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10,000 BCE
Mesopotamia - People settle down in the Fertile Crescent
Hunter-gatherers first settled in Mesopotamia 12000 years ago.
Then they learned how to farm. -
Period: 10,000 BCE to 500 BCE
Fertile Cresent - Early Mesopotamians
This includes: Sumerians, Akkadians, Hittites, Kassites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Phoenicians -
Period: 10,000 BCE to 350
Nile valley - Ancient Egyptians and Kushite
This timespan includes the Egyptians and the Kushites starting from when hunter-gatherers first settle in the Nile valley. -
7000 BCE
Mesopotamia-development of irrigation and division of labor
After Mesopotamians developed irrigation, there was a surplus tha allowed for people to do different jobs resulting in division of labor. -
3300 BCE
Mesopotamia - The sumerians invented the first writing system
Around 3300 BC, the Sumerians developed a wedges shaped form of writing called cuneiform. -
3100 BCE
Egypt - Menes unites Egypt
Menes unites conquered lower Egypt and started the first dynasty as the first pharaoh. -
2300 BCE
Mesopotamia - The rise of the Akkadian empire
Sargon led the Akkadians and conquered most of Mesopotamia. The Akkadian Empire was the first empire of the world. -
2200 BCE
Egypt -The social structure develops in the Old Kingdom
Around 2200 BC, Egypt's population reached 2 million. The social structure formed with kings, priests and officials at the top. -
2050 BCE
Egypt - Mentuhotep unites Egypt
Menhutotep unites Egypt and starts the Middle Kingdom -
2000 BCE
India - the Aryans settle in India
The Aryan, an nomadic group of people settled down in India. Over the years, yhe Aryans spread into the rest of India. -
Period: 2000 BCE to
India - The Harappan and the Aryans
The Harappan developed along Indus around 2000 BC to 1700 BC. Then the Aryans came and stayed there. -
1792 BCE
Mesopotamia (Babylon) - Hammurabi becomes king
Hammurabi becomes king of Babylon. He was the greatest monarch of Babylon. He establishes the Hammurabi's code, a complicated set of rules. -
600 BCE
Indian - The vedas text are written
The vedas text are an important part of Hindu religion. The last group of vedas text was completed around 600 BC -
100
India - Doctors start writing their knowledge in textbooks
Doctors started writing info into textbooks. They included info about making medicine from plants and minerals. -
320
India - The Guptas promote Hindu
The Guptas took over India around 320 AD. They promoted Hinduism but also supported Buddhism -
500
India - Siddhartha Gautama fings elightenment
Siddhartha finds enlightenment while meditating under a tree. He comes up with the 4 noble truths and the eightfold path. He is later called the Buddha. -
751
Kush - Piankhi conqueres Egypt
Piankhi was one of the most successful Kushite leader. He conquered Egypt when he thought that he had the god's support. -
Egypt - The Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone was discovered by a French soldier. It allowed translation between hieroglyphics and other languages. -
Modern Event - Malaysia- laws
Our modern laws were inspired by Hammurabi's Code. -
Modern event - the wheel is used today
The wheel was one of the Sumerians' brilliant inventions. -
Modern event - the Hindu-Arabian numbers
The very numbers we use today are the invention of Indians hundreds of years ago