World History Topics

  • Sumerians invent things
    3000 BCE

    Sumerians invent things

    Bronze, the wagon wheel, the 12 month calendar and more
  • The Bronze Age
    3000 BCE

    The Bronze Age

  • The Old Kingdom Forms
    2700 BCE

    The Old Kingdom Forms

  • Indo European
    2500 BCE

    Indo European

    The Indo Europeans influenced today language. They created words that were further developed such as the word grass. The Indo-European word it came from was gyro meaning to be green.
  • The Old Kingdom falls and the Middle Kingdom Forms
    2200 BCE

    The Old Kingdom falls and the Middle Kingdom Forms

  • The Hittites Use Iron Weapons
    2000 BCE

    The Hittites Use Iron Weapons

  • Hammurabi's greatest achievement
    1700 BCE

    Hammurabi's greatest achievement

    His effort to make justice appear in the land through different laws
  • The Middle Kingdom Falls and the New Kingdom Forms
    1600 BCE

    The Middle Kingdom Falls and the New Kingdom Forms

  • Moses contributes ideas to Judaism
    1200 BCE

    Moses contributes ideas to Judaism

    The first idea is that God is who brought the Jews out of Egypt and they should worship no one but him. The second is that they shall not swear falsely by the name of God.
  • Phoenicians create first alphabet
    1000 BCE

    Phoenicians create first alphabet

  • Chaldeans make map of planets
    600 BCE

    Chaldeans make map of planets

  • Rome
    509 BCE

    Rome

    Ancient Rome had many important parts to it. They believed in worshiping their ancestral spirits, their storeroom guardians and evolved the Greek gods to be Roman. They believed that the father was the absolute leader of the household. Our government is much like theirs with the different branches and leaders instead of just one all knowing and powerful leader.
  • The Iron Age
    500 BCE

    The Iron Age

  • The Golden Age
    400 BCE

    The Golden Age

    Some of the things that came out of the Golden Age are the Olympics, the teaching methods of Socrates, which were to ask the student questions about their answers and why they were that way to make sure they could back up their points, and the sculptures being life sized and of gods.
  • Hellenic Period
    336 BCE

    Hellenic Period

    The Hellenic Period was when the civilization of Hellenic flourished from about the 700s B.C until 336 B.C. They created the idea of taxing, different building techniques and the figured out navigation by the stars.
  • Hellenic and Hellenistic Ages
    250 BCE

    Hellenic and Hellenistic Ages

    An idea that came from these ages is women having a true status and being a civilian instead of not being considered a civilian in their home. Another idea is that people would move to places all around the world in order to find the place that best fit their job. They would choose what they wanted to do and then find a place that worked with it or needed it. Another important thing is that they created drugs that relieved people's pain. And lastly, they created the pulley system.
  • The Roman Crisis
    200 BCE

    The Roman Crisis

    The number one cause of the Roman Crisis was that the farmers' land was being taken away by the wealthy due to the farmers being to weak. This was caused by the Punic Wars. Tiberius and Gais would have succeed if they suggested their idea in a better way or gave a better option for both parties, the rich and the poor.
  • Punic Wars
    200 BCE

    Punic Wars

    The Punic Wars were three separate wars between Rome and Carthage. They were both fighting for power over who would rule the Mediterranean. In the end, Rome won and took control.
  • The Roman Rulers
    45 BCE

    The Roman Rulers

    Two important rulers from Rome are Julius Caesar and Octavian. Julius was a ruler along side two other people until he took over full power of the Roman Empire. Octavian, Julius' grandson, did the same thing. He took over power with two other people from his grandfathers killers. He took over completely and ruled the Roman Empire.
  • Pax Romana/Roman Empire
    100

    Pax Romana/Roman Empire

    Pax Romana is a time period where Rome was very prosperous and trading with many different countries. There was what you would call peace. The Roman Empire created "innocent until proven guilty" which we use in America. They built a lot of buildings and arenas that still stand to this day they are a large tourist attractions. They state in their laws that the state is more important than the individuals.
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire
    476

    The Fall of the Roman Empire

    There were many reasons why the Roman Empire fell. The first cause was due to inflation, which caused their economy to crash. The second reason was that they split up the empire into two provinces. Later on, they split the empire up into two separate empires, which weakened them a lot. The last and main reason is due to many people invading and wanting the Roman's power. The Huns and Germans/Barbarians were the main people wanting the land. In the end, the Barbarians/Germans got it.
  • Map of the Middle East

    Map of the Middle East

  • Fertile Crescent

    Fertile Crescent

  • Mesopotamia

    Mesopotamia

  • Asia Minor

    Asia Minor

  • Map of Empires in the Middle East

    Map of Empires in the Middle East