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Unit 1, 8,000 b.c. The river valley civilization
This was where the first great civilizations grew up. -
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Unit 1, 3500 to 2000 B.C.E Mesopotamia
Name means between the rivers. It was along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the middle east. -
Unit 1, 8000b.c., other major river valley civilizations
More river valley civilizations are Egypt, India, and china. Each civilization had their own unique ways of life that was unique to that civilization. -
Unit 1, 321BC, Empire in India
After the river valley era, India transitioned into the Mauryan Empire. Chandragupta Maurya became king of India in 321BC, created a vast army, and conquered new lands. -
Unit 1, around 300BC, Empire in China
The Empire in China was the Han Dynasty. Government in China was based upon the dynastic circle. One ruling family(a "dynasty") gains the "mandate of heaven" then rules until the dynasty grows weak and is overthrown. -
Unit 1, similarities
Each empire has a leader in command. They all have powerful armys. They also all have a nation wide religion. -
Unit 1, differences
The Persians religion was Zoroastrianism.
India was coverted to buddhism. China's religion was based on Confucian. -
Unit 1, Summary
They went from ancient civilizations to large empires where each empire had their own unique specialties and controled over their own territories -
Unit 2, Ancient Greek Contributions
Ancient Greece was a democracy, so all the citizens had equal rights and could contribute to the economy. -
Unit 2, Ancient civilization
There are 2 major civilizations. One of them is Rome, another is Athens -
Unit 2, Athenian Democracy
Athens have an unorganized senate, they have meetings about the city that aren't mandatory, so a lot of people don't know whats going on in their city. The town was poorly protected in an open area. -
Unit 2, Roman Republic
The Roman had a very organized senate
and power is distributed very poorly. Their town meeting were mandatory, so everyone knew what was going on. -
Unit 2, Sparta
Sparta had many strengths and from what i've seen they didn't have to many weaknesses, they had a very strong army. -
Unit 2, Sparta's army
Sparta's army was very strong they trained their army from childhood. Even the women of sparta were trained to be strong because they believe if the parents were strong the would give birth to a strong child. -
Unit 2, Sparta's special operation unit
The Krypteria was the Sparta's special operation unit that went around killing helots. -
Unit 2, who the Helots were
The helots were local people that the spartans conquered on the peloponnese. They weren't slaves but they weren't quit free. They were required to give half of their crops to the spartans.(they were killed for trying to start a rebellion) -
Unit 3, 330AD The beginning of Byzantine Empire
This empire was started by the roman emperor Constantine. Though the western half of the Roman Empire crumbled and fell in 476 the eastern half survived for 1,000 more years. -
Unit 3, the Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire brought about many things a rich tradition of art, literature and learning and serving as a military buffer between the states of Europe and the threat of invasion. -
Unit 3, the fall of the Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire finally fell in 1453, after an ottoman army stormed Constantinople during the reign of Constantine XI. -
Unit 3, the rise of a new religion
After the fall of the Roman empire came about of a new religion, Islam! This new religion swept the middle east. -
Unit 3, new religion took a big impact
Islam was spreading rapidly and fast. This religion was having impact on many cultures due to cultural diffusion. -
Unit 3, Islam similarities between other religion
Islam has many similarities between Judaism, and Christianity, for example they each have a holy book and worship 1 god(monotheistic) -
Unit 3, 1235 the west african kingdoms
Originally Mali was a small kingdom located at the upper course of niger river,it was in a gold producing area. -
Unit 3, 830c to 1235c. The Ghana empire
The Ghana empire was located in what is now southeastern mauritania, and western Mali. Complex societies had existed in the region since about 300CE.
