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Marius led the army. He told all of the people that joined his army that they would get a piece of of the land from the war as a reward.
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BC, After Greece became a Roman province, the Romans adopted several elements of the Greek culture.
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BC, Scipio Routed Hannibal's forces on the plain of Zama outside Carthige and took the city. This ended the second Punic War.
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BC, The Han dynasty developed several things including agriculture and handcrafts. One big thing that happend was the silk roads.
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BC, Shi Huangdi ruled china, he worked to strengthen China. But he ruled harshly.
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BC, Ying Zheng set out to build the great wall of china. To this day ths wall is still standing.
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BC, The Romans had defeated the Etruscans and the Greek Cities in Southern Italy. As the Romans conquered Italy they did not apply too many conditions on their subjects.
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BC Romans defeated the Etruscans. They now control italy and want to rule Sicily.
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BC, The Qin dynasty replaced the Zhou dynasty. It would eventually fall because of a peasant rebel.
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BC, The second most important magistrates were the censors. They recorded the cities population and how much property each person owned.
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BC, men were required to be part of the military. All men between the ages of 17 and 46 with a minimum amout of property were required to serve
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BC, The law of the Twelve Tables was rome's first written law code. The laws protected both the lenders and borrowers
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BC, The Plebeians forced the Patricians to have all laws written down. So the Patricians know the laws and could not get arrested for no reason.
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BC, The Law of 12 tabkes effected marraiges. People of different classes could not marry each other.
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Athens emerged to Delian League. The delian league eventually grew to 200 city-states
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BC, Athenian leader Cleisthenes broke power of the nobility. This caused people to organize themselves into 10 groups where they lived on their wealth.
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BC, Buddhsim was developed. Siddharta Gautama founded Buddhsim. He was the prince of a litlle kingdom.
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BC, The Persian War began between the greek and persian empire. The persians won and conquered the area.
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551 BC, Confucius was born. He developed 5 relationships to organize China in a time of crisis. He also had many sayings/qoutes that were part of everyday life
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600-370 BC, Sparta had the most powerful army in Greece, the Spartan people paid a high price for the military supremacy.
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BC, Draco came to power. He was the first Democratic nobleman. He aslo developed a legal code.
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BC, Mycenaeans resented Spartans harsh rule. As a result it turned into a city state.
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BC, Homers composed epics and narrative poems, called the Iliad.
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BC, Sparta conquered the neighboring region Mycenia and took over the land. Mycenians became peasants forced to stay on the land and work for the Spartans.
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BC, City-states were fundamental political unit in ancient greece. City-states were always joining Greece.
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Accourding to Roman legend, Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. They were raised by a she-wolf.
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The forum was the center of life. It had several diverse activities happening. It was a political center but it also was a good place to comunicate with others.
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BC, the Zhou brought the Mandate of Heaven to power. it chose the leader and became central to the government.
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BC, the Shang Dynasty ended. They built elaborate palaces and tombs that were found and left a lot of information.
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BC, The Zhou dynasty came in and made their own dynasty. They overthrew the Shang dynasty which previously ruled.
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BC, Sea riders attacked and burned Mycenaean cities.
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BC, Trojan war was fought between the Mycenaeans and Troy
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1368 to 1644 CE, The Ming dynasty was the last Chinese dynasty. It was famous for its exquisite arts and crafts.
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BC, Normadic people from north of the Hindu Kush known as the Aryans came into the Indus Valley. Civilization grew again thanks to the Aryans.
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BC, The Myceneans and the Minoan met through seaborne trade. This lead to further trade, new ideas, and products.
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BC, Babylonia is conquired by the Kassites. The Kassites ruled the land for over 4000 years.
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BC, the Chinese had their own written language. It didn’t link to other written language.
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1600-1100 BC, Mycenae could withstand from any attack warrior kings surrounded the village and farms. Strong rulers controlled the area.
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1630-1523 BC, the Hyksos ruled Egypt between 1630-1523 BC. They were known as “rulers of foreign lands”.
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BC, the Middle Kingdom was brought to an end. Hyksos moved from Palestine across the Isthmus of Suez into Egypt.
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BC, the rich and poor lived in different styles of sheltes thet they called home.the higher class people lived in timber framed houses made of straw and clay while the lower class just lived in little huts.
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BC, The Shang Dynasty rose. They were the first family of Chinese rulers to leave written records.
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BC, Building started to deline, cities fell into decay. Later descovered that earthquakes and floods caused the walls to decay.
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BC, Hammurabi code of laws. This was the first written code of laws that citizens could find and read out on the street. Citizens were informed of criminal acts so no one could say they were unaware of the laws
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BC, Hammarabi took over as the ruler of Mesopotamia. During his rule Mesopotamia was at its peak.
