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Period: 10,000 BCE to 500 BCE
Mesopotamia - Early Mesopotamians.
This includes the people groups of Sumerians, Babylonians, Akkadians, Hittites, Kassites, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Phoenicians. -
Period: 4500 BCE to 350
Egypt and Kush
This chapter/ timespan is about Egypt and Kush. This inculdes the Egyptians and Kushites. -
4000 BCE
Mesopotamia - Geography of the Fertile Crescent.
Irrigation increased the amount of food farmers were able to grow. They could produce a food surplus. This made them gradually develop into cities. -
3300 BCE
Mesopotamia- Sumerian Achievments
They developed cuneiform (the world's first system of writing). They didn't have writing utensils so instead they used a sharp tool called a styluses to make wedged shaped symbols on clay tablets. Earlier writing developed from early symbols called pictographs. Each pictograph represented an object. But in cuneiform symbols could also represented syllables. -
3100 BCE
Ancient Egypt - Geography of Egypt
Leader named Menes roe to power in Upper Egypt. He wanted to unify lower and upper Egypt. He succeeded and as Egypt's ruler he wore both the white crown of Upper Egypt and the red crown of Lower Egypt. Later, he combined the crowns into one double crown. Egypt considered Menes to be the first pharaoh, who also found the first dynasty. -
2300 BCE
Mesopotamia - Rise of Akkadian Empire
Sargon - the Akkadian emperor - broke peace with the sumerians and the Akkadians. He was the first ruler to have a permanent army, defeating all the city-states of Sumer. His army took over the entire region of Mesopotamia and then extended from the Perisian gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. He established the world's first empire . -
2300 BCE
Ancient India - Geography and Early India.
Civilization thrived between 2300BC - 1700BC. The Harappan civilization was named after the modern city of Harappa, Pakistan. Harappan civilization was very advanced; houses were excellent, artists made beautiful work and there were high-quality tools to use. -
Period: 2300 BCE to 320
Ancient India
This chapter/timespan is about ancient India. This includes Harappans and Aryans. -
2200 BCE
Ancient Egypt - Old kingdom
Egypt had about 2 million people by this time. They had a ranking system where in the top of the Egypt society was pharaoh. Just below him were the upper classes, which included priests and key government officials. Many of the priests were nobles. Below the nobles was the middle class of lesser government officials- scribes craftsmen, and merchants. The lower class was about 80% of the country's population. They were mostly farmers/ servants. -
2050 BCE
Ancient Egypt - middle and new kingdom.
There was chaos in Egypt and foreign lands. Around 2050BC a pharaoh named, Mentuhotep II defeated his rivals. He united Egypt once again. This was the start of the middle kingdom, the period of stability that lasted until 1750 BC. After the middle kingdom ended chaos happened again, especially when a group from Asia called the Hyksos took over Egypt. Ahmose of Thebes drove the Hyksos out, starting the new kingdom; when Egypt was at its highest power. It lasted from 1550BC to 1050BC. -
1792 BCE
Mesopotamia - Later people of the Fertile Crescent.
Hammurabi became Braylon's king. He became the city's greatest monarch. He was most famous for his Code of Laws. His code was a set of 282 was that dealt with almost every part of daily life. -
1000 BCE
Ancient India - Origins of Hinduism.
Aryan religion was based on the Vedas. The oldest vedas- The Rigveda- was written in 1000BC. There are four vedas, each which includes hymns and poems. It includes hymns and poems of praise to many gods. -
500 BCE
Ancient India - Origin of Buddhism.
During the 500s BC, a young prince named Siddhartha Gautama felt that something was missing in life. He started asking questions about the meaning of life. He started fasting and devoting a lot of his time to meditation. He spent six whole years wandering India and after secret weeks of meditation he found answers. He realized human suffering comes from : wanting what we like but do not have, wanting to keep what we like and already have and not wanting what we dislike but have. -
270 BCE
Ancient India- Indian Empires.
During this time, Candagupta Maurya's grandson,Asoka, became king. He was the strongest ruler of all emperors. He extended Mauryan rule over most of India, which made them stronger and richer. He became a Buddhist and swore he wouldn't have any more wars. He died in 233BC -
170 BCE
Ancient Egypt - Ancient Kush.
Women of Kush were expected to work and be active in the society. Some women were powerful enough to serve as co-rulers with their husband or their sons. Some ruled the empire alone. The first women to rule Kush was Queen Shanakhdakheto. She ruled between 170BC - 150BC. -
100
Ancient India - Indian Achievements
During AD 100 doctors were writing how to make medicines from plants and minerals. Indian doctors also knew how to protect people against diseases. The Indians practiced inoculation, injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him or her build up defenses to a disease. -
Ancient Egypt - Egyptian achievements.
In 1799, a French soldier gave the historians they needed to read Ancient Egyptian writing. The key was the Rosetta Stone: a stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics. The Rosetta Stone then had the text in Greek and a later form of Egyptian writing. With all three languages scholars could find out what the hieroglyphics said. -
Modern Event - Malaysia - Mesopotamia
Our modern laws were inspired like Hammurabi's code. Hammurabi's code was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life. -
Modern event - Egypt Kush and Malaysia
The process of rebirth (reincarnation) was done back in their days and today religions still believe in this. -
Modern day event - Ancient India
They studied mathematics and science and we study it today as well.