World History-Michael Hsu

By Soo Wei Goh
  • 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