The history of the ancient Babylonian civilization, which dates back to 4000 BC, is a very important number.
Because according to modern historical views, ancient Chinese civilization can only be traced back to 2000 BC; According to some of the more radical modern historical views, ancient Chinese civilization can only be traced back to 1500 BC. In other words, according to the modern historical point of view, the history of the ancient Babylonian civilization is more than two thousand years earlier than the history of ancient Chinese civilization.
In the face of this fact, it is inevitable that it will cause too many people to close the public war qin qiong's desire.
In fact, as far as I think, when studying history, it is more or less insulting to this kind of content, because it is not much different from the Shandong warlord father in the cross-talk work.
To reduce unnecessary controversy, when it comes to the ancient Babylonian civilization, let's start with the Akkadian dynasty.
In the ancient Babylonian civilization, the first dynasty established was the Akkadian dynasty, which was founded in 2300 BC.
In the region of ancient Chinese civilization, the first dynasty established was the Xia, which was established in 2000 BC.
Because Guan Gongzhan Qin Qiong is the favorite play for many history lovers.
So, I'm comparing the Akkadian dynasty to the Xia dynasty. It's more or less a matter of not being flattered by both ends. Because Guan Gong's fans will inevitably think that I am demeaning Guan Gong; And Qin Qiong's fans will inevitably think that I am demeaning Qin Qiong.
In the eyes of many, the Akkadian dynasty is a history made up out of thin air by Westerners; Our Xia Dynasty, on the other hand, has a history recorded in many historical documents.
In the eyes of many people, our Xia Dynasty is the history of legends and stories; And the history of the Akkadian dynasty, that is archaeologically confirmed history.
That being the case, I compare the Akkadian dynasty to the Xia dynasty. Naturally, the two ends are not easy to please. Because some people think that this is demeaning the Akkadian dynasty, some people think that this is demeaning the Xia dynasty.
Whenever I see someone ask me a question about it, I think it's insulting to Sven.
It's as if I'm writing a historical commentary on the Eight Classics. Someone suddenly asked me, who do you say Guan Gong and Qin Qiong are? I can only say that such a profound academic problem is only shallow for me.
How high was the achievement of the ancient Babylonian civilization? How high were the achievements of ancient Chinese civilization? As far as I feel, as long as we know, one of them is far ahead in West Asia and one is far ahead in East Asia.
It's like, you say Guan Gong and Qin Qiong who are strong? In this regard, we can only know that one is a famous general of the Han Dynasty and the other is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty.
Ancient Babylonian civilization, ancient Chinese civilization.... Who is more remarkable?
Sincerely speaking, this is no different from discussing Guan Gong and Qin Qiong, who is more powerful. Because two histories are completely in different airspace, how can they be compared horizontally?
In fact, as long as we understand this truth, when commenting on this history, we will naturally have a more ordinary mentality.
Isn't it a little too far to say that our book is back to the truth.
The Akkadian dynasty was the first dynasty in the ancient Babylonian civilization.
The general scope of the Akkadian dynasty was centered on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, including present-day Iraq and Syria; It also includes parts of what is now Palestine and Iran.
Because the comprehensive index of the political, economic, cultural, and population of this place was a huge one at that time, far ahead of the surrounding areas. Therefore, after unifying this area, the king of Akkad naturally looked like the lord of the world. All in all, I am the "King of the Earth", the "King of the Whole World", and the "King of the Four Directions of the World".
In the face of this situation, it is probably easier for us to understand the ignorance and arrogance of King Yelang.
Because in a vast area, the countries that our Night Lang country has conquered, there are not hundreds, but also dozens.
Is there a bigger country in this world than our Night Lang Country?
King Akkad, who unified Iraq, dared to think of himself as the lord of the earth and the king of the whole world, because there was no greater civilization outside his sphere of influence.
If not far from it, there is a vast empire with an area of millions of square kilometers and a population of tens of millions. The small area occupied by the Akkadian dynasty, with its civilizational achievements at that time, dared to claim the king of the earth, the king of the whole world, the king of the four sides of the world, and it would become a joke like the night king.
The problem is that the Akkadian dynasty looked at the whole of West Asia and was riding a long way ahead.
So when people see his arrogance, they don't think it's a joke, they think it's a miracle in human history!
In 2000 BC, after the Xia Dynasty unified the vast area centered on Henan Province, it also felt that it was the lord of the world. All in all, there are not thousands, not hundreds of countries I have conquered, and there are no more large countries in this world than I have?
