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The Minoans were the best shipbuilders of their time. They were also traders. They lived in Crete but were not Greek.
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They were the first Greek people. They lived in Mycenae and they built cities
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Some of the early people include Hammurabi- leader of the Babylonians, Babylon- a city located on the Euphrates River, Hittites- they lived in a kingdom in Asia Minor, Hittites- lived in a kingdom in Asia Minor , chaldeans Phoenicia
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Hunter gatherers first moved to Mesopotamia
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People in Mesopotamia started growing crops.
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The first form of writing was invented in sumer
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Menes ruled upper Egypt but he wanted to Finish what another king had started so he took over lower Egypt as well which gave him a double crown.
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The Nile is 4000 miles long and is considered the world's longest river. It begins in central Africa and end in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Pyramids are big stone tombs shaped like 3-D triangles with square bases (square based pyramids)
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Sargon was an Akkadian emperor. He was the first ruler to have soldiers who used bows and arrows.
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The Egyptians believed in the after life and practiced Polytheism. They believed that you could only enter the after life if you had a good life on earth.
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The first 5 dynasties of China, the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han dynasty lasted from 2200 BC-AD 220.
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Ancient Greece lasted from 2000 BC to 500 BC.
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Sumerians made lots of things a
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While Hammurabi was ruling Babylon, he had lots of laws.
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Hammurabi's code is sort of like the laws we have today.
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The people from the Shang dynasty created the first writing system. The priests, at the time, believed they could read cracks on a tortoise's shell to tell the future.
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Ramses II A.K.A. Ramses the Great ruled Egypt for the longest time. He fought the Hittites but decided that it wasn't going as planed so he signed a peace treaty.
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The Zhou dynasty was the longest lasting dynasty. They believed that the "Mandate from Heaven" chose their king by giving them power.
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The Phoenicians created one of the world's first alphabets
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Early Greek people were polytheists which meant that they believed in multiple gods. They believed that gods caused natural events such as thunder, lightning, snow, rain and wind. The leader of all of the gods was believed to be Zeus. The Olympics back then were believed to honour the gods.
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Remus and Romulus were twin brothers who were abandoned at the Tiber River. A wolf eventually rescued them and raised them until a shepherd adopted them.They grew up and decided to build a city. Remus made fun of one of his brother's ideas, so his brother killed him. Romulus then built Rome which was named after himself.
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The Roman Republic or Ancient Rome lasted from 753 BC- 27 BC.
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There were a few ways of ruling in early Athens. One way, is by using oligarchy which basically means rule by few.That means some people have rights.
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Cyrus the Great or Cyrus II was the founder of the Persian empire. He was known for letting people he conquered keep their own customs and traditions.
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Democracy is another way of ruling. It's where people have freedom to do what they want and freedom to vote. Cleisthenes was the father of democracy in early Athens.
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Confucius was one of the famous teachers in Chinese history. He had lots of great ideas and advice to follow. Confucianism eventually became a belief.
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The later Greek empires and philosophers lasted from 550 BC-322 BC.
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West Africa has a good climate for growing crops which was what the people depended on for resources.People in west Africa usually live with their extended family. At around 500 BC they learned how to heat iron up to make iron tools.
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Early Africa lasted from 500 BC-1800.
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The early American civilizations lasted from 500 BC-1537 AD.
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The Greeks used lots of columns for building. One example of that might be the Parthanon temple in Athens.
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There are many similarities and differences between Athens and Sparta. For example, one differance is that Sparta valued training while Athens valued education.
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The war between Sparta and Athens (The Peloponnesian War) lasted from 431 BC – 404 BC
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Plebeians eventually became mad because the patricians for taking all the power and not letting them do anything. So they developed a tripartite government. It consisted of magistrates, senates, and assemblies and tribunes.
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Alexander the Grat was a king of Macedonia. He achieved lots and conquered may places and people. He named many cities after himself.
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Hannibal was a general who started the Second Punic War. He was known for fighting on elephants.
