La Hittites Manual

The Ruler's Guide

Learning great ways of military strategy.

Getting the best of the allies!

Now for the first time the special edition of the Rulers Guide, to help you out!

Getting your public works projects started!

The importance of laws.

Getting the tips from idols to become the greatest empire!

Table of Contents

ArmiesAllies

Public Works Laws

Military

Strategy

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My Eldest Son,

My days as a ruler are coming to an end. I am old, my

strength is failing , and your days are numbered.

Before I pass on, I entrust the rule of my empire to

you.

You are a young man, though, and need much guidance in

the ways of building and maintaining an empire. Along

with the help of my scribes, I have decided to create a

guide to ensure that my empire remains strong and

prosperous for generations to come.

May the Gods be with You,

Nebuchadrezzar

Introduction

AlliesGaetano

Allies are important to the creation/maintenance of an empire because

they reinforced peace and helped you in times of

war. If you ever went to war, allies would back

you up and support you. They could also provide

resources (Weapons, Fruits, Grain, etc) for your

empire. They might help you defeat the opposing

empire by sending armies to help you. For

example, when the Assyrians were defeated by the

Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians, the allies helped

each other defeat them. During the simulation, the Hittites and

Phoenicians allied and teamed up on the Medes. The Hittites gave them

resources in exchange of armies. The Hittites also donated armies so

they could conquer wheat.

Allies

In times of drought or food shortage,

they could give you food/water. However,

the most important things about allies

was they were peaceful with you. They

didn't attack you as long as you didn't

attack them. If

you had a lot of allies, other empires

could be intimidated by you and wouldn't

dare attack because of your allies.

Without allies, you would be constantly at

war and would eventually die.

Clearly, allies were

crucial in the maintenance

of empires,

especially in the

maintenance of

peace.

The allies are "supporting" each other.

Gaetano

Armies

Gabriela Rocha

Military strategies were ways that led most empires to succeed in battles and

protection. An example of an empire that had great success for having theses strategies

is the Akkadians. The Akkadians were ruled by the general, Sargon. He was an intelligent

general for many years. He used different types of strategies to defeat enemies around

him. One of the strategies he used was certain positions. He placed armies with spears in

the back and men with shields in the front.The soldiers would seem stronger and were

able to strike any opponents while protected by shields. This strategy led to winning the

battles fought. Another strategy was his use of the government. He put people who were

in his favor (loyal) in the government so it would be easier to manage. Finally, as a way

of attacking the armies, he broke city walls to weaken the other empires. Often the

armies would set siege outside the city-walls. Eventually the people inside would not be a

able to survive without food and water. After that happened, the empires didn't have to

worry about being attacked by that one empire anymore.

Another king that demonstrated many protection examples

was Nebuchadnezzar II, the king for the Neo-Babylonians. He built an

inner and outer city wall for the double protection

for his capital. The walls were as thick as two chariots

stacked together. The king would have a moat that would be filled with

water so it would be harder for intruders to

attack. For the farmers to pass there would be a bridge that would

help them get inside. While there was war going on he would take the

bridge apart. King Nebuchadnezzar also had

an idea of building some towers on top of the city so that they could

attack the people who were not welcome in the city. Their armies would

normally use bow and arrows to shoot the invaders. The use of

military strategy was essential for the success of the armies in their

battles against others. Nebuchadnezzar would capture the people

from Israel

that rebelled against him and would not allow them to

return to their homeland. Without these strategies,

empires would not have protection from others.

Gabriela Rocha

Armies

Public

Works

City-Walls

Daniel Choe

but because city walls were invented, the empires would have extra protection. When other

empires attacked, farmers outside the city walls would run inside the empire for

protection. City walls made the life easier because it gave them protection. Next, another

public work that made the life easier were the warehouse. The warehouse was used to

store resources when floods would happen. Before, the citizens could not protect their

food from floods because the water would carry the food away, but because the

warehouse was invented, they could protect food from floods. The citizens could now eat

food that wasn't soaked because the warehouse would protect the food. Finally, my last

public work that made life easier was the irrigation systems. Before farmers had to

farm with the floods of the rivers but now, the irrigation system made it better.

Public works contributed to the

creation and the maintaining of the empire

because it made the citizen’s daily life easier.

For example, city walls helped the citizens

because they were protected .Before, tribes and

villages did not have protection so they could be

attacked easily,

Public

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Name: Daniel Choe

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WarehouseIrrigation System

They made canals so that the water from the rivers could flow with no

problems around the plants. Because they made canals, it made the empire a

more efficient way to cultivate, but the farmers had to clean the canals

every time so that the canals did not clog, making it also not efficient. Also

they made dams to protect from the floods. Irrigation systems (dams,

canals, etc.) were created to control the floods and to farm better. In

conclusion I can conclude that public works were created because for

protection, (city walls) storage of foods, (warehouse) and to control floods

and to cultivate the plants better (irrigation systems).

Laws

Laws kept order and brought together

empires. First, Hammurabi was best known for

his code of laws. These helped bring together his

empire more and keep people orderly. They were

strict and everyone knew the punishments for

not following them. You could even be put to

death for not following them. They were very

clear and he had them written out so no one had

an excuse for not following them. Second, you

were treated exactly how you treated other

people this brought more order to how people

treated each other. This made sure people were

generally pretty good except for the occasional

accident. For example, if you were to poke

someone else's eye out you would get your eye

removed.

Name: Kari

Lastly, the code was the first set of laws that applied to everyone. Even people in higher classes had to follow them, and higher classes were usually not treated the same because they were more important. This made things more fair because everyone had to obey. The laws were harsh but they made people be careful and listen. During Hammurabi’s time laws were the most important thing because they kept good order.

Military StrategyDudu

Having armies that were skilled and differenced than others because of their experience on the field was really effective because they could conquer lands, win battles, etc. The Akkadian Empire had a successful army because of his General/King Sargon. Sargon was a extremely important figure to the city because he was the person that gave most things for the city, new empires, new homes, more slaves to work for the people, etc. It was effective the training of Sargon in the field because he used military strategies and skills, making his armies go to the field knowing what is the strategy already in their heads. Some of his strategies, was when he had some defense in the front, to protect the swordsmen, and they would all advance without being hurt if the strategy worked out. One more things, was when he only destroyed the city wall of the city that he wanted to attack. That would made the enemy get rebel, and want to kill Sargon, but they would have to stay a long time building the walls, instead of losing people to attack against Sargon's skilled army.

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