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Capital located in southern Nubia. They became less dependant on Egypt and seeked culture from Sub Saharan Africa
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Located on the Western edge of the Central States, many farmers and well trained armies
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Began during the Warring States Period. Urged withdrawal from social contexts
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Name for the philospher Konzi, Belived in putting oneself in social situations very often.
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Metalworkers in the southern state of Wu developed and practiced the art of iron melting. This was the way they created their wepons and tools.
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They all share common cultural and lifestyle features. Orginated in the first Millenium B.C.E. in Europe
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Overhthrew the Shang dynasty and created the Mandate of Heaven. Was remebered as a time of prosperity and benevolent rule.
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The Diety can give power and also take away that power if said ruler fails his subjects. This is a Chinease ideology developed in the Zhou period.
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Reffered to as the Egyptian Empire,
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Very little is know about the Shang dynasty and how it came to rule. Writtne doctuments were not kep until towards the end of the dynasty.
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Followed the "Golden Ages" then the Shang came into power.
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Code of laws established by Hammarabis depicting the High middle low social classes.
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Formed by the Semitic Armoites.
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Located in the fertile cresent between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
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The fighting between states was very intense during this era, Occured during the second half of the Eastern Zhou era.
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New theories about the peopling of the Americas suggest that the process may have been more complex than previously suspected and may have involved people traveling by sea as well as trekking across a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska.
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establishment of 11th dynasty to the end of the 12th dyansty
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Earliest form were pictures and symbols used to stand for words. It continued to be used for a long time after its creation, for monuments and other inscriptions.
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Egypt attained a peak in civilazation
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The way of writing by pushing a sharpended reed into a moist clay tablet. The reed would leave wedge shaped impressions.
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Served as a corridor for trade betweeen Africa and the Mediterranean. Sat on the edge of Egypt
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This is the first time humans had created bronze and began using it for tools and weapons
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May have been the sight for the cultivation of raw materials,( precious stones, and metals). One of the flourishing cities of the Indus River Valley Civilization.
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The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the third millenium. Created irrigation technology, cuneiform writing system, and religious conceptions.
