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200
Ancient China:Interactions
The chariot one of the major tools of war was probably first introduced by contact with cultures from western Asia Proffessional warriors underwent lengthy training to learn the techniques of driving and shooting from horse drawn chariots -
200
Ancient China:Interactions
Chinas first civilazation developed in a river valley. China faced the danger of floods there wasstn much training due to geographic isolation and natural boundaries, this didnt fully protect China from invasiions -
200
Ancient China:Interactions
Only about 10 percent of Chinas land is suitable for farming. Much of this land lies beetween the small plain in Huang He and the Chang Jiang in Eastern China. This is known as Chinas Heartland -
206
Ancient China:Culture
Buddhism spread to China during Chinas Han Dynasty in 206 B.C. Buddhism offered more hope than Canfucianism or Daoism -
220
Ancient Rome:Economic
220 BC. Marius prom all people who would join his army that they could have some land from the war as retired legionnaries. This was a award for their loyalty -
221
Ancient China:Interactions
After ruling for 20 years, the Qin ruler assumed the name Shi Huangdi which means, the new emperors victories in war doubled Chinas Size -
223
Ancient China:Interactions
China started constructing its first walls which built up to the Great Wall of China. They did this to protect themselves in war. -
250
Ancient Rome:Interactions with the enviroment
250 BC Etruscan Influences built romes first city walls and sewer. The first walls in Rome helped the enviroment in lots of ways -
263
Ancient Greece:Culture
The Greeks wrote 2 kinds of drama:Tradgedy and comedy. Tradgedy was a serious drama about common themes while comedy contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and humor. -
300
Ancient Rome:Economic
300 BC. Next to the consuls, the most important magistrates were censors. Censors recorded the citites population and how much property each person owned. -
335
Ancient Greece:Culture
335 BC. a greek philosher named Zano founded the school of philosophy caused stoicism he said, live in harmony with the will of god. -
450
Ancient Rome:Social
450 BC, due to the law of the 12 Tables, there was a ban on marriage beetween patricians and plebians. It did not allow marriages from different social classes. -
450
Ancient Rome:Political
450 BC the plebians forced the patricians to have all laws written down. Having laws helps everyone to understand what to do. -
500
Indus Valley:Culture
Buddhism developed in Ancient India.Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha, was the founder and was born in 500 BC. -
500
Ancient Greece:Social
500 BC the Athenian Clesthenes introduced further reforms. Only free adult male property owners born in the Athens were considered citizens. -
551
Ancient China:Culture
Chinas most influential scholar was confucius who was born in 551 BC COnfucious lived in a time when the Zhou Dynasty was in decline. He led a scholarly life, studying and teaching history, music, and moral character. -
May 5, 600
Ancient Greece: Social
600 BC men were expected to serve in the army until age 60. Boys usually left their home at the age of 7 to train. This was to ensure that they had a strong experianced army. -
Jun 11, 616
Ancient Rome:Political
616 BC Rome was ruled by Latin kings. It came under the rule of the Etruscans of Northern Italy and they ruled Rome until 509 bc -
May 6, 725
Ancient Greece:Economics
Sparta conquered the neighboring region of Messenia and took over the land. The Messenians became helots, peasants, forced to stay on the land they worked on. Each year the Spartans demanded half of the Helots crops. -
May 7, 750
Ancient Greece:Economics
Polis was made up of a city and its surrounding countryside. -
Jun 12, 753
Ancient Rome:Political
in 753 BC The City of Rome was Founded by Romulus and Remus -
Jun 13, 753
Ancient Rome:Culture
in 753 BC the forum was the center of the Roman life. It was the heart of the city. -
Apr 5, 771
Ancient China:Political
in 771 BC nomads from the north and west attacked the Zhou capitol and murdered the Zhou monarch. -
Jun 14, 1000
Ancient Rome:Interactions
Wheather or not Romulus and Remus actually existed , the people who built one were members of Indo-European tribe known as the latans who had reached Itaky in the 1000s BC -
Apr 6, 1027
Ancient China:Political
The Zhou overthrough the Shang and established their own dynasty. The Zhou established a number of key traditions, including the importance of family and social order -
Apr 7, 1027
Ancient China-Economic
The Zhoe Dynasty developed Blast Furnaces which produced cast iron. This is good for trade and development -
Apr 8, 1027
Ancient China-Economic
During the Zhoe Dynasty Roads and canals were developed , this also improved trade -
May 8, 1200
Ancient Greece:Political
The Myceneans fought a 10 year war with troy because a Trojan Prince had kidnapped Helen, the beautiful wife of a greek king. Not long after that the civilization crashed. -
May 9, 1200
Ancient Greece:Political
Sea raiders attacked and burned Mycenean cities. The dorains moved into the war torn countryside. -
May 10, 1200
Ancient Greece:Economic
Trace halted for Greece after 1200 BC after the Dorians took control from the Myceneans becuas ethey were less advanced and the economy collapsed. -
