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5000 BCE
Religious Practice in Indus River Valley
Religion started to move into the Indus River Valley. People were Polytheistic and worshipped the Mother Goddess. Later on this lead into religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. -
3500 BCE
Cuneiform Developes in Mesopotamia
Cuneiform first invented by Sumerians of Mesopotamia. It is a form of writing on clay to tell stories using pictographs and "word concepts". It was later abandoned when the alphabet came. -
3100 BCE
Hieroglyphics Invented
First writing used. They believe it was given to them by the gods. They are writing and symbols. -
3100 BCE
Upper and Lower Egypt Split
Egypt divided into two regions. The lower is in the north. The upper is in the south. -
3000 BCE
Pictographs
Earliest writing was based on pictographs. Pictographs are little symbols that mean different things. They were used to communicate about crops and taxes. -
3000 BCE
Rise of Indian Cities in Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
The cities were neat and ordered. They had a brick lined sewer system and brick lined streets. That started to end around 1500 BC -
2000 BCE
Mayans spread across south eastern corner of mesoamerica
Mayans started spreading around the south eastern part of mesoamerica. There are 3 regions. Southern Highlands, central lowlands, and northern lowlands. -
1792 BCE
Hammurabi becomes king
6th king of the first Babylonian. Made the "Hammurabis Code". It is a bunch of strict rules people had to follow. -
1570 BCE
Shang Dynasty
Second dynasty of china. Many cultural advances during this time. Bronze casting, the calendar, religious rituals, and writing were created. -
1045 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
Longest lasting dynasty. There is two time periods for it. Western Zhou (1046-771 BCE) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BCE). -
332 BCE
Alexander the Great took over Egypt
Regarded as a liberator. Son of deity Amun. Became king when his father died. -
221 BCE
Qin dynasty
Only survived 15 years. One of the emperors was Shi Huang. He was buried with around 6,000 terracotta warriors
