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After warring states, Shi Huangdi – “First Emperor”, unified the country by conquering the warring states, abolshing feudalism, and creating a centralized government.
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Expanded territory and added southern rice valley. Developed bureaucracies and further centralized government
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1000 BCE. Cyrus the Great. (550 BCE) System of provinces with governors. Society divided into three social and occupational classes.
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Had intensive agriculture, wide-range trade, and ceremonial centers. (Pyramids). Large cultural influence on later mesoamerican civilizations.
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Iron began to be the primary metal for tools and weapons. It began in different times in different parts of the world.
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1700 BCE. Moses freed all the Hebrew slaves and brought them to the promised land. Kingodom of Isreal set up. (Monarchy). Height of Isreal during Kind David and son Soloman's rule in 1000 BCE.
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911-312 BCE. First to rule far-flung lands and diverse people. Homeland in northern Mesopotamia. 3 Major classes. Over time, the flow of outsiders changed the ethnic composition.
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No longer can rely on oral communication. Sumerians first 3500-3000 BCE.
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Brahma – priestsWarrior classFarmer/merchant classScheduled class/untouchables – outside class structure Caste system is introduced by Aryans in 1500 BCE when they migrated.
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3000 BCE. Pharohs, pyramids, tombs for families. Believed in the afterlife, therefore had mummification. Hieroglphics was their writing system. The Nile helped the civilization greatly; it overflowed annually and provided irrigation, which led to agriculture.
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Neolithic Revolution/Agricultural Revolution
Nomadic > agricultural > town > city
