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4000 BCE
Reigion/Mesopotamia
The Sumer establish powerful city-states building large ziggurats at the center of their cities as temples to their gods. -
3500 BCE
First City/Caral
Is located along three rivers:the Fortaleza River, Pativilica, and the Super River. -
3000 BCE
Creativity/Mesopotamia
The Sumerians start to implement mathematics using a number system with the base 60. -
2700 BCE
Old kingdom/Egyptian
The old kingdom was an age of prosperity and unity lasting from about 2700 to 2200 B.C. -
2627 BCE
Pyramids of Caral
The Pyramid city of Caral is a center constructed out of stone and mud,circular plazas,and staircases. -
2600 BCE
Key features of Egyptian Religion
The Egyptian ruler took the title ”Son of Re” and was considered an earthly form of Re,one of the sun god´s names. -
1700 BCE
Shang Dynasty/Chinese
the first Chinese state for which clear written records remain - unites much of north central China. -
1200 BCE
The First Major Mesoamerican Culture/Olmec
The Olmecs were the first great culture to arise in Mexico and Central America. They established a city on a river island in 1200 B.C. or so: archaeologists, who do not know the original name of the city, call it San Lorenzo. -
1046 BCE
The Mandate of Heaven/Chinese
The Mandate of Heaven. Among the earliest rulers of China, the Zhou established the idea of the Mandate of Heaven, in which a just ruler must maintain harmony between heaven and Earth. -
900 BCE
Artists and Sculptors/Olmec
The Olmecs were extremely talented artists and sculptors: they produced many statues, masks, figurines, stelae, thrones and more
The heads date from at least 900 BC. -
900 BCE
Art/Chavín
Chavín art represents the first recognizable artistic style in the Andes, the construction of the “Old Temple” at Chavín de Huántar (c. 900-500 BCE) corresponds to the first of the two phases. -
800
Toltec Empire
The toltec Empire first emerged in Mesoamerica near modern day Mexico City.This was right after the Teotihuacans had fallen.(800CE) -
900
Location and developed/Chavín
The Chavín Civilization developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru between 900-250BC -
1168
Toltecs fallen
The toltecs had fallen due both internal and external conflicts. -
1325
First temple/Aztec
The city of Tenochtítlan is built and the first Aztec temple was built.(1325CE). -
1517
Aztec comet
In 1517, a comet was seen in the sky which the Aztecs interpreted as the harbinger of doom and destruction.