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6th Grade Ancient History Review

By haylee6714
  • 8000 BCE

    8000 B.C.E

    8000 B.C.E
    Some groups of people had learned how to raise animals and crops for food. With this discovery, the Neolithic Age, or New Stone Age, began.
  • 6500 BCE

    6500 B.C.E

    6500 B.C.E
    Rice cultivation began. It began in the Yangtze River Valley in China.
  • 2400 BCE

    2400 B.C.E

    2400 B.C.E
    Signs become cuneiform. Cuneiform is a form of writing that the ancient Mesopotamians used.
  • 2000 BCE

    2000 B.C.E

    2000 B.C.E
    The civilization of Kush began to thrive. It thrived from 2000 B.C.E to 350 B.C.E.
  • 1550 BCE

    1550 B.C.E

    1550 B.C.E
    The Mycenaean culture develops on the Greek mainland. Its people are the first known Greek speakers.
  • 1500 BCE

    1500 B.C.E

    1500 B.C.E
    Hatshepsut became pharaoh. Hatshepsut was the first female pharaoh.
  • 1000 BCE

    1000 B.C.E

    1000 B.C.E
    The Aryans decided to expand. They moved to the Ganges Valley in India.
  • 753 BCE

    753 B.C.E

    753 B.C.E
    Romulus and Remus, two brothers, began ruling. This was the start of the Roman Empire.
  • 700 BCE

    700 B.C.E

    700 B.C.E
    Independent urban areas called city-states flourish and develop different systems of government. Democracy, or government by popular vote, is first practiced here, and science, culture and fine arts thrive.
  • 50 BCE

    50 B.C.E

    50 B.C.E
    Rome introduced a new type of currency. They are gold coins, or, Aureus.