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Ancient history

By HNEdlin
  • The Harappans
    3300 BCE

    The Harappans

    The Harappans worshiped a mother goddess symbolizing fertility. They had a various amount of religion types such as Hinduism and Buddhism. It mostly spread access the Indus River extending into the ghaggar-hakra river valley.
  • The Old Kingdom
    2700 BCE

    The Old Kingdom

    In the old kingdom, pharaohs were gods. This was the time Period when all the pyramids were built which is why it's known as "the pyramid age". The great sphinx was built.
  • Assyrians
    2334 BCE

    Assyrians

    Assyrians took over after the Hittities. The Assyrians were all about war and hurting people. They took pride in destroying everything and everyone.
  • Hammurabi
    2300 BCE

    Hammurabi

    Hammurabi took over after Sargon died. He was the king of Babylon. Hammurabis code came along where it meant all laws was an "eye for an eye", which meant equal punishments.
  • The middle kingdom
    2100 BCE

    The middle kingdom

    The Middle Kingdom were known as the golden age because of the art and its trading. In this kingdom, they built hidden tombs all around. Pharaohs were expected to be good kings and wise rulers.
  • The Aryans
    1500 BCE

    The Aryans

    The aryans were also referred to as indo-European nomads. They came up with a language called Sanskrit. Their religion was polytheistic and believed in a mother goddess.
  • The new kingdom
    1500 BCE

    The new kingdom

    In the new kingdom, Egypt went into expansion. Egypt expanded its borders through military conquest and became a world power. There were lots of famous kingdom pharaohs.
  • Olmecs
    1500 BCE

    Olmecs

    They were the first group in ancient America. They sometimes are called the mother culture because of their trade amount. Carved head statues out of 40 ton stone.
  • Warring States Period
    471 BCE

    Warring States Period

    Various states were at war until the Qin state conquered them all. After it ended, China reunited with the qin dynasty. Many states had gone under after war state was finished.
  • Qin Shi Huangdi
    221 BCE

    Qin Shi Huangdi

    Qin Shi Huangdi was leader for 11 years. Qin won the wars through that timespan. He was the first ever emperor of China.
  • Emperor Wudi
    141 BCE

    Emperor Wudi

    He expanded size of the Chinese empire. He opened up the Silk Road. He lead the empire for 54 years.
  • Phoenician; small city state
    1550

    Phoenician; small city state

    This city state was on the coast. They were big time traders to get what they needed to survive. This was the first city state to come up with the fist alphabet ( no vowels ).