Just by unifying the region centered on Henan Province, the boss of the Xia Dynasty dared to think that he had unified the world and considered himself the "Son of Heaven". It is also true that outside of its power, there is no greater civilization.
If at this time, there is an all-round way that can suppress its huge civilization, then this arrogance of the Xia Dynasty is actually a joke. Because, it is not much different from the Night Lang Kingdom.
The problem was that the Xia Dynasty at that time, looking at the whole of East Asia, could not find a civilization that could match it.
So when people see his arrogance, they don't think it's a joke, they think it's a miracle in human history!
We felt that Night lang was arrogant, like a joke. It was nothing more than because the Han Empire at that time had a territory of millions of square kilometers and a population of tens of millions; The territory of the Yelang Kingdom is only 200,000 to 300,000 square kilometers, and the population is only 300,000 and 500,000. More importantly, the bronze ware of the Han Empire was highly mature, iron tools had begun to be popularized, and the Yelang Kingdom was still in the era of combined use of gold and stone.
With the size and degree of civilization of the Yelang Kingdom, I dare to ask the envoys of the Great Han Dynasty, who is the greater of the Han Kingdom compared to the Yelang Kingdom? Nature is a joke.
The problem is that if the Kingdom of Yelang appeared in 2000 BC, it really cannot be considered a small country, nor is it really backward.
Sima Qian's "History of Southwest Yi Lie" records that the southwest Yijun is long and the night lang is the largest. ....... Eavesdropping on all the elite soldiers of the Night Lang can get more than 100,000.
More importantly, according to current archaeological findings, the historical sites of the Yelang Kingdom at that time were only more developed than the Xia Dynasty sites we find now, and will never be behind the Xia Dynasty sites we find now.
In this sense, if the Kingdom of Yelang appeared in 2000 BC, it felt that it was the first in the world, which was really not arrogant, because it seemed to be a fact.
In general, in the early days of human civilization, because the level of productivity was relatively low, the world that each civilization region could access or understand was very limited.
The five centers of early human civilization (ancient China, ancient India, ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, and ancient Greece) developed in about this way.
The world they understood at first was actually 300,000 to 500,000 square kilometers. Because of this range, for them, it is a completely unknown world, and it is also a wild place.
Therefore, the five centers of civilization in the early days of mankind are placed on the historical map, just like the five civilization islands in the wild sea.
In this context, as long as they unify this narrow range, or even just dominate this narrow range, they can proudly declare that they have unified the world.
Later, with the development of productive forces, with the development of transportation media. The world they each understood gradually became more than a million square kilometers; Because within this scope, there are various political, economic and cultural exchanges between each other, and there is no qualitative difference in the degree of civilization between them.
At this time, the five centers of civilization in the early days of mankind, placed on the historical map, are still like five civilization islands in the wild sea, but these islands have gradually become larger.
Later, with the development of the productive forces, with the development of the media of communication, the world they each understood was three or five million square kilometers; Then there were tens of millions of square kilometers.
At this time, the five centers of civilization in the early days of mankind, placed on the historical map, became three civilization continents on the wild sea.
Why did the five civilization islands in the wild sea gradually evolve into three civilization continents?
The reason is very simple. That is, I don't know if we have noticed that the three early centers of human civilization in ancient Greece, ancient Babylon and ancient Egypt were actually not far apart, so in line with the Spring and Autumn Period of China, these three civilization centers have dissolved into a close and extensive international community.
Ancient Greek, ancient Egyptian, and ancient Lun civilizations, benchmarking the Warring States period of China, all dissolved into Alexander's Empire.
Ancient Chinese civilization evolved into the Great Qin Empire.
Ancient Indian civilization evolved into the Peacock Empire.
The appearance of the three empires in the same frame is like this.
The early history of Eurasia is mainly the history of these three empires. It is no exaggeration to say that there is almost no history to tell outside the territory of these three empires.
Before the establishment of the Great Qin Empire, ancient Chinese civilization was the center of the world. The history of the Xia Shang Zhou has been staged, and the history of the Spring and Autumn Warring States countries competing for hegemony has been staged.
Before the establishment of the Peacock Empire, the ancient Indian civilization centered on the world, staged the Harappan civilization, Vedic civilization; The history of the sixteen countries vying for hegemony has been staged.
Before the establishment of Alexander's empire, the ancient Akkadian dynasty, the ancient Babylonian dynasty, the ancient Assyrian dynasty, the ancient Persian dynasty, the ancient Greek civilization, the ancient Egyptian civilization were staged. History.
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