-
Religion started to move into the Indus River Valley. People were Polytheistic and worshipped the Mother Goddess. Later on this lead into religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
-
Cuneiform first invented by Sumerians of Mesopotamia. It is a form of writing on clay to tell stories using pictographs and "word concepts". It was later abandoned when the alphabet came.
-
First writing used. They believe it was given to them by the gods. They are writing and symbols.
-
Egypt divided into two regions. The lower is in the north. The upper is in the south.
-
Earliest writing was based on pictographs. Pictographs are little symbols that mean different things. They were used to communicate about crops and taxes.
-
The cities were neat and ordered. They had a brick lined sewer system and brick lined streets. That started to end around 1500 BC
-
Mayans started spreading around the south eastern part of mesoamerica. There are 3 regions. Southern Highlands, central lowlands, and northern lowlands.
-
6th king of the first Babylonian. Made the "Hammurabis Code". It is a bunch of strict rules people had to follow.
-
Second dynasty of china. Many cultural advances during this time. Bronze casting, the calendar, religious rituals, and writing were created.
-
Longest lasting dynasty. There is two time periods for it. Western Zhou (1046-771 BCE) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BCE).
-
Regarded as a liberator. Son of deity Amun. Became king when his father died.
-
Only survived 15 years. One of the emperors was Shi Huang. He was buried with around 6,000 terracotta warriors
