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Period: 200 to Jun 9, 1000
China
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221
China
Shih Haung Ti established the Ch'in Dynasty, united the Chinese kingdom known as the Warring States, became the first emperor (221 B.C.) -
Jun 17, 750
Greece
The center of Greek life was the polis, or city-state by 750 B.C.
This name was given to Greek cities and the countryside villages surrounding them. Every city state was independent. The people who lived in them were fiercely proud of their homes. Every city-state had a different kind of government. -
Jun 9, 1000
Assyria Palaces and Warfare
At the beginning of the eighth century B.C. King Sennacherib ruled Assyria -
Jun 9, 1000
Assyria Palaces and Warfare
From about 900 B.C. Assyrian kings sent out their armies to conquer new lands. Over 300 years Mesopotamia and lands further to the east and west became part of an Assyrian empire. Conquering foreign cities brought wealth. -
Jun 9, 1000
Babylonia astronomers and trade and transport
The astronomers of Babylon were a special group of scribes who observed the movements of the stars and planets.The astronomers had many different responsibilities. They recorded their observations about the daily, monthly and yearly position of the stars and planets. They advised the king about how their observations affected the calendar. And they advised the king about how omens seen on earth or in the skies might effect future events. -
Jun 9, 1000
Babylonia astronomers and trade and transport
Mesopotamia was a region which did not have many natural resources. Therefore, the people who lived there needed to trade with neighbouring countries in order to acquire the resources they needed to live. Grain, oils and textiles were taken from Babylonia to foreign cities and exchanged for timber, wine, precious metals and stones. In addition, merchants from other countries travelled to Babylonia to exchange their goods. -
Period: Jun 9, 1000 to
Mesopotaima(M)
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Period: Jun 9, 1000 to
India(I)
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Jun 9, 1100
Egytian Life
The Egyptian life revolved around the Nile fertile land along the banks. Yearly flooding of the Nile enriched the soil and brought good harvests and wealth to the lands -
Jun 9, 1100
The Buddha
In about the sixth century B.C. Siddhartha Gautama was born into a royal family. When he was a young adult his experiences with the outside world drove him to seek out a greater understanding of life and spiritual fulfilment. -
Jun 9, 1100
The Buddha
After the Buddha's death, his pupils continued to spread his teachings. Buddhism developed at a time when Hinduism, the most widespread religion in India, had become tightly controlled by priests and the upper classes. Buddhism offered hope and access to spiritual understanding and satisfaction to ordinary people. -
Jun 17, 1200
Classical Greece
The culture of Mycenaeans fell about 1200 B.C. Sea raiders destroyed their palaces. For the next 400 years, Greece went into a decline. -
indus valley
The people of the Indus Valley Civilization also developed a writing system which was used for several hundred years. However, unlike some other ancient civilizations, we are still unable to read the words that they wrote. -
Sumer The Royal Tombs of Ur and Ziggurats
From 1922 to 1934, an archaeologist named C. Leonard Woolley excavated the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur. He made many great discoveries about the people who lived there. Among the 1800 graves he discovered, there were 16 tombs which had very special and valuable objects in them. He called them the 'Royal tombs'. The discovery of these tombs and their contents was reported all over the world. People read all about Woolley's excavations and were fascinated by his discoveries. -
Sumer The Royal Tombs of Ur and Ziggurats
Temples were originally built on platforms. During the third millennium B.C., these were made higher and bigger. Eventually it was decided to build even higher temples on platforms which were stepped.These stepped towers we call ziggurats. By 2000 B.C. mud-brick ziggurats were being constructed in many Sumerian cities. Later, ziggurats were constructed in Babylonian and Assyrian cities. -
Classical Greece
Mycenaeans were the first culture to arise in Greece. They were among Indo-Europeans who invaded many areas around 2000 B.C. -
River Dynasties in China
2000 B.C. the first dynasty of rulers brought government to China. A Chinese legend tells of a clever engineer who told the people how to build walls to control the flooding river to bring water to the farm fields. -
Mummification
The earliest ancient Egyptians buried their dead in small pits in the desert. The heat and dryness of the sand dehydrated the bodies quickly, creating lifelike and natural 'mummies'. -
Pharaoh: Lord of the Lands
The most powerful person in ancient Egypt was the pharaoh. The pharaoh was the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple'. -
Gods and Goddest
Some gods and goddesses took part in creation, some brought the flood every year, some offered protection, and some took care of people after they died. Others were either local gods who represented towns, or minor gods who represented plants or animals. -
Greece
Solon, an Athenian leader who came to power in 594 B.C., removed some of the laws that the poor did not like, such as debt slavery. -
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Egypt(E)
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indus valley
Around five thousand years ago, an important civilization developed on the Indus River floodplain. From about 2600 B.C. to 1700 B.C. a vast number of settlements were built on the banks of the Indus River and surrounding areas. These settlements cover a remarkable region, almost 1.25 million kilometres of land which is today part of Afghanistan, Pakistan and north-western India. -
India writing
The first Indian script, developed in the Indus Valley around 2600 B.C. is still undeciphered. Thus, it is still not possible to fully understand this civilization, as we have no readable records of their beliefs, history, rulers or literature. -
Indian Writing
Later Indian scripts, like Brahmi and Kharosthi were developed to write both official and local languages. Great epics, royal inscriptions, religious texts and administrative documents were all written using these scripts. Through these sources we are able to learn about the literature, mythology, history and beliefs of ancient India.