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Shi Huang Di was the first emperor and he unified China. He ruled with legalism (strict rules). He built of the Great Wall of China and improved the trade.
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The Qin Dynasty was the shortest lasting dynasty. Shi Huang Di was in charge at the time which had both pros and cons. The terracotta warriors were built for him to protect him in the after life (or that's what he believed anyways).
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The silk road was a 4000 mile trade route that brought new ideas into China. China became wealthy because people in Rome wanted silk.
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Liu Bang was the first common person to be Emperor. He ended legalism and ruled under Confucianism.
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The Han dynasty was ruled under Liu Bang. Peasants were a high ranking, military wasn't. At that time, the people were experts at painting figures and writing poetry.
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She was the first woman to rule Kush.
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Later Rome (not ancient but not modern either) lasted from 70 BC to 1453.
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Julius Caesar was a general he was known for his battle skills and bravery. He also conquered a lot of France which back then was called Gaul.
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Diocletian was the ruler before Constantine. He ruled one half of Rome while some other leader ruled the other half because he thought Rome was too big for some one to rule all by themselves.
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Later China lasted from 220 to 1644 which included the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties.
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Constantine was an emperor who became Christian and made Rome's official religion Christianity.
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Even though we usually think of Europe it's own continent, some people count it as a really big continent including Europe and Asia which we call Eurasia.The Ural Mountains are what makes them two separate continents.
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Early Japan lasted from 500-1868 AD.
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The Early Middle Ages lasted from around the year 500 to 1300.
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Muhamad spread the word of Islam. He was also a prophet.
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The Muslim religion was developing from 570-1600.
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The Grand Canal was a canal linking North and South China. It started in the Sui Dynasty.
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Prince Shotoku worked as a regent for his aunt, which meant that he ruled Japan for his aunt because she couldn't rule by herself. He brought Chinese ideas to Japan and was one of Japan's greatest rulers.
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Pacal ruled a Mayan city called Palenque when he was 12 years old. As king, he had to lead he had to host religious ceremonies and public meetings. When he died, he got buried at the bottom of a temple.
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The Five Pillars of Islam are five acts that all Muslims have to do.
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Charlemagne was also known as Charles the Great. He was known for ruling France and Germany. He spread Christianity throughout Europe and built schools too.
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Trade impacted Ghana greatly by silent bartering gold and salt. because of the increased trade, Ghana was able to expand.
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Neo Confucianism basically means New Confucianism which became a thing in the Song Dynasty. It was about the same as the old one but it included more spiritual stuff.
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The Tang Dynasty had some of China's best poets and artists including Wu Daozi, Li Bo, Du Fu, and Li Qingzhao who was China's greatest female poet.
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The later Middle Ages lasted from 900 to 1504
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To excommunicate someone was basically casting someone out of the church. This was a big deal back then because they thought that if someone got excommunicated, they wouldn't go to heaven. A pope or a bishop could excommunicate someone if they weren't following church rules.
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Knights were very similar to samurai in many ways. They both had to be really loyal to their Lords. Knights had to be well behaved for chivalry.
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Lady Murasaki was one of the most known writers of early japan. She was most know for writing The Tale of Genji which can be considered the worlds first full length novel. She lived in Heian which is now know as Kyoto.
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Feudalism is how people lived in the middle ages. It consisted of kings, queens, nobles, knights, and peasants exchanging land to be protected.
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Richard I was a soldier and general known for his courage. During the crusades he was trusted and respected by both Muslims and Christians.
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A shogun was a general who ruled the Japan because the emperor was only a figurehead, so the shogun rule under the emperor's name.
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The Renaissance lasted from 1200-1618.
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Genghis Khan meant Universal Ruler. There was a ruler of China nicknamed Genghis Khan. His real name was Temujin. He killed entire cities and villages.
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Thomas Aquinas was a teacher at the University of Paris. He wrote a book about science and religion being related. People didn't approve of his ideas back then but after a while, they thought more greatly of his ideas and thinking.
