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Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt.(pg. 89)
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Sargon of Akkad conquers Mesopotamia and forms the world's first empire.(pg. 51 and 61)
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They were a people group who lived in Greece and admired the mind. (pg. 236-269)
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Started in the Third Dynasty of Egypt.(pg. 90)
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The Harappan society created the world's first plumbing system.(pg. 128)
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Sargon built a new capital Akkad and was the first ruler to have a permanent army.(pg. 61)
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A civilization that grew up in the Indus River Valley.(pg. 126-128)
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Egypt was united again during Mentuhotep's rule and the Middle Kingdom began.(pg. 96)
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A society that were originally from around Caspian Sea but they migrated to the Indus Valley.(128-129)
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They were ancestors of the Israelites and Jews that still live today.(pg. 202-219)
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The Minoan and the Mycenaean were the two earliest of the Greek societies. (pg. 230-231)
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They lived on the Euphrates River and grew into a powerful government. (pg. 72-73)
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Hammurabi becomes city's greatest monarch.(pg. 72)
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They were other civilizations that developed around the Fertile Crescent.(pg. 74-77)
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Ahmose's rise to power was the beginning of the New Kingdom.(pg. 97)
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She increased Egyptian trade.(pg. 98)
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His reign was one of the longest in Egyptian history.(pg. 98)
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God told Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.(pg. 203)
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Societies that developed around the Huang He and Chang Jiang river.(166-178)
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Were a group of people who settled in the region called Nubia. It was the first great kingdom in Africa.(pg. 107)
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He was well loved by the Israelites and he established the capital of Israel in Jerusalem.(pg. 205)
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Solomon was a strong king and he expanded the kingdom.(pg. 205)
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In the Spartan they believed in military power. (pg.266-268)
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Homer created the Iliad and the Odyssey. (pg. 246)
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The Phoenicians developed the world's first alphabet.(pg. 77)
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Nebuchadnezzar the most famous Chaldean kin, rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city.(pg. 75)
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He was called Buddha and he started Buddhism.(pg. 136-139)
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The Persian Empire controlled all the land from Asia Minor to the Indus River. It was one of the mightiest of the ancient would. (pg. 260-265)
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Cyrus created the largest empire the world had ever seen. (pg. 261)
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Cleisthenes creates the world's first democracy.(pg. 238)
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Siddhartha founded Buddhism in India (pg. 136-138)
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Athens reached its height under Pericles. (pg. 240)
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He was the father of Alexander the Great. (pg. 272-273)
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He made the largest empire of the ancient world.(pg. 273-275)
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Candragupta Maurya founded the Mauryan Empire.(pg. 142-143)
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He was the strongest Mauryan emperors and he extended Maurya rule over most of India.(pg. 143)
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Ying Zheng the Qin king unified China. Gave himself the name Shi Huangdi which means "first emperor".(pg. 172)
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He was the first emperor of the Han dynasty.(pg. 178)
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He wanted to create a stronger central government.(pg. 179)
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They develop trade routes called the Silk Road that are still used today. Even today, the Silk Road is talked about in missions and the spread of religion (pg 187-188).
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During this period India was once again united.(144-145)
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Gupta society reached its high point during his rule.(pg. 144)
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Khufu was the most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.(pg. 91)