The Chaldean Empire began on 605 B.C. and they claimed many lands that once belonged to the Assyrians, but Egypt was not one of them.
By the time that the Chaldean Empire started, it also started an alliance between the Assyrians and Egyptians to fight the Babylonians.
They both had their armies destroyed. Assyria was never to be recognized again as an independent power and Egypt retreated, becoming insignificant for a while.
Egypt used Greek mercenaries to get rid of the domain that the Assyrians had over them and they did go through a prosper time, but it for the Persians to show up and dominate them in the 500s B.C.
The Zhou created the Mandate of Heaven. The idea that there could be only one ruler of China. :)
2: Sumerians believed they controlled their everyday life.
3: Predict what gods where planning.
If you are talking about modern life now, it would not. This myth is brought to you by feminists. Voting women in to office changes nothing as men and women are equal. As a woman it bothers me a great deal that real people I will work with in the future have this opinion. This belief will change the conditions in which they work. I assume when you refer to "conditions" that you are saying that they are bad conditions. They are not, they are the same as men. Making this kind of distinction is very important as the myth is slowly being raised to think it is a fact to to be dealt with when in fact it is the opposite.