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The first Sumerian cities emerged in the southern part of Mesopotamia. (Text book)
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Harappa Civilization
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Harappa Civilization was formed. (Text book)
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Old Kingdom begins and rulers build huge pyramids to serve as their tombs. (Text book)
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First civilization of India emerged in the Indus River valley, in present day Pakistan. (Text book)
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Sargon and Akkad build the worlds first known empire.
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A man named Abraham lived in Ur Mesopotamia. His family migrated their sheep and goats into the region called Canaan. Abraham is considered the founder of Israelite nation. (Text book)
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First known civilization in the Fertile Crescent was discovered in 1800 in Mesopotamia. (Text book)
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Hammurabi issues the world's first written legal code.
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Hammurabi, king of Babylon, brought much of Mesopotamia under his control. (Text book)
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The quality of life starts to decline in the Indus River valley. (Text book)
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The Shang dynasty of China emerges. (Text book)
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Deathblow fell on the Indus River valley when nomadic people arrived from the north. (Text book)
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The Aryan Civilizations were formed. Aryan priests memorized and recited Vedas thousands of years before they were wrote down. That is why this period is often called the Vedic age. (Text book)
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Ramses ll ruled Egypt.
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Ramses ll was the most powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom. He pushed Egyptian rule northward as far as Syria. (Text book)
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The Assyrian expand across Mesopotamia. This huge winged bull guards the palace of an Assyrian emperor. (Text book)
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The Assyrians, who lived on upper Tigris, began expanding across Mesopotamia. (Textbook)
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The Shang dynasty dominated northern China. (Text book)
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Zhou people overthrow the Shang. (Text book)
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Feudal lords exercised the real power and profited from the lands worked by peasants within their domains. (Text book)
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As Egypt declined, Nubia regained its independence. Nubia king marches north, adding Egypt to their own lands. (Text book)
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Nubian's ruled Egypt like earlier pharaohs, respecting ancient traditions, but soon Assyrian, armed with iron weapons, descended on Egypt. (Text book)
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A new civilization had emerged mixed with many rival kingdoms. (Text book)
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Knowledge of iron working reached China. (Text book)
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The Aryan Civilizations were formed.
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Zhou set up their dynasty in China. (Text book)
