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Pharaoh Menes was the first guy who unified Egypt and under him, he wore two crowns, Upper and lower Egypt
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Sumeria develops and settles in Mesopotamia.
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The Sumerian society begins in Mesopotamia and flourishes.
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Athens not only had a powerful army like Sparta and valued Physical training, but also on arts and clear thinking. They were part of the Peloponnesian Alliance that fought against Persia and the Peloponnesian War against Sparta. They lost and were defeated.
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After the First and Second Dynasties, the Third Dynasty's rule began as the Old Kingdom.
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India's first civilisation was probably the Harappans. They settled in the famous and useful Indus River Valley where agriculture and irrigation provided a food surplus. They were a very advanced civilisation with even weights and plumbing technology. They were ended but no one knows why.
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The first of the great Chinese dynasties is founded by Yu the Great.
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The first of the great dynasties of China settled near the Huang He and Chang Jiang Rivers. Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han Dynasties.
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At the end of the old Kingdom, power of the pharaohs began to decline. Nobles fought for 160 years and soon order was restored and the Middle Kingdom began of stability and order.
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Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Hittites, Kassites, and the Phoenicians rise after the fall of Sumeria.
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South of Egypt, the people settled in the land we now call Nubia and became what was known to the Egyptians as the Kushite Empire. Throughout it's history, it would conquer Egypt and also be conquered by Egypt as they both share the Nile River and are very near each other and both are great powers economically.
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The Aryans came not long after the Harappans. They also settles in the Indus Valley and developed a unique political system. They created a language called the Sanskrit and it was the first spoken language.
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A civilization arose in Mesopotamia known as the Hebrews and our main evidence that they exist is the Holy Bible. They were led by Abraham and reunified by Moses into Modern Day Israel.
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The Greek Empire is founded and later turned to Democracy and survived to Modern day Greece
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King Hammurabi invented the famous Hammurabi's Code that included 282 laws of daily life
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Sometime, a huge volcano erupted and created a giant wave that flooded much of Crete.
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Toward the end of the Middle Kingdom, foreign invaders came from the North and invaded, but a man named Ahmose drove them out and declared himself pharaoh, starting the New Kingdom, during which Egypt reached it's height and glory of power.
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Queen Hatshepsut is crowned pharaoh and increases Egyptian trade a lot.
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Moses lead the Hebrews out of Egypt to Israel.
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Rameses the Great, who had the longest in Egyptian history. He built great pyramids and architecture and made Egypt a rich nation
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The Pheonicians, in what is now mostly Lebanon, came to be and became one of the most wealthiest trading centers in the World, trading with almost every major city in the Mediterranean sea.
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After the death of King Solomon, the Hebrews started to fight who should be king and the kingdom was torn in half, with the north being Israel and the South being Judah.
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Assyrians came from the North and conquered all of the Fertile Crescent and even parts of Turkey and Egypt. Had strong armies and were fierce.
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The Macedonian Empire was small but under King Phillips Rule it grew strong until it conquered all of Greece. When he died, Alexander became king and subdued a rebelling Greece, conquered all of Persia, Egypt, and India. After his death, the empire was carved between his generals and eventually became weak and was conquered by invaders.
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Finishing what his father has started, Piankhi finally defeats Egypt and the Kush Empire reaches it's height in power and wealth.
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After the Assyrian's empire fell, the Chaldeans conquered next and ruled the Fertile Crescent from a rebuilt Babylon.
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The most famous king of the Chaldeans and is also mentioned in the Bible, Nebuchadnezzar is crowned King. Legend has it that he built the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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The finalVerdic text of the Vedas is created
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The creator of Jainism is born
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A man named Solon rose and made laws that made men free and they became the first citizens.
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The creator of Buddhism is born
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Cyrus the Great makes the first Persian Empire. After he dies, his son takes over and strengthens it further by conquering Egypt and all of Turkey. It ended when Alexander the Great of Macedonia came and wiped out the entire Persian Empire.
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During the Persian Wars, Sparta and Athens allied against Persia and this land battle was fought and the Greek allies won.
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At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, the Warring Lords started to fight each other and not for the emperor, causing the end of the dynasty and the Warring States Period.
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Spartan society was mainly militarized. It was all about army. Their social system was created by a man named Lycurgus.
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Jews are conquered by the Persians
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Soon after the great Indus valley civilizations ended, Empires came through to India and soon the Mauryan and Gupta Empires took form, controlling most of today's India and even some of Pakistan.
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After the Warring States Period, Shi Huangdi proclaimed himself Emperor and reunified all China, creating the Qin Dynasty.
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The Maccabees family revolt against the Persians and gain independence for Israel.
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Peisistratus overthrew the Oligarchy and became the first Ruler of Greece. He became Greece's first tyrant.