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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