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BC Caesar and Pompey go into a civil war, Caesar wins and he got full control over the Republic. The Senate then later declared him as the dictator of Rome for life.
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BC, First triumvirate formed with Caesar, Gnaeus, Pompey, and Licinius
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BC, The settlements began to grow to become China's first
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BC, Mentuhotep II gained control of entire country. As a result, agriculture advanced.
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618-907 CE, The tang dynasty controled from 618-907 CE. Literature and arts flourished under the ruling of the Tang Dynasty.
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BC, The Grand Canal was built. This help expansion and developed more trading options.
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BC, Solon made democratic reforms. No one could own another person, which meant that slavery was outlawed.
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BC, The Persian fleet carried 25,000 men across the Aegean Sea and landed northeast of Athens. This changed the city of Athens.
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BC, The Etruscan's influenced Rome a lot. They built Romes first sewers and city walls.
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2040-1640 BC, The Middle Kingdom restored law and order.
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Between 2040-1640 BC, Egyptians improved trade and transportation. They accomplished this by digging a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea.
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The power of the Pharaohs started to declined. This caused the end of the Old Kingdom.
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BC, First peopleto strat pluming. Pluming showed social class, better plumbing=higher social class.
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The planned cities suggested that they had a strong government. They made high walls for the rich to resemble temples.
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Weapons were not found a lot. This suggested that they were peaceul and did not have conflicts with others.
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BC, Sumerian city-states were ruled by dynasties. Leadership kept villages in place, an important part of Sumerian society.
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BC, Sumerians believed in several Gods (they were polytheistic). They believed that there are gods such as God of the wind.
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BC, Many settlers gather and traded ideas within Sumerian city-states. Cultural diffusion helped other cultures share and experience new things.
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Egyptians built pyramids. They were used as a burial sites for the pharaohs.
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2500-1500 BC, THe Harappan Cities uniformity in religion and culture. Artifacts such as clay and wooden toys shows a society that can make goods that are not essential.
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BC, Some of the largest cities inclueded Kaliebngan, Mohenjo-Daro, and Harappa. Most trading and other developments happened in these cities.
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BC, They used bricks to build there cities. They built strong levees to keep water out of there cities.
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2500-1500 BC, The Harappan culture developed a written language. THis written language has been impossible to decipher
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BC, Citties were planned to be made. They relied heavly on their walls to protect them from natural disasters
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Start of the Old Kingdom. The Pyramids show the strength of Egypt and show the economic strength and technology.
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BC, The Royal tombs of Ur were created. Their were 16 tombs in total and 15 of them were considered royal.
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BC, Trading began. The Indus River gave them a good way to get to the sea. The sea allowed them to trade with distant civilizations.
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BC, India traded silver and gold with Afghanistan. Culture difusion occured.
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BC, Pharaohs became Egypt's kings and were viewed as gods. This type of government was called theocracy.
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BC, The epic Gilgamesh is written. Gilgamesh was the first ever written epic and several stories can be related to this epic.
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BC, the Egyptians created the calendar with 365 days. They used it to keep track of when to plant crpos and harvest according to flooding.
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BC, The Egyptians developed a system of written numbers for counting, adding, and subtraction. They used the system to collect taxes.
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BC, Ur rises to become a huge city. Had an est. populaton of 80,000 people which made it the largest city in the world. It was the center of civilization.
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BC, The Sumerian language was invented. The sumerian language is he oldest form of written language. This opened opportunities for people to record stories, important events, etc.
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3000-2000 BC, The Sumerian city-states were always in war. This led to Mesopotamia becoming an Empire
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Priests were responsible for their own government. The preists and nobility were at the top of the social class.
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BC, There was a distinct social class. The Kings, Queens, priests, and wealthy landowners were above merchants who were above farmers and peasants.
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BC, the Egyptians developed hieroglyphics. Unlike cuneiform it was written on papyrus reeds.
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BC, the Villages of Egypt were under control of Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt. They were said to be under the control of Narmer
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Egyptians believed in many gods. They were polytheistic.
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BC, Sumerians made farming easier. The Sumerians created several tools and envented new technology for farming
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BC, Sumerians faced many environmental challenges. They dealt with floods or no rain.
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Mesopotamia is located in the Fertile Cresent. This was an are with rich soil which was good for farmng.
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BC, The people of the Indus Valley farmed along the Indus River. The soil was rich and good for farming. They were among the first to settle.
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BC, The people of the Indus Valley domesticated animals such as sheep and goats.