May 11, 1499
Ancient Greece:Economic
The mycenaeeans came in contact with the Minoan civilization. This set up trade -
Mar 2, 1500
Indus Valley:Interactions
Aryans , a nomadic people from north of the Hindu Kush mountains , swept into the indus valley around 1500 BC. Indian civilization grew under the influence of the Nomads -
Mar 12, 1500
Indus Valley:Social
The Harrapan cities show a remarkable uniformity and culture. The housing suggests that social divisions in the society were not great. Artifacts such as day and wooden childrens toys suggest a relatively prosperous society that could afford to prpoduce nonessential goods. -
Mar 13, 1500
Indus Valley:Culture
The Harappan culture developed a written language in contrast to cuneiform and Hieroglyphics, The Harappan language has been impossible to decipher -
May 12, 1500
Ancient Greece:Culture
The Myceneans adapted the Minoan writing system to the Greek lands. They also decorated vases with Minoan designs -
May 13, 1500
Ancient Greece:Economic
The Mycenaeean came in contact with the Minoan civilization through either trade or war. -
Ancient Greece:Social
a warrior king ruled the surrounding villages and farms. Strong rulers controlled Areas such as Athens -
Egypt:Interactions
A group from the area of Palestine moved across the Isthmus of Suez into Egypt. These people were the Hyksos -
Indus Valley:Interactions
The quality of building in the Indus Valley cities declined. Gradually the great cities fell into decay. Later it was discovered that it was due to the earthquakes and floods caused by tectonic plate movement which altered the course of the Indus River. -
Mesopatamia:Economic
1792 BC the amorite King, Hammurabi became king.He improvedthe tax-collection system, increased trade for the empire to grow wealthy and made rulers for Sumerians to follow. -
Ancient Rome:Social
The first triumvirate was formed with Cesar, Gnaeus pompey, and Licinus. Tiumvirates were supposed to bring peace to the empire. -
Egypt:Social
Women in Egypt held many of the same rights as men. A wealthy or middle class women could own and trade property, she could propose marriage or seek divorce. -
Egypt:Interactions
Egptian farmers were much more fortunate than the villagers of Mesopatamia. The nile flowed regularily and there werent many issues with the river -
Egypt:Social
The egyptians were not locked into their social classes lower and middle class. Egyptians could gain higher status through marriage or sucess intheir jobs. -
Egypt:Interactions
River travel was common, but ended at the point in the Nile where boulders turn the river into churning rapids called a cataract this made it impossible for riverboats to pass this spot known as the first cataract, to continue upstream south to the interior of Africa. -
Egypt:Social
slavery became a widespread source of labor slaves usually captives from foreign wars served in the homes of the rich or toiled endlessly in the Gold mines of Upper Egypt -
Ancient China:Social
Around 2000 settlements grew into Chinas first cities. The Xia Dynasty emerged around this time. -
Ancient China:Social
Settlements were made around 2000 BC. Family was more important than the individual. A persons cheif loyalty throughout life was to te family. People owed obediance and respect to the ruler of the middle kingdom, just as they do in the elders of the family -
Ancient China:Cultural
Chinas engineer and mathamatician made flood control and irrigation projects so that chinese settlements could grow around 2000 BC -
Ancient China:Social
In 2000 BC the society was sharply divided beetween nobles and peasants. A ruling class of warrior nobles headed by a king governed the Shang. These noble families owned the land. They governed the scattered villages within the Shang lands and sent tribute to the Shang ruler in exchange for control. -
Ancient Greece:Political
In 2000 BC a large wave of indo-European migrated. Some of these who settled on Greek land were known as Mycenaeans -
Ancient Rome:Social
Romans defeated Carthage. This destroyed the city and made the Carthage people their slaves. -
Ancient Rome:Interactions
Hannibal led an army with elephants into battle, this helped the romans win battles and wars -
Ancient Rome:Social
494 BC inavaders threatened Rome, the pleabians withdrew from Rome and would not fight without more rights. The patricians gave them more rights so they could protect their city -
Ancient Rome: Social
508 BC , patrician families elected government officals from among themselves. This gave them control of every aspect of the society. -
Ancient Rome:Political
508 BC the heads of a few aristocratic families, known as patricians, elected officials from among themselves. the common people, challenged the patricians for power -
Ancient Greece:Social
More far-reaching democratic reforms were introduced by Solon, who came to power in 594 BC stating that no citizen, Solon outlawed debt slavery. He organized all Athenian citizens into four social classes according to wealth. -
Egypt:Economic
During the middle kingdom, the government collapsed aound 2100 BC, economic problems, invasions and civil wars racked Egypt -
Egypt:Economic
for the kings of the old kingdom, the resting place after death was an immense structure called a pyramid. The old kingdom was the great age of pyramid building in Ancient Egypt -
