Intro to Part Two & Ch 3 (State & Empire)

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For Chapter 3 - I decided to focus on the Persian Empire. (Classical Era)
A key thing about the Persian Empire is that it brought together all the major ancient civilizations of Afro-Eurasia into one big empire. The empire was very short-lived and ended after the Greeks. They formed complex empires and cosmopolitan urban centers. 
Their empire was comprised around an "elaborate cult of kingship." The death of a king was a big deal and required a sacred ritual days after of shaving off one's hair and the main of the horses. 

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