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Occuring during the latter half of the Zhou dynasty, the Warring States Period is a time when the scale and intensity of warfare drastically increased in China. The battles raged on until only seven major states remained.
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The Zhou were known for creating the Mandate of Heaven. Feng shui was also created during this period.
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Capital of a kingdom in southern Nubia. While Meroë was capital, Nubia flourished; showing more independence from Egyptian and Sub-Saharan cultures.
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The most innovative state during the Warring States Period. The warriors of Qin took a great risk by being the first state to take in the methods of the Legalists school of political theorists.
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Daoism emphasizes living in harmony with the Dao. The Dao is the way or path of nature.
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Created by a man named Confuscius in early China. Confucianism focuses on the order in an awareness of Tian and a respect of the gods, with emphasis on the importance of family.
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The Celts were a group of people in Europe coming into history around 500 B.C.E. Conquests by the Roman Empire would later push the Celts to the western border of Europe along with England.
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The Mandate of Heaven is religious and political ideology in which the eavens could grant or take away power to/from the ruler of China. The power could be taken away from the ruler and given to a new ruler if he did not conduct himself justly in the best interest of his people.
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Documents were wrote on oracle bones, which is how we known about the Shang Dynasty. The supreme god during the Shang Dynasty was Di, who controls the storms, and is also very distant from humans and cannot be reached directly. This dynasty was succeeded by the Zhou.
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The New Kingdom lasted for the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth dynasties. This period was Egypt's most prosperous time, and marked the peak of it's power. During this period Egypt gained it's greatest territorial extent.
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A region in southern Egypt/ northern Sudan that connected trade between Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa. In 1750 B.C.E. the capital of Nubia named Kush was created. The Egyptians later invaded Nubia, destroying Kush and expanding their southern boundaries.
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The first Mesoamerican civilization was Olmec which civilized in 1200 B.C.E. The first South American civilization was Chavin which was created in 900 B.C.E. Llamas were a large part of South American life, used to transport goods easier and to be used for labor.
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The Middle Kingdom lasted from the late eleventh dynasty to the fourteenth dynasty. The capital was moved to Thebes during this period.
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Amorite ruler of Babylon from 1792 B.C.E. - 1750 B.C.E. Known for The Law Code of Hammurabi
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A plain of more than 1 million acres located in modern day Pakistan.
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The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. Capital of the Amorite king Hammurabi.
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Little is known about the Xia Dynasty besides that it was the first dynasty in early Chinese history. Documentation of Chinese history did not begin being recorded until the later Shang Period.
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The Old Kingdom lasted from the third dynasty until the sixth dynasty. The capital was moved to Memphis during the third dynsaty. This period is known for its building of pyramids.
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Hieroglyphics were a system of writing in which symbols were known as concepts or words. This writing form was used for official and monumental inscriptions in ancient Egypt.
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A system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or symbols. Cuneiform was first introduced in 3300 BCE in Mesopotamia.
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The people of Meopotamia became good at metallurgy and began to make tools and weapons out of bronze. The metal ores had to be imported from Asia to make bronze. The first production of iron was in Anatolia in 1200 B.C.E. and was also used for tools and weapons.
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The people who lived in Mesopotamia starting in 5000 BCE. Records of these people date back to 2900 BCE. They were taken over by the Semetics by 2000 BCE
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A civilization situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Mesopotamians were the first peoples to use irrigation systems to water crops and farmland. The Sumerian people lived in the south, while the Semetics lived to the north.
