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Worlds First Temple was built during this time, and the signs of farms indicate permanent settlements later.
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Many headless bodies were found in tombs in the Jericho area, presumably due to ritual sacrifices. They also made molds from the skulls and wore them.
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Around this time, people started forming civilizations around the Nile River Basin.
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The earliest recorded permanent settlements in Egypt showed up around this time. Also, the people had figured out how to create pottery using pottery wheels.
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Sheep and cattle had been domesticated by now.
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This was the first city in city-states.
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The Ubaid people first inhabited the region of Sumer
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Yeah. The Egyptians made ships to sail on the Nile. That is pretty much it.
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Cities began to spread across Mesopotamia and Uruk became not only the most influential city but also was the origin of ziggurats and was where the legendary Mesopotamian Gilgamesh ruled.
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Now a dead language.
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This carved piece of stone was created around 3000 BC, and depicted a pharaoh striking down a foe. It also symbolizes said pharaoh reuniting the Upper and Lower Kingdoms.
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Time of prosperity and innovation
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All that I have for notes on this are that Minos was a "legendary king" and there was a volcanic eruption, which was most likely what wiped the Minoans off the face of the earth, metaphorically.
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This step-pyramid was built by order of the Pharoah Djoser.
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More of a priestess than a queen, Puabi ruled during the First Dynasty of Ur by herself. Upon her death, she was buried with 52 attendants to serve her in the afterlife.
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Sargon rose up from humble origins to end up conquering several Sumerian city-states. By doing this, he ended up becoming a model for later Sumerian kings.
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This was more of a time of stability rather than innovation. Pharaohs were perceived more as shepherds for the people, rather than distant god-kings.
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Something about the Nation of Amorites. idk
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This was the time when the epic of the legendary king Gilgamesh was created. No one knows if Gilgamesh actually existed though...
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This was a set of 282 laws that were created during King Hammurabi's reign, with the punishments scaling based on variables such as gender, class, and whether they were free or enslaved.
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This was a volcanic eruption that destroyed a ton of Minoan settlements.
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This is the era for the Greeks where their system of writing originated. They also had a variety of materials for trade, including but not limited to: olive oil, pottery, and animal skins.
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This was the height of Egypt's power, as they began to conquer other places and expand.
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These 2 worshipped Aten, the sun god, which was the first instance of monotheism. They also helped inspire new forms of art, and were all and all uninterested in foreign affairs.
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Though he may have reigned for only 9 years, and lived slightly longer than that, Tut was able to reverse his father's work, eliminating monotheism. His death also marked the end of the royal bloodline.
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Generally regarded as the most powerful pharaoh, he worked hard to conquer and build his empire, from taking back land previously taken by the Nubians to building statues of himself everywhere to solidify his legacy.
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In the year 1250 BC. the city of Troy was sacked and burned, which was significant, as Troy was one of the most influential cities at the time. While we do not know for sure if there actually was a fight between the Trojans and the Greeks as Homer's stories say, we do know that Troy was indeed sacked and burned. Following shortly afterward was the fall of the Mycenaean civilization.
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Not gonna lie, looking through my notes AND Google AND a couple other websites, I still don't know what this is.
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A variety of things happened during this time, including Phoenician trade routes being formed, something about a fancy vase used for diluting wine with water, and the development of the Abjad language system.
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Latins settle on the Tiber River.
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Several things were made during this period, including the invention of the phalanx, black-figure pottery, and something about dying warrior statues. There was also a system of coinage created during this time.
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Judging by the information that I have, I am fairly certain that this was the age where monotheism and other religion-based events started taking off. Then again, that doesn't seem likely to me.
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Romulus, as in Romulus and Remus, builds Rome smack dab in the middle of Italy.
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So, basically, fancy clay cup that has some Phoenician-inspired Greek writing on it.
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This Roman Republic even has senators, plebians, and patricians!
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These wars were fought between Carthage and Rome. Also, some cool stuff happened during these wars. Oh, and by the way, Rome won.
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Hannibal Lector crosses the Alp's with nothing but a ton of soldiers, a bunch of elephants, and a burning passion for conquering!
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Rome attacks Carthage directly. War ends 3 years later.
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So, Julius Caesar becomes too powerful in the republic tries to make himself a king, I think. What I DO remember is that he is stabbed a stupid number of times by his friends and the other republicans.
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Welp, this time, Augustus Caesar gets stabbed, Also, Octavian basically took Rome away from Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and then becomes the new Caesar.
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Yeah, not much else to say other than conquering go brrrrrrr.
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Yes, Jesus Christ himself. Immediately gets killed. yeah.
Also, apparently, I can't do year zero with this timeline, so I just put 1. -
Also, something about Nero. I think he was the one to set Rome on fire...?
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Hadrian built a wall to keep people from the North away?
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Caracalla, as head of the Roman Empire, grants citizenship to everyone in the Empire.
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Emperor Diocletian decides the empire is just a tad too large, so he splits it down the middle, then he returns to his life's passion, cabbage planting.
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Constantine first grants lenience to Christians in 313 using the Edict of Milan, then he moved the Roman capital to Constantinople.
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what else am I gonna say? it split AGAIN.
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The sacking was at the hands of the Visigoths. Who they are, I honestly don't know.
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jk, the empire actually fell, or at least the western part of it.
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A system of law created by Justinian I, alongside Queen Theodora.
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something about "chosen prophet" or something.
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to understand why this is so important, Mecca is now the blessed city to travel to. Also, moving sucks.
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yay
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Upon his demise, there is a sort of religious vacuum.
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woohoo
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"Hey, Google, translate Greek into Arabic."
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Basically, he may or may not have created Baghdad, or what would become Baghdad.
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He accomplished this by inviting a ton of scholars, mathematicians, and scientists from all over, even from Greece
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Written by the Musa brothers.
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Al Mansur's son took the throne, and my notes don't say what he did
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NOT written by the Musa brothers, this book had contraptions such as flutes that played themselves.
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So, this man was stupidly rich and loved to travel. Once, in Greece I think, he gave away so much money and gold that he crashed that city's economy for the years to come.
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This once great empire now falls to the furniture kings themselves, the Ottomans.
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covid sucks rocks. prove me wrong.