Chapter 1-2

  • Qin dynasty
    221

    Qin dynasty

    The Qin Dynasty reunited china and created a strong tighly knit communty once again.
  • Confucianism
    500

    Confucianism

    Family is the foundation of society and success.
  • Daoism
    551

    Daoism

    Primarily an alternative to Confucianism, emphasis on heirarchy and rule.
  • Iron Metallurgy
    Jan 1, 600

    Iron Metallurgy

    Iron began being manipulated to become stronger and more rigid.
  • Celtic Europe
    Oct 14, 1000

    Celtic Europe

    Women’s lives were focused on child rearing, food production, and some crafts. The Celts supported large populations by tilling the heavy but fertile soils of continental Europe. Their metallurgical skills probably surpassed those of the Mediterranean peoples.
  • Zhou Dynasty
    Oct 23, 1045

    Zhou Dynasty

    The Zhou Dynasty had overthrew the Shang dynasty and seized control of their land and resources.
  • Americas
    Oct 14, 1200

    Americas

    Mesoamerica is a region of great geographic and climatic diversity.Within these ecological niches, Amerindian peoples developed specialized technologies that exploited indigenous plants and animals, as well as minerals like obsidian, quartz, and jade.
  • Hammurabi
    Oct 14, 1500

    Hammurabi

    A moral and ethical docterine about the life of people and moral duties.
  • Shang Period
    Oct 23, 1500

    Shang Period

    The most dominent and influencial of all sub-cultures in china
  • Bronze Metallurgy

    Bronze Metallurgy

    Bronze began to be manipulated to be stronger and more rigid as well as durable.
  • Early China

    Early China

    China had a steadily increasing population because of the southern farmland and good climate. The resources in China are plentiful.
    • 2000 Bronze Metallurgy
    • 1750 Shang Dynasty Begins
    • 1045 Zhou Dynasty begins / Mandate of Heaven
    • 600 Metallurgy Iron
    • 501 Confucias was born
    • 500 Daoism was created
  • Mandate Of Heaven

    Mandate Of Heaven

    A document that allowed the rulers of a dynasty to stay in power because the "gods" allowed them to be.
  • Meroe

    Meroe

    The capital city of a growing city in southern Nubia.
  • Warring Kingdoms

    Warring Kingdoms

    This is the second half of the Eastern Zhou era and It's called this because of the extrreme rise in intense warfare and rivarily.
  • Middle Egypt

    Middle Egypt

    2040–1640
    The "hay day" of egyptian culture and trade, it's at an all time high.
  • New Egypt

    New Egypt

    2040–1640
    Began deterioting as a result of warfare and other inense relations
  • Babylon

    Babylon

    Babylon was originally a Semitic Akkadian city dating from the period of the Akkadian Empire.
  • Hieroglyphics

    Hieroglyphics

    The first form of recording for the egyptians. Used to document inventory and eventually religious and everyday life.
  • Old Egypt

    Old Egypt

    2575–2134
    Created the foundations of egyptian culture and continued settling.
  • Egyt

    Egyt

    Apart of the early dyanstic period. Very influencal and effective society.
    • 3100 Hieroglyphic script created
    • 2700 Old Egypt
    • 2000 Middle Egypt
    • 1500 New Egypt
  • Indus River Valley

    Indus River Valley

    At its peak, the Indus Civilization may have had a population of over five million. It flourished in the basins of the Indus River.
  • Sumerians

    Sumerians

    The sumerians began their more complex society around this time and began building cities
  • Cuneiform

    Cuneiform

    This was a writing style used by the sumerians. It was devoleped by them, for them.
  • Nubia

    Nubia

    Nubians are the people of southern Egypt and northern Sudan, settling along the banks of the Nile from Aswan. Scholars may also refer to Nubians as Kushites, a reference to the Kush, the territory of the Nubians as it was called by Ancient Egyptians.
  • Mesopotamia

    Mesopotamia

    Mesopotamia derives its existence from the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. These two rivers created the Fertile Crescent in the midst of surrounding inhospitable territory. The space we call Mesopotamia is roughly the same as that of the modern country of Iraq.