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Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE
Sumerian Civilization
-Thought to have given rise to the first written language
-Was eventually absorbed into larger empires -
Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE
Egyptian Civilization
-Consisted of Egypt and Nubia
-Had less prominent cities, as they had a unified state -
Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE
Norte Chico Civilization
-Economy was largely based on the fishing industry
-Did not rely on grain-based farming
-Had few sculptures, drawings, and art
-Did not have defensive walls and had little indication of warfare -
Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE
Egypt's Old Kingdom
Prime era for pharaohs and pyramid building -
Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE
Chinese Civilization
-2070-1600 (Xia Dynasty): Centralized state had formed
-1600-1046 (Shang Dynasty): Enlarged the Chinese state
-1046-771 (Zhou Dynasty): Created the Son of Heaven political idealogy -
Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE
Indus Valley Civilization
-Little evidence of a political hierarchy/centralized state
-Suggested to have been controlled by a group of priests -
Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE
Central Asian (Oxus Valley) Civilization
-Economically based on irrigation agriculture and stock raising
-Aristocratic social hierarchy
-Imported goods from around the world -
1700 BCE
Abandonment of the Indus Valley Civilization
-Caused by the effect of civilization in that area (repeated irrigation, deforestation, etc.) -
1200 BCE
Olmec Civilization
-May have created the first written language in the Americas
-Sometimes considered to be the "mother civilization" of Mesoamerica
-Its unique culture is thought to have influenced future civilizations