AP World History Thinking About Chronology

  • Mesopotamia Civilization (Sumerian)
    3500 BCE

    Mesopotamia Civilization (Sumerian)

    The first known civilization. The writing was in cuneiform, there is recording on economic transaction. The cuneiform is regarded as the world's first written language
  • Egypt Civilization
    3500 BCE

    Egypt Civilization

    They had kingdoms, famous for their pharaohs and pyramids; they also had a separate civilization known as Nubia farther south along the Nile. They wrote in Hieroglyphs
  • Caral, a City of Norte Chico
    3000 BCE

    Caral, a City of Norte Chico

    The civilization is less know and recently investigated. It was third early civilization that was developing along the central cost of Peru. It was smaller than Sumer and shows less evidence of economic specialization ceremonies
  • The Chinese Civilization
    2200 BCE

    The Chinese Civilization

    The Chinese civilization had many dynasties. The main one was the Xia dynasty. The legendary monarch Wu organized flood control projects. There were the subsequent ones were the Shang and Zhou dynasties. They had lavish tombs for their rulers. T
  • Central Asian or Oxus civilization
    2200 BCE

    Central Asian or Oxus civilization

    They had an distinctive cultural style they expressed it in its architecture, ceramics, burial techniques, seals, and more. They had evidence of aristocratic social hierarchy comes from decpictions of Gods etc.
  • Indus Valley Civilization
    2000 BCE

    Indus Valley Civilization

    They had ceremonial bathing, burned incense, bulls and elephants as religious symbols. The writing system is undeciphered
  • Olmec Civilization
    1200 BCE

    Olmec Civilization

    Generated cultural patterns -- mound building, artistic styles, urban planning, a game played with a rubber ball that spread wildly throughout the region and influenced other civilizations, Maya and Teotihuacan