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Farmers grew rice in the middle of Chang Jiang Valley. North and along the Huang He was a land with silt which is suitable for growing millet and wheat.Overtime, people became more advance and used potter's wheels to make more type of pottery.
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Sumerians developed cuneiform, the world's first system of writing. They use sharp tools called styluses to make symbols on clay tablets.
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Menes had power in Upper Egypt and he wished to unified both upper and lower Egypt. The armies of Menes invaded lower Egypt and united the two kingdoms.. He also built a new capital city call Memphis
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group of people in Mesopotamia that developed world's first civilization
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Egyptian continued to develop their political system which was based on the belief that the pharaoh was both king and a God. As a result the pharaoh's duty grew. Pharaoh hired government officials and most came from the pharaoh's family
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Khufu was the most famous pharaoh in the Old kingdom. They say that he was evil but people who work for him was well fed ,and was best known for his monuments built to him.
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Sargon's soldiers defeated all the city states of Sumer. They conquered northern Mesopotamia and forms the world's first empire.
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Harappan lives near the Sarasvati River which is located in southeast of the Indus. Harrapan civilization grew because their irrigation and agriculture improved.
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Minoans had built an advanced society on the island of Crete. Crete' location was excellent for Minoan traders,
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several other civilizations also developed in around Fertile Crescent.These people are The Hittites and Kassites, Assyrians,Chaldean,and Phoenicians.
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The Hebrews are the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews.They developed a culture that became an influence in later civilization.
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Minoans and the Mycenaean is the two earliest culture developed in Greece. They influenced the entire Aegean region and helped shaped later cultures in Greece. after Mycenaean civilization fall and Greeks started form independent city states which affected the Greek society .
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A French soldier discovered the key they needed to read Egyptian writing. Rosetta stone was a stone slab with hieroglyphics written on it.Greek and later form of Egyptian was written on it .
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Hammurabi become Babylon's king and the city's greatest monarch.He was a great war leader and brought all Mesopotamia into his Empire. He is most famous for his code. The Hammurabi's Code have 282 laws that dealt in almost every part of daily life.
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The Shang Dynasty was the first dynasty and the strongest in Huang AHe Valley.The Shang ruled a broad area of northern China. Chinas first writting system was invented during that time.
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Ramses the Great is an Egyptian pharaoh. He is famous for his massive monuments that he built and a great warrior.
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Hinduism was brought by People from Persia and other kingdoms in Central Asia. Hindus believe in many gods. The three majors are Brahma the creator, Siva the destroyer, and Vishnu the Preserver. They believe in reincarnation and karma
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God ask Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.He went to pharaohs and asked to free the Israelites, but they refuse to. After the terrible plague, they finally freed the Israelites. They believe they had been saved because God loved the
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King Solomon expanded the kingdom and made Egypt and Phoenicia, his allies. Because of trade, Solomon became rich and built a great temple to God in jerusalem.
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Lycurgus created the social system after the slave revolt. He increased the military power and provide security and protection for the city.Spartans valued discipline,obedience, and courage above all else.
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Israel split into two kingdom called Israel and called Judah. The two Kingdoms lasted for a few centuries. But the Assyrians defeated Israel around 722 BC. The kingdom fell apart and most of its people scattered.
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Siddhartha Gautama is a prince who grew up in luxury. He saw suffering in people around him and began to ask questions about the meaning of human life.He fast and meditate under the tree and Buddhism become a religion.
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Cyrus was a successful leader because he didn't force people to adapt to the Persian customs. He let them worship their own God. He led a Persian revolt against Medes and won.
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Cyrus the Second led the Persian and conquered the Medes. His victory is the beginning of the Persian Empire. Cyrus conquered nearly all of Asia Minor and much Southwest Asia.The Persian army grew stronger and conquered the entire Indus valley.
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A noble named Peisistratus became the ruler of Athens. He is harsh but brought peace and prosperity to the city. He also began new policy to unify the city.
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The Spartans declared war and attacked Athenian but neither side won. After the Athens decided to expand its empire by conquering the land of Sicily but they failed. Taking advantage of Athen's weakness, sparta attacked Athens and they were in control.
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They created a new learning method. The Socratic method of learning was the first politicals science book and about scientific reasoning.
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Athens was conquered by the Macedonians and Athens was strongly influences by the Macedonians. After that the Athens lost the limited democracy they had and new king took over Greece and ended Athenian democracy forever.
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Alexander's empire was huge and he spread Greek influences to places he conquered . He encourages people to still keep their own culture and a new culture was developed.
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Gupta dynasty took over India and was once again united.Chandra Gupta 1 was a brilliant military leader and continued his father's wars of conquest.
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The Mauryan and the Gupta built great empire in India.
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He is the first ruler to unify all of China.He is famous for his building programs such as canals, roads that would become the Great Wall.He also built Xian a new capital city at Xianyang.
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The Silk road connected Han China in the east with the Roman Empire in the west.China grew wealthy from trading silk.Merchants could carry these goods long distances and still sell tghe for a large profitt.People was able to trade luxury goods that they did not own.
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When the Assyrian empire was weakened by the war, Chaldean attack the Assyrians and destroyed Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire. Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt Babylon and his grand palace featured the famous Hanging Gardens..