Re: Topic 1 -- Early World History, Level I

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Date Posted: 08:59:03 02/11/02 Mon
Author: Jimmy McCumber
Subject: Re: Topic 1

History sometimes repeats itself. Failure to observe and learn from mistakes made in the past could come back to haunt you. Or something like that. For example, it would be stupid of me to use "Armorial Bearings" in a sentence without knowing the meaning, having already learned that such misusage could perturb the teacher.
Another example, more relevant to Mesopotamia, is the conquering of the Persians. Though we have not yet studied it, we know that Persia had a huge empire, yet was still beaten. They failed to make allies, and spread their tyrannical reach too far, making far too many enemies. These enemies eventually got together and revolted. We know the result, because if we glance at a current map, we see the words "Afghanistan", "Iraq", "Iran", etc. in place of a giant "Persia". It gives the effect that a giant tyrannical controlling force would be a much better option to independence, as proved by what the aforementioned countries have done with their independence. But we're getting a little off topic here. I could go further off topic by discussing the upcoming baseball season, but in the interest of a higher grade, I will now make my connection.
The Romans should have learned from the Persians. Instead, they too branched out to far, and made too many ennemies. They were also conquered, in large part by Attila the Hun (if the spelling is wrong, then it's a typo).
Many other smaller empires have also suffered for angering their colonies. The United States revolted after England forced them to pay ridiculously high taxes, and gained their independence. (We now have the IRS, which again asks whether a tyrannical rule would be prefered.)

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