7th Grade Social Studies

By harlowmaeve08
  • Period: 2575 BCE to 2150 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    The Old Kingdom starts with the Great Pryamids of Giza and the Sphinx. A time of peace and also a time when the sun god Re became important. The end of the Old Kingdom ends as the goverment begins to collapse. The end is a time of poverty and famine.
  • Period: 2300 BCE to 1750 BCE

    Harappan/Indus Civilization

    The Harappan Civilazation was a highly stuctured, organized urban culture with an agricultural economy. Most likely worshiped gods and godesses of fertility along with yogic meditation and asecticism. The civilazation was either destroyed by being overthrown, flooding, or an earthquake.
  • Period: 1975 BCE to 1640 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

    Pharaoh Mentuhotep ll reunites the 2 halves of Egypt under one rule which signaled the beginning of the Middle Kingdom. Royal tombs are moved to the north near the city of Memphis. Egyptians start to use irrigation to carry water from the Nile to their crops.
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Early China

    In the more north part of China people settled on the Chang Jiang river, whereas the in the more south part of China people setteld on the Huang He river. The Chiang Jiang grew rice and the Huang He grew millet and wheat. Villages formed on the shores of the rivers, which eventually grew into large towns. This is how China's goverment was born.
  • 1520 BCE

    Amhose l reunites Egypt

    Amhose l reunites Egypt and the New Kingdom begins.
  • Period: 1520 BCE to 1075 BCE

    New Kingdom

    The New Kingdom is a time of great prosperity for Ancient Egypt. During this time the Pharaohs conquer an abundance of lands and the Empire reaches it's peak.
  • 1506 BCE

    Tuthmosis l becomes Pharaoh

    Tuthmosis is the first to be buried in the Valley of the Kings. For the next 500 years, this is the main burial area for Egyptian Royalty.
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1100 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    The Shang Dynasty created China's first writing system. The soldiers devolped war chariots, bows, and bronze armor. The artisans made bronze containers for cooking and religous ceremonies. A calendar was invented based on the moon phases.
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1100 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    The Shang Dynasty created China's first writing system. The soldiers devolped war chariots, bows, and bronze armor. The artisans made bronze containers for cooking and religous ceremonies. Invented a calendar based on the moon cycles.
  • 1479 BCE

    Hatshepsut becomes Pharaoh

    Hatshepsut is one of the most successful woman pharaohs and rules for 22 years.
  • 1386 BCE

    Amenhotep lll becomes Pharaoh

    Under his reign the Egyptians would leak it's peak in prosperity, art, and power. He built the Temple of Luxor.
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 771 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

    The longest lasting dynasty. The Zhou claimed that they were chosen by heaven to rule China. This idea that China's ruler was chosen by heaven and gave him/her power called the Mandate Of Heaven. A new political order formed in China under Zhou rule. The emperor was head of Chinese society and owned everything. Everyone had to be loyal to him.
  • Period: 771 BCE to 221 BCE

    Warring States Period

    A rebellion was started and they overthrew the Shang rulers in the 1100s BC.
  • Period: 221 BCE to 207 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

    The king from the state of Qin unified China under his rule and renamed himself Shi Huangdi, which meant "first emperor." Shi Huangdi expanded China to the north and south. He changed Chinese politics by taking away the nobles' power. Xi'an became the new capital. Shi Huangdi created the "Great Wall", a barrier that linked older walls that stood at China's border.
  • 207 BCE

    The end of the Dynasties/ China's civil war

    Shi Huangdi was strong enough to unite China when he was alive. But within a few years of his death, rebellions began and China fell into civil war.
  • Period: 1200 to 1300

    Mongolian Empire

    The Mongols didn't exactly make many contributons to the world or to their empire. According to perspectives of many different times, Mongols were seen as barbaric and uncivilized. They lived and fought on horseback. Their main weapons were axes, bows, and sometimes lances. The acrchers were very acurate and deadly. The Mongol Empire at it's height covered southern Russia, most of Aisa, and most of the area around the Black Sea.
  • Period: 1206 to 1227

    The Reign of Genghis Khan

    Under the leadership of Genghis Khan, the combination of Mongol strategy, discipline, ruthlessness, and technology help the Mongols take control of Central Asia, and then Northern China. By his death in the late 1220s, Mongol armies had moved west into the Islamic lands and Central Europe.
  • Period: 1211 to 1234

    Conquest of Northern China

  • Period: 1219 to 1221

    Conquest of Persia

  • Period: 1237 to 1241

    Conquest of Russia

  • 1258

    Capture of Baghdad

  • Period: 1264 to 1279

    Conquest of Southern China