Era they worshipped Christ, just only emperors. These been religiously influenced by Christianity or Judaism. But, there are two beautifully perfect pieces that bridge the two Eras together. First is “Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius” and the other is “Justinian”. They both look similar because Justinian
Throughout history, civilizations have thrived and existed due to having some authoritative system. Certain types of authoritative systems can cause a civilization to prosper greatly, but the wrong type of organization could possibly cause a civilization to languish, be taken over by other people, or completely disappear. Across the world and throughout many countries there are numerous styles of authority and various political concepts. Each society is working towards or has already found a style
In the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas who was the king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, led 300 of his personal guards against the massive Persian army which was led by King Xerxes who perceived himself as a God-King who possessed divine kingship. Sparta was greatly outnumbered but they put on a great fight against Persia in order to protect their own people from having to be enslave by Xerxes. The film portrayed accurately the military, politically and role of women sides in Sparta but distorted