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Mansa musa, an Muslim ruler, ruled Mali from 1312-1337. He was very rich and because of him, Islam spread throughout west Africa.
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The black death was a plague that killed lots of people in Europe. The plague came from somewhere in Asia. It killed people so quickly that they didn't even have enough time to give everyone a proper burial.
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Mehmed was a ruler of the ottoman empire from 1432-1481. He was mostly known for improving and repairing Istanbul.
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The Incas were good at building temples and stonework. They were also good at crafting and pottery. They passed down history by singing songs and telling the stories.
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Queen Isabella was a Spanish Monarch leader. She ruled Spain with her husband and they ended the Reconquista. She encouraged religion, education, and art in Spain.
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Leonardo Da Vinci was the artist who painted the Mona Lisa. besides the fact that he was an artist, he was an inventor, architect, engineer, and a sculptor. He lived around the time of the Italian Renaissance.
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Martin Luther was known fro putting up a bunch of complaints on the door of a church in Wittenberg called the Ninety-Five Theses. He caused a split in the church and got excommunicated.
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian sailor/explorer who thought that he had found a shorter route to Asia, but he unknowingly found North America instead.
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Mercantilism is a way of ruling a country. It's where the government controls everything and has absolute power over the people.
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The age of science and exploration lasted from 1500-1700.
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Moctezuma II was an Aztec Emperor. He thought Hernan Cortez was one of the gods because legend said that he left a long time ago and would return in 1519. Cortez eventually imprisoned him because he wanted more gold.
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William Shakespeare is considered one of the best writers of all time. He wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth etc. He also invented over 2000 English words.
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Muslims built mosques which are decorated buildings for Muslim people to worship in. They decorate other places and things with pictures and calligraphy.
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A way that the Africans would pass down their history is by telling stories of the past. They had storytellers called griots, and they would act out the stories basically.
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John Locke was an English philosopher that believed that everyone had natural rights. He thought that the government should have less power.
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Isaac Newton was a scientist that made theories that we now call laws. He made theories to figure out and prove how the world worked a certain way. The most known laws of newton are the law of gravity and the law of motion.
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The enlightenment and revolution era lasted from 1642-1800.
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Voltaire was a French Philosopher who believed that humans could be better without God. He was also against censorship.
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I was born on this day.
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Some places that Alexander the Great conquered are named after him now.
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The Olympics actually started in a city called Olympia which was in Southern Greece. Olympic Games back then were held to honour Zeus. modern day Olympics were based off of that and started in 1896.
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The first Chinese writing influenced the Chinese writing today it's just much harder.
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The Greek Olympics inspired the modern olympics that we have today. The First Greek Olympic was held around 776 BC.
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The government system many places today are based off some things in the Roman government. They both have checks and balances to prevent anyone from getting too strong.
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Christmas has been celebrated since the 200s. It is Celebrated to honour Jesus's birth, even though no one knows when it is, we celebrate it on December 25th.
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Music you listen to today might have been influenced by the griots when they were brought as slaves to America.
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Paper money was first made in China around the Ming Dynasty around 900 AD.
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You can still find samurai pictures in everyday things now. They're mostly known for their sword fighting and martial art skills.
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People like John Locke, Charles Louis Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson influenced modern government.
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The Blue Mosque was built in 1600 for a sultan and they built in 6 minarets instead of the usual 4.
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The Mayans symbols and pictures into stone tablets that tell stories. They are like our modern day books.
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They used to have trade fairs back in the middle ages and they still have lots now.
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They still follow the same university and school customs that they used to in the middle ages like class schedules, tests, and caps and gowns for graduation.
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During the renaissance, scientists studied math because they thought that it might help with math.They created some math symbols that we still use today like, the square root symbol, the positive symbol, and the negative symbol.
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A lot of food that you can find in America now is because of the columbian exchange which was when European explorers brought crops and food to America.
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Hieroglyphics were the first Egyptian form of writing. They were basically picture symbols.