Figure 1[[File: 640px-Provinces_of_the_Achaemenid_empire. Map of the region png|thumbnail|Provinces of Anatolia, Kaneš, and Aššur (or Assur) after the end of the trade colony period (https://earthistheaim2.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/part-4-the-indo-european-chapter-22-cities-and-states-hurrian-kingdoms/).Achemenid]]
==New Empires and Banking==
