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Period: 7000 BCE to 3000 BCE
China-Chinese river valley
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. -
3300 BCE
Mesopotamia- Sumerian Invention of Writing pg65
Sumerians developed cuneiform, the world's first system of writing. They use sharp tools called styluses to make symbols on clay tablets. -
3100 BCE
Egypt- Menes pg89
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 -
Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE
Fertile crescent-Sumerians pg60
group of people in Mesopotamia that developed world's first civilization -
Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE
Kush- Old Kingdom pg90
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 -
2500 BCE
Egypt-Khufu pg91
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. -
Period: 2334 BCE to 2279 BCE
Mesopotamia- Sargon of Akkad pg61
Sargon's soldiers defeated all the city states of Sumer. They conquered northern Mesopotamia and forms the world's first empire. -
Period: 2300 BCE to 1700 BCE
India- Harappan Civilization developed pg127
Harappan lives near the Sarasvati River which is located in southeast of the Indus. Harrapan civilization grew because their irrigation and agriculture improved. -
2000 BCE
Greece- Minoans pg230
Minoans had built an advanced society on the island of Crete. Crete' location was excellent for Minoan traders, -
Period: 2000 BCE to 600 BCE
Mesopotamia- Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent pg74
several other civilizations also developed in around Fertile Crescent.These people are The Hittites and Kassites, Assyrians,Chaldean,and Phoenicians. -
Period: 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE
Southwest Asia-Hebrews pg202
The Hebrews are the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews.They developed a culture that became an influence in later civilization. -
Period: 2000 BCE to 1200 BCE
Greek- ancient Greeks pg230
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 . -
1799 BCE
Egypt-The Rosetta stone pg 103
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 . -
1792 BCE
Babylon- Hammurabi pg73
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. -
1500 BCE
China- The Shang Dynasty pg163
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. -
Period: 1300 BCE to 1200 BCE
Egypt-Ramses the Great pg101
Ramses the Great is an Egyptian pharaoh. He is famous for his massive monuments that he built and a great warrior. -
1250 BCE
India- Hindusim began to develope in India pg133
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 -
1200 BCE
Southwest Asia- Exodus pg203
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 -
965 BCE
Israel- King Solomon pg205
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. -
Period: 900 BCE to 600 BCE
Greece- spartan pg266
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. -
722 BCE
Isreal- invaders Conquer and ruler pg206
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. -
563 BCE
India- Prince Sidddharta Guarama pg136
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. -
550 BCE
Greece- Cyrus the Great pg261
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. -
Period: 550 BCE to 529 BCE
Greece- Persians pg263
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. -
546 BCE
Greece- The Rise of the Tyrants pg237
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. -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Greece- Spartan pg271
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. -
350 BCE
Greece- Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle pg283
They created a new learning method. The Socratic method of learning was the first politicals science book and about scientific reasoning. -
330 BCE
Greece- The end of Democracy in Athens pg240
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. -
323 BCE
Macedonia- Alexander the great's Empire
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. -
320 BCE
India- Chandra Gupta 1 founds the Gupta Empire pg144
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. -
Period: 320 BCE to 185 BCE
India- Indian empire pg142
The Mauryan and the Gupta built great empire in India. -
221 BCE
China- Emperor Shi Hiangdi pg177
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. -
100 BCE
China- Silk Road pg190
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. -
Apr 6, 652
Mesopotamia- Chaldeans pg75
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..