Egypt:Culture
The old kingdom also known as the age of the pyramids. It was a golden age of culture and civilazation, painting literature and sculpture flourished. Advances in medicine architecture, astronomy, navigation, and engineering were made. -
Egypt:Political
The power of the Pharohs declined about 2180 BC, this marked the end of the Old Kingdom. Strong pharohs gained controlduring the middle kingdom and restored law and order. THis improved trade and transportation by digging a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea. -
Mesopatamia:Culture
Cuneiform Sumerians created a system of writing called cuneiform. One of the first known maps was made on a clay tablet -
Mesopatamia:Culture
Sumerians advanced in Science and technology they developed a number system in base 60 and architectural innovations influenced Mesopotamian civilizations -
Indus Valley:Social
First to start plumbing in 2300 BC. The intricacy of their plumbing showed social classes because the better their plumbing is the higher they were in social class -
Indus Valley:political
2300 BC the planned cities and how well developed they were suggested that they had a strong government. They made higher walls to resemble a temple and thats where higher class people lived. -
Mesopatamia:Economic
A conqueror named sargon defeated the city states of Sumer. Sargon led his army from Akkad, a city-state north of sumer. The Akkadians had long before adopted most aspects of Sumerian culture. Sargons conquests helped to spread that culture even farther, beyond the tigris euphrates rulers -
Mesopatamia:Political
After 2500 BC many cities became ruled by dynasties. A series of rulers from the same family is a Dynasty. This happened because after the military rulers became full leaders they just passed down the throne to their sons. -
Mesopatamia:Political
Many sumerian city states came under the rule of dynasties. Dynasties are series of rulers from the same family. The military leaders also became full from rulers -
Mesopatamia:Interactions
New cities were arising all over the fertile crescent in what is now Syria, Northern Iraq, and turkey, Sumerians exchanged products , and ideas such as living in cities with neighboring cultures. Spreading ideas or new products from culture to culture is known as cultural diffusion. -
Mesopatamia:Culture
The sumerians believed that many different gods controlled the various forces in nature. The belief in more than one God is called Polytheism -
Indus Valley:Political
2500 BC the largest cities were Kaliebngan, Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. Those were the most developed cities where most trading and culture developed. -
Indus Valley:culture
While egyptians were building pyramids, peopel in the indus valley were laying the bricks for indias first cities. They built strong levees, or earthern walls, to keep water out of their cities around 2500 BC -
Indus Valley:Interactions
Planned cities began around 2500 BC. they built strong levees, or earthern walls to keep water out of their cities. THey also laid out their cities on a precise grid system. -
Indus Valley:Economic
Trading began as early as 2600 BC and continued until 1800 BC The indus River provided a link to the sea. The acess allowed indus valley inhabitants to develop trade with distant peoples, including the Mesopatamians -
Indus Valley:Social
they traded silver and gold with northern Afghanistan some of these cultures adapted to India -
Mesopatamia:Political
Wars became more frequent for the Sumerians gradually preists and the people gave the generals more permanent control of standing armies. -
Mesopatamia:Economic
the sumerians built a number of cities each surrounded by field of barley and wheat. Although these cities shared the same culture they developed their own governments each with their own rulers. -
Mesopatamia:Political
Sumerian preists and people gave commanders permanent control of standing armies -
Egypt:Cultural
Hieroglyphics started around 3000 BC this allowed the egyptian to keep records -
Egypt:Cultural
The start of Egyptian Civilization started around 3000 BC this led to the development of the calendar. -
Egypt:Political
The two countries were united under king Narmer, A king of upper Egypt. He built a new capitol city at Memphis on the border beetween the two lands and established the first Egyptian dynasty. -
Egypt:Political
the villages of Egypt were under the rule of two seperate kingdoms , lower egypt and upper egypt. The two kingdoms eventually became united -
Mesopatamia:Interactions
Sumerians settled in Mesopatamia, . For the first time there were villages which later expanded into cities -
Mesopatamia:Social
Lower class in Mesopatamia were divided. Pople that were merchants actisans and scribes were more wealthy and had more power than farmers -
Mesopatamia:Interactions
People first started arriving in Mesopatamia. They settled in a swamoy area, and began to farm -
Egypt:Economi
First farming villages along the Nile appeared. Egyptians farmed along the nile for fertile land and to help water their crops -
Indus Valley:Economic
Archaeologists have found evidence in the highlands of agriculture and domesticated sheep and goats dating to about 7000 BC. DOmesticating animals menas to tame them and use them in farming and agriuculture