Ancient Civilizations

  • Period: 3500 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Sumer

    MESOPOTAMIA
    Epic of Gilgamesh
    Cuneiform Writing
    City-States
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 30 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    NILE RIVER
    Hieroglyphics
    Pharaohs
    Agricultural Society
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Harappan Civilization

    INDUS RIVER VALLEY
    Writing Undecipherable
    Planned Cities w/ Drainage Systems
    Centralized Government
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Xia

    YELLOW RIVER
    Hereditary Monarchical Rule
    Flood Control credited to King Yu
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Babylonia

    MESOPOTAMIA
    Hammurabi's Code
    Ziggurats
    Hanging Gardens
  • Period: 1700 BCE to 1100 BCE

    Shang

    YELLOW RIVER
    Horse-Drawn Chariots
    Bronze Weapons
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 500 BCE

    Aryan India

    INDUS VALLEY
    Beginnings of Hinduism
    Vedas
    Caste System
    *WHAP Theme & CCOT:
    Development and Transformation of Social Structures
    file:///home/owner/Downloads/Aryan%20India%20WHAP%20theme%20(1).pdf
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 400 BCE

    Olmecs

    MESOAMERICA
    Cultivated Maize
    Ceremonial Centers
    Ball Games
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 200 BCE

    Zhou

    YELLOW RIVER
    Oracle Bones
    Mandate of Heaven
    Decentralized Administration
  • Period: 800 BCE to 300 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    GREECE
    Democracy
    Persian Wars
    Socrates
  • Period: 700 BCE to 500

    Ancient Rome

    MEDITERRANEAN BASIN & surrounding areas
    Republic to Empire
    Julius Caesar
    Punic wars
  • Period: 558 BCE to 330 BCE

    Achaemenid (Persian) Empire

    MIDDLE EAST & PERSIA
    Founded by Cyrus
    Divided in to Satrapies
    Persian Royal Road
    Persian Wars
  • Period: 300 BCE to 200 BCE

    Mauryan Empire

    NORTH & CENTRAL INDIA
    Founded by Chandragupta Maurya
    Centralized Govenment
    Ashoka's Pillar Edicts
  • Period: 200 BCE to 200

    Han

    EAST CHINA
    Strong Centralized Imperial Government led by Lui Bang
    Iron Metallurgy, paper, Silk Textiles
    Trade on Silk Road
  • Period: 200 to 900

    Maya

    MESOAMERICA
    Mayan calendar
    Bloodletting Rituals
    Concept of Zero
  • Period: 300 to 500

    Gupta Empire

    GANGES VALLEY of INDIA
    Founded by Chandra Gupta
    Regionally Governed
    Buddhists and Hindus
  • Period: 1200 to 1532

    Inca

    ANDEAN REGION
    Central Government
    Machu Pichu