From Aincient America to Aincient China

  • The start of man
    10,000 BCE

    The start of man

    Neolithic revolution
    Farming & Agriculture
    Leads to new technology and domestication
    Neolithic villages
  • Mesopotamia
    3100 BCE

    Mesopotamia

    Started around rivers
    Silt
    Agricultural surplus
    Building of the great babylon (531 B.C)
  • Ancient Egypt (old kingdom)
    2686 BCE

    Ancient Egypt (old kingdom)

    Nile river
    Upper and lower
    King Menes
    Memphis
    Pharaohs and gods
    pyramids were built
    Sphinx built
  • Indus River Valley (Harappa)
    2500 BCE

    Indus River Valley (Harappa)

    The Harappan civilization experienced its height around 2500 BC and began to decline about 2000 BC. The causes of its downfall are not certain. One theory suggests that the Aryan people migrated into this area. Mohenjo-Daro just vanished there are theories of many things from shift of river all the way to nuclear bomb
  • Babylon
    2300 BCE

    Babylon

    Babylon became the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 609 to 539 BC. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
  • Egypt (Middle Kingdom)
    2000 BCE

    Egypt (Middle Kingdom)

    Golden age
    Created the powerful army for defense
    Pharohs were considered gods
    Built hidden tombs
  • China (Shang Dynasty)
    2000 BCE

    China (Shang Dynasty)

    Writing (around 2000bc)on Oracle Bones using what is known as Calligraphy. They invented Silk (about 2640 BC)-silkworms and mulberry trees. The Religion was ancestor worship
  • Aryans Invade, Conquer and Make War in the Indus Valley
    1500 BCE

    Aryans Invade, Conquer and Make War in the Indus Valley

    1500 BCE, It has been estimated by various scholars that between 1500 and 1200 , pastoral people migrated from the northwest, perhaps across the steppe lands of what is now central Russia, through Afghanistan, through the Khyber Pass and onto the Indus Plain. These migrants were to be called Aryans
  • China (Zhou dynasty)
    1100 BCE

    China (Zhou dynasty)

    Mandate of Heaven the gods allowed empowers to rule-dynastic cycle
    Feudalism is that Feudal lords controlled the area. Growing economy, Iron Age, First money, Feudal lords became too strong and Ended the Zhou dynasty Confucius- Confuciusism the idea the people need to play their role
  • Egypt (New Kingdom)
    1000 BCE

    Egypt (New Kingdom)

    Ramses the great
    Conquered other areas
    Pharohs buried in the Valley of Kings
    Time of Expansion
  • China (QIN Dynasty)
    475 BCE

    China (QIN Dynasty)

    Warring states period (475 - 221 BC)
    QIN Shi Huangdi invented Legalism along with the Great Wall of china. He Only lasted 221-206 BC
    buried with the Terra-cotta army
  • Alexander The Great
    332 BCE

    Alexander The Great

    It fell to Alexander the Great in 332 BC, and after his death, it became part of the Greek Seleucid Empire.