Day of Empire by Amy Chua

Day of Empire by Amy Chua (Part 1)

An empire has to be tolerant to rise, which is what Chua discusses in the book as her thesis. Tolerance is where one empire accepts different racial, religion,ethnic groups and treats everyone equally. When tolerance reaches the climax, or tipping point, it leads to intolerance, which causes a lot of conflicts, hatred, violence and the fall of empire. Amy Chua discusses the different examples of hyper powered that were present in world history. Chua explains the rise, fall, achievements and failures of the past powerful nations. She explains the rising process of the world changing and its dominance power through the word "Hyper power" in this book.

The Achaemenid Empire was the first hyper power that Amy chua discusses in part 1. Cyrus the Great found the Achaemenid empire. Cyrus became king after taking control over the Median Kingdom in 539 BC.Cyrus left the kingdom over to his son Cambyses, whose ruling period was from 530-522 . Darius the Greats time ruling brought the Achaemenid to its zenith.. He ruled almost forty years (522-486 BC). Darius's son, Xerxes,took over and ruled from 485-465 BC. Darius the third was the last Achaemenid king,he ascended the throne in 336 BC.A power was growing in Greece during his ruling.Alexander the Great,Phillip's son conquered the Achaemenid Empire after six years of his fathers death. The Persian empire, was now over.

The Achaemenid kings ruled for two years.Tolerance was what Cyrus was know for.The empire lasted long because the kings followed tradition,laws,languages and rituals. The Achaemenids reduced the likelihood of a revolt among the conquered people. When Xerxes became king in 485 BC, all of that changed. The stories of Xerxes include him desecrating temples and sanctuaries, killing priests, and enslaving subjects. The eventual downfall of the empire is believed to be because of the increasing brutality and repression of the last kings provoking violence.

Everyone from far away kingdom wanted to be Roman.there were 60 billion inhabitants in the Roman Empire.The romans always aimed at world dominance.Seneca,the famous play writer and philosopher said "[Romans] measure the boundary of our nation by the sun".The four successive emperors are Trajan,Hadrian,Antonius Rus and Marcus Turelius.During this period,the Roman Empire provinces from souther Scotland traded with West Africa.People of all cultures,colors,backgrounds and traditions coexisted in rome.It often sometimes led to fights.From 150 BC – 70 AD,roman empire expanded really quick.Rome had grown from a tiny city state to a global empire after six centuries of its founding.The golden age of Rome started from the reigning of Trajan who ruled from AD 19 to 117.Trajan was famous for his military conquests.Trajan was famous for his military conquests.Trajan's successor Hadrian was one of