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In 2200 BC, Yu the Great is said to have founded the Xia dynasty. Although archaeologists haven't found the proof that the tales of the Xia dynasty are true, they believed that the people during that time period believed in cooperation and working together.
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This includes the early Greeks, the type of government in Athens, and Greek mythology and literature.
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Somewhere around the 1600s BC, a Volcano erupted north of Crete. A huge wave went over houses and resulted in remaining debris of ashes and buried houses.
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This includes the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties. It started from 1600 BC-1AD
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Around the 800s BC, a poet named Homer was born. He wrote famous epic poems like The Iliad and The Oddysey. He later died around the 700s BC.
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He became the first king of Rome and took the throne in 753 BC. He became king when he killed his only brother, Remus.
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Confucius was porn around 551 BC and grew up in
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in around the 550s BC, Cyrus ll led a revolt against Medes and was successful. He achieved independence for Persia and conquered Medes. He was named Cyrus the Great because of the way he treated conquered people; he let them keep their own customs.
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In this chapter, you will learn about the conflict between the Greeks and Persians, how Sparta and Athens became enemies, what Alexander the Great did, and Greek achievements.
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He overthrew an oligarchy (ruled by a few) and Became the Ruler of Athens. He was called a tyrant, a leader who rules by force.
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In 450 BC, Rome’s first written law code was produced on 12 bronze tablets and placed in the Forum( Rome’s public meeting place ).
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In 431 BC, the Poloponnesian War started. The Spartan Army marched north to Athens and waited for them to attack. Instead, they didn't. From then on, they continued to take advantage of each other.
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This temple to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, was built in the 400s BC on the Athenian acropolis( acropolis: a high hill ).
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In about 387 BC, the Gauls (Gaul is mordern-day France) attacked the Romans and took over the city.
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In 334 BC, he attacked the Persians, who had a bigger army than his own. Becuse his troops were well trained, they defeated the Persians time after time.
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In 221 BC, Ying Zheng unified China and began the Qin dynasty. When he took the throne, hegave himself the title Shi Huangdi, which means "first emperor".
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When Diocletian Became emperor of Rome in the late 200s, he decided to rule the eastern half when he decided that the Empire was too big for one person to rule and had another co-emperor to rule the West.
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In 140 BC, Wudi took over the throne and tried to make a stronger central government. By doing that, he raised taxes and made Confucianism the main religion.
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In 63 BC, Rome conquered Judea, where the Jews lived. Although the Romans let the conquered people keep their own religion, the Jews still rebelled because they believe in one God (monotheism), while the Romans believe in a variety of gods (polytheism).
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The first section includes how Rome changed from a Republic to Empire, the second explains about Rome’s religion and Empire, and the third’s about the end of the Empire.
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By the early AD 100s, the Romans had taken over Central Europe and Gaul.
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By 200 AD, Buddhism became an official religion in China when missionaries from India spread the news.
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The four sections in this chapter includes: the roots of Islam, their beliefs and what they practice, Islamic empires, and their cultural achievements.
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Even now, countries over the world are democratic, like Malaysia, for example. Although the democratic systems are different from Athens, they are still similar in some ways.
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Like the tribunes in Rome, the president of the U.S. has the ability and power to veto actions by other officials.
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Back in Rome, they used aqueducts, a channel used to carry water from mountains to cities. Even now, we have different ways to supply the people with water, including aqueducts.
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Darius made many improvements to the Persian society. Making roads to travel quickly was one of them. Even today, we use roads to transport from place to place.