Intro to part two & ch 3

Globalization of of civilization spread throughout the planet, finding more people and more bigger territories. The first civilizations had very powerful societies but they were very vulnerable. Other civilizations began to fall after that for example Egypt due to invasion. Even though they fell the community still remained strong. The first wave of civilizations was not much different from the second one and the third one. There were not much technological advances. People of lower class didn't want to invest their time into new production because they were certain that they would be taken over by the higher class. China was able to make technological changes for example, machinery, pistons, and even the wheelbarrow. 

Empires are just states. Eurasian empires include Persia, Greece, Rome, China, and India. These empires shared many problems. They had their highs but sooner or later they would collapse. The Persians had the largest empire. They were ruled by a monarch who lived in royal magnificence. They sent messages on their caravans with horses that would take a week. They traveled in any kind of weather. This empire had a lot of wealth and power. The Greeks had a population of 2-3 million. Which was a fraction of the Persian empire. Their city states were very independent. They held the Olympic Games. They were a democracy, Athenian democracy to be exact. The text mentions that it is direct and not representative. 

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