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When farming came to the Nile, the only crops that were grown was wheat, barley, onions, lettuce, and beans. The farmers also raised cattle, goats, sheeps and pigs. This really allowed life in the Nile. This affects us today because without it people wouldn't have been able to populate the Nile.
http://www.timemaps.com/civilization/ancient-egypt
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Mesopotamians built cities with woven designs in them
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Sumerian culture emerges in Southern Mesopotamia.
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Writing begins to be developed. It starts as pictograms but eventually becomes language. This is significant because it shows us that they were learning and inventing things. This is important to us today because it was one of the first writing systems.
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Harappan civilization in India starts burying their dead. This was important because it was a huge culture change. It does not effect us.
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the construction of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa begins
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The Great Indian cities of Mohenjo Daro
and Harappa are built. These two cities covered massive areas of land that rivaled Mesopotamian cities. The cities have become famous for their advanced drainage systems and their precise layouts. They were possibly the basis of other cities. They were a part of the start of engineering.
http://www.ancient.eu/timeline/india/
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After 500 years the Harappan civilization starts cremating their dead instead of burying them. This shows a major culture shift in the Indian culture. It is not known exactly why the change was made. This does not effect us today.
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This period was a big part of Egypt's culture, sculptors created the first statues and architects learned how to build massive creations out of stone. This period was a very expressive part of
Egypt's past. Without this, we would not have the Egyptian art or the pyramids.
http://www.timemaps.com/civilization/ancient-egypt
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Construction on the Pyramids of Giza start
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The Great Pyramids of Giza were built. The first pyramid was built by Khufu and other great emperors followed his role. All of the pyramids were based off of Sneferu's pyramid. This was a huge part of Egypt's past because it was a part of their culture to show the importance of people.
http://www.timemaps.com/civilization/ancient-egypt
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King Sargon of Akkad starts working to conquer the first empire. His empire reaches its height in 2000 BCE. This is important today because this was the start of all empires that will come.
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After the fall of the Old Kingdom, the first intermediate period begins. Most scholars look at the first intermediate period as sort of a "dark age." This is mostly due to the contradictory information that they have gathered. The event isn't very important today because there were no great things from it.
http://www.timemaps.com/civilization/ancient-egypt
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The Sumerians begin to decline as Amorites, a nomadic people, move into Mesopotamia. This was the end of a civilization. This isn't really important to us today.
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The pepper plant is found and starts being used in many Indian foods. The spice starts out as grape like berries and is ground to a fine powder to make the pepper we know. They started caring more about taste and wanted to make it better. This extremely important to us today because we need spices for our food to make them taste better.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/brief-history-pepper/
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The Shang dynasty is formed in China.The Shang dynasty accomplished many things including bringing bronze working to the front in work. This largely helped their military in battles. This helps us today because it was a small step towards current day military.
http://www.timemaps.com/civilization-ancient-china
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Harappan culture was made of their unique farming, weaving, jeweling, pottery, and other things
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Harappan culture, one of the largest civilizations in India at the time, starts to decline. Historians think that it might have been due to Aryans conquering the civilization.
http://www.ancient.eu/timeline/india/
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The Mitanni conquer Northern Mesopotamia. Their rule lasts only 200 years until the Assyria conquer their Mesopotamian land. This shows how quickly the power can shift even though it had no real significance to us.This really does not effect us because it is a shift from one power to the next.
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Tutankhamun was only 9 when he was King. Tut was only in power for about ten years so he was not able to do much in that time; however, one big accomplishment of his was reversing the religious reforms of his father. He was barely known to the world until his tomb was found. At that point, he became the most famous pharaoh in the world.
http://www.timemaps.com/civilization/ancient-egypt
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King Tut died. The reason is not completely known
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King Wu established the Zhou dynasty. This dynasty had 13 emperors. The Zhou dynasty saw many developments that helped people greatly so it is known as the Height of Splendor of Prehistoric times. This helped move along technology.
http://www.timemaps.com/civilization-ancient-china
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Aramaeans and Chaldeans overrun Mesopotamia causing the Assyrian and Babylonian civilizations to decline. This is the end of a civilization. This has little if any effect on us.
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Confucius, a chinese philosopher, lives his life. Through his life, he influenced and taught many people about his way of life, Confucianism.
http://www.religionfacts.com/confucianism
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An epic called Ramayana by the sage Valmiki is written about the journey of Virtue to beat Vice. Aayana is the journey of Sri Rama, the hero of the epic. This was a big part of Indian culture because it told a story about one of their heroes. This had no effect on us though.
http://www.valmikiramayan.net/
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Confucius died of natural causes.
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Alexander the Great conquered most of the world that was known at his time. Through his conquering, he spread Greek culture throughout the world. Conquering Egypt from the Persians was only part of his plan. This was important because the people of Egypt lost control of their country. This influences us today because a lot of culture was intermixed because of the conquering.
http://www.ancient.eu/Alexander_the_Great/
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Qin Shih Huang was the first emperor of China. His greatest acheivements are building the teracotta warriors and builfing the great wall. This was important back then because he honored their dead and wanted protection for his people. This is important today because scholars intensively study his work.
http://www.timemaps.com/civilization-ancient-china
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shaanxi/xian/terra_cotta_army/qin_shihuang_1.htm -
The Han dynasty was founded in the East by Emperor Gaozu. These times are considered the golden age by many because the dynasty flourished in arts, politics, and technology. This was important because the people of china had it really good. This dynasty has created a lot of China's culture
http://www.ancient.eu/Han_Dynasty/
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The fall of the Han dynasty is commonly considered the end of the this period of chinese history. The dynasty was torn apart by corrupt officials after Emperor Zhang died. This has little effect on us.
https://www.boundless.com/world-history/textbooks/boundless-world-history-i-ancient-civilizations-enlightenment-textbook/early-chinese-dynasties-282/the-han-dynasty-300/the-fall-of-the-han-and-the-three-kingdoms-period-305-13278/
http://www.timemaps.com/civilization-ancient-china
