DeGonia World History 1st semester

  • Jun 5, 1000

    World History

    10,000 B.C.E.
  • Jun 5, 1100

    Social

    Farmers farm land using timber ,metals, and stone. (3500 B.C.) (British Museum)
  • Jun 1, 1500

    Economic

    Farmers farmed land using timber, metals, and stone. (economic) (Early Mesopotamia)
  • Technology

    Ancient Sumerians built Ziggurats made by mud bricks. (4000 B.C.) (Sumer)
  • Political

    Assyrian Kings sent out armies to conquer new lands. Over three hundred years Mesopotamia and lands further to the east and west became part of the Assyrian Empire. (900 B.C.) (Early Mesopotamia)
  • Social

    Egyptians embalmed bodies to preserve them instead of buring them into the dry, hot sand. This process was known as mummification. (Egypt)
  • Political

    Tombs were built for Pharaohs and queens. Pyramids were built for tombs. There are over eighty pyramids in Egypt today. The three largest and most preserved pyramids were built in Giza. (Egypt)
  • Social

    Temples were built to worship Gods and Godesses. There was a temple for every God and Godess. The temple priests and the Pharaohs would worship them here. (Egypt)
  • Economic

    Craftsmen worked in workshops with other craftsmen. Craftsmen would desighn statues and many other great works of art. (Egypt)
  • Technology

    It was hard to record information so writing scripts were invented made out of papyrus so it was easier to record information for historical perposes. Scribes kept information. (Egypt)
  • Social

    Buddhism was created by the followers of Siddartha Gautama. Buddhism is a religion based on reaching salvation and spiritual enlightenment. (India)
  • Economic

    Many people in India suffered great problems because of the weather. The weather was very extreme. There would be monsoons and then droubts but mainly the civilizations along the rivers flourished. (India)
  • Social

    The Indus Valley had drainage systems, wells, and water storage systems that were the most sophisticated systems in the world. (India)