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farmers grew wheat,barley,and other types of grain. Livestock,birds,and fish were also good sources of food. (pg.55)
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After 3000BC, Chinese culture became more advanced, and people used potter's wheels to make more types of pottery (p.162)
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He also united upper and lower Egypt and was also founded Egypt's first dynasty (p.89)
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Nobody knows where they came from nor their religion. Several hundred thousand Sumerians had settled there. (p.60)
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The Harappan civilization was named after the modern city of Harappa (p.126,127)
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Rich farmers became village leaders and one of these leaders took control of other villages and made himself king of the region (p.108)
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Abraham was told by god to leave his home in Mespotamia and to take his family on a long journey to the west (p.202)
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The Hebrews were ancestors of the Israelites and Jews. They developed a culture that became a major influence on later civilizations (p.202)
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Minoans spent much of their time at the sea and were excellent ship builders. They carried trade goods around the eastern Mediterranean with these ships (p.230)
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These people groups include Babylonians, The Hittites and Kassites, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and the Phoenicians (p.74-76)
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These laws dealt with almost every part of daily life. (pg.73)
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The Shang dynasty was the first dynasty for which we have clear evidence of (p.163)
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The Aryans first arrived in India in the 2000s BC. (p.128)
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When the Minoan society declined in the mid-1400s, the Mycenaeans were able to take over Crete and become major traders in the eastern Mediterranean (p.231)
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Blendings of religious ideas from central Asia created Hinduism (p.133)
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This took in place during Exodus, and Moses went to the pharaoh and demanded the Israelites should be freed (p.203)
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The dark age started when invaders from Europe came into Greece. As Mycenaean civilization declined by these invaders, Greece went into a period called the dark age (p.231)
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this was by a man named Lycurgus after a slave revolt (p.266)
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They established the 25th dynasty (p.110)
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These wars broke out bin the Assyrian Empire over who should rule. (pg.75)
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This lasted for about 50 years until in 530BC the Persians conquered the Chaldeans and let the Jews return to Jerusalem (p.206)
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He meditated and wandered around India for six years to find the meaning of human life (p.136,137)
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He spread Confucianism and was the most influential teacher in Chinese history. (p.169)
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Cyrus the great led a revolt which was successful and led him to mark the beginning of the Persian empire (p.260)
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He ruled the largest empire in the world by when he died in 529BC (p.261)
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Cleisthenes was able to overthrow the aristocracy and established a completely new form of government (p.238)
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They send their army to conquer the island of Sicily and failed. The entire Athenian army was defeated by them. Taking advantage of Athens's weakness, Sparta attacked Athens, and the war started up once more (p.271)
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India was once again united under him (p.144)
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lead by their military leader Candragupta Maurya, the Mauryans unifies India by making this Empire. (p.142)
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Historians believe that she was the first woman to rule Kush (p.113)
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By this time, Buddhist altars stood in the Emperor's palace. Buddhism's introduction to China is an example of diffusion (p.189)