Period 1

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  • Period: 15,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE

    Paleolithic Era

    The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; typified by use of evolving stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence
  • Period: 8000 BCE to 5000 BCE

    Agricultural Revolution

    Transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture
  • Period: 8000 BCE to 5000 BCE

    Neolithic Era

    The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished
  • Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Bronze Age

    Increased use of plow, metalworking and development of wheeled vehicles, writing
  • Period: 2650 BCE to 2150 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    started in 2650 BC, lasted 500 years, PYRAMIDS, created many foundations for Egyptian civilization
  • Period: 2055 BCE to 1640 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

    began in 2055 BC, strong leadership brought stability and economic prosperity
  • Period: 1800 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

    Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    1766 BC, overcame Xia, created many institutions that carried over into later Chinese cultures
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1075 BCE

    New Kingdom

    the period of ancient Egyptian history that followed the overthrow of the Hyksos rulers, lasting from about 1570 to 1075 BC, reached height of power
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 221 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

    Took over Shang c. 1100 BC, divided into Western Zhou (first period, peaceful) and Eastern Zhou (conflict arose)