Egypt

Chapter one and two timeline

By JuliaG17
  • 300

    meroe

    meroe
    ˇhe capital of a kingdom in southern nubia. THis is where Nubia began to show more independence from egyptian culture.
  • 356

    Qin

    Qin
    Most innovative state.Large well trained armies.
    LEader drank mercury so he would become immortal due to his fear of death.
  • 551

    Confucianism/ Daoism

    Confucianism/ Daoism
    A system of Philosophical teachings. The core texts of Cinfucianism are The book of documents , the book of songs, the Book of Changes, and the spring and autumn annals and this is led by confucius. Daoism is led by Laozi and is the rival of confucianism.
  • Oct 13, 1000

    Celtic Europe

    Celtic Europe
    Seperated from continental Europe by the ALps and Pyrenees mountains. Celtic society was divided into an elite class of warriors.
  • Oct 13, 1045

    Zhou Dynasty

    Zhou Dynasty
    The home of the Zhou lay in the valley of the Wei river. The Zhou overthrew the shang from being the dominant dynasty.
  • Oct 13, 1045

    Mandate of Heaven

    Mandate of Heaven
    It is believed that the supreme deity grants power to the ruler of China. WHen the ruler no longer wants that ruler to lead, the dynasty falls.
  • Oct 13, 1200

    Americas

    Americas
    the first civilizations o the americas were the olmec and the chaven. Proof from these civilizations have developed a theory that humans were more complex than originally thought due to the crossing over a land bridge.
  • Oct 13, 1532

    New Egypt (new kingdom)

    Thebes continues to be the Capital. The new kingdom is when the term pharaoh was deveoped.

  • Shang Period

    Shang Period
    Little is known because written dowcuments didn't appear until the end of shang rule. Those documents are written on oracle bones.

  • XIA

    XIA
    A DYNASTY not proven t exist. believed to have been overthrown by the Shang.

  • Babylon

    Babylon
    Babylon is the most important city in Mesopotamia. Babylon was believed to be the center of the world.

  • Metallurgy (bronze)

    Metallurgy (bronze)
    Bronze started being used for various things.

  • 1792

    1792
    Once a ruler of Babylon. Hammurabi conquered many city-states and creted the code of hammurabi.

  • Warring States Period

    Warring States Period
    The period when the rivalry between the states began to rise. The more succesful states conquered less capable states.

  • Middle egypt

    Middle egypt
    Thebes began to be recognized as the capital of Egypt.Early monarchs of middle kigdom centralized control by reducing the power of the old elite.

  • Hieroglyphics

    Hieroglyphics
    hieroglyphics is the egyptian form of writing. For this form of writing, symbols or pictures are used.

  • Old egypt

    Old egypt
    Beggining of Egypt. Egypt is most known for its pyramids and uses of the nile.

  • Indus River Valley

    Indus River Valley
    Land around the indus river. The area is known for the reamians of two great cities: Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro.This area is very fertile.

  • Nubia

    Nubia
    Nubian civilization was almost an imitation of egpts civilization because of the several similariteis. Egypt became aggressive towards Nubia in the middle kingdom.

  • Cuneiform

    Cuneiform
    Early form of writing created by the sumerians. Wedge shaped symbols are used to represent words.

  • Sumerian

    Sumerian
    Sumerians were the rulers of southern mesopotamia throught the end of the third millenium BCE. They crreated most of mesopotamias culture such as the irrigation, cuneiform and religion.

  • Iron metallurgy

    Iron metallurgy
    Iron started being used for various things such as tools and other things.

  • Mesopotamia

    Mesopotamia
    Mesopotamia began to develop in 8000 BCE. THis was when the NEw Stone age happened also known as the neolithic era or Agricultural revolution. Mesopotamia is aso known as the land between rivers due to its location.