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  • [[File:Hoecke_Croesus_showing_his_treasures.jpg|300px|thumbnail|left|Early Seventeenth Century Painting by Frans Francken the Younger of the Lydian Ki Although the Lydians were a literate people, modern reconstruction of their dynastic chronology has largely come from Herodotus. According to Herodotus, the fir
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  • ...marked the end of the Assyrian Empire, which at its height stretched from Egypt in the west to Persia in the east and included most of Anatolia, the Levant Long before Nineveh became the Assyrian Empire's capital in the early first millennium BC, it was mentioned sporadically in various cuneiform his
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  • ...in society, the historical development of taxes did begin with the rise of early states. However, taxes have been redefined and have conceptually evolved ov ====Early History====
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  • ...sopotamia can be followed along a very gradual yet definite path, while in Egypt, the appearance of the first written texts was somewhat sudden. ...ents written on papyrus. When the Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs ruled over Egypt, the native forms of the written language eventually died. However, a vesti
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  • ...nd Heliopolis for Atum. These were three of the best known gods in ancient Egypt and their cities were among the most important, but there were a host of le ...cunning, which were all admirable traits, making him worthy of worship in Egypt. Seth became a particularly popular god during two far separated periods in
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  • ...pparent, and of course, there are hundreds of other features that made the early civilization among the most important and unique in the ancient world. One ...ited the two lands and created the First Dynasty, ushering in the “Early Dynastic Period” of ancient Egyptian history in the process. Narmer created the Eg
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  • ...st, while the Parthians and their expansion was a problem in the east. The early Seleucid rulers probably could have effectively handled the plethora of ene ...st and most powerful Hellenistic kingdom and it was culturally on par with Egypt and Pergamon. But for every powerful kingdom in world history, there are se
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