Intro to Part Two and Chapter 3 (State and Empire): Week 5

When the first civilizations broke down, new civilizations began to form quickly. Some of them represented the persistence or renewal of older patterns. They were not very much different than the first. The globalization of civilization continued to grow, as well as the interaction within one another. Such as, gathering and hunting peoples, agricultural village societies, and pastoral communities. The structure of states and empires also began to grow. The rise and fall of these empires represented changes to the people who experienced them. For the most part each civilization was separated from each other. As each established its own political system, cultural values, and ways of organizing society. Although, the Persian Empire and Greek civilization experienced a centuries-long interaction and clash. It was one of the most consequential cultural encounters of the ancient world. There later became much conflict with each other a lot over control.