From the Beginning

By brigitte_baca
  • 356

    Qin

    Qin
    Most innovative of all states.
  • 550

    Daoism

    Daoism
    Was Confuciasms biggest rival. This is where yin/yan came from.
  • 551

    Confucianism

    Confucianism
    Name came from a Chinese phylosifor. Was a big influencial system in the Chinese civilization.
  • Oct 13, 1000

    Celtic Europe

    Celtic Europe
    Located in the southeren Europe peninsula. Had very good soil.
  • Oct 13, 1045

    Zhou Dynasty

    Zhou Dynasty
    They overthrew the Shang. They took over the elements of shang culture.
  • Oct 13, 1046

    Mandate of Heavon

    Mandate of Heavon
    Political ideology devoloped in the Zhou period. It was talked about how to grant the power and how you could loose it.
  • Oct 13, 1200

    Americas

    Americas
    Its first civilizations were the Olmec and Chavin. Located in most of modern Mexico.

  • New Egypt

    New Egypt
    Because they were upsessed with afterlife, they made mummification. They had lots of knowledge in medicine, mathematics, and astronomy.

  • Hammurabi

    Hammurabi
    Amorite ruler of Babylon. He conquered many city-states in Mesopotamia.

  • Shang Dynasty

    Shang Dynasty
    This was the first recorded Dynasty of China. We only have documents about this period which are called oracle bones.

  • Babylon

    Babylon
    Largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. Was the capital of Old Babylonian.

  • Metallurgy

    Metallurgy
    There was the bronze metallurgy and the iron metallurgy. the bronze was in 2000 B.C. and the iron was in 600 B.C.

  • Warring States

    Warring States
    Second half of the Zhou period is called the Warring States. The name came because the intesity of the rivaly and warfare between the states increased.

  • Meroe

    Meroe
    Capital of a flourishing kingdom in southern Nubia. During this period Nubia showed more freedom from Egypt.

  • Xia

    Xia
    First Dynasty. Was then later overthrown by the Shang Dynasty.

  • Middle Egypt

    Middle Egypt
    Had lots of natural resources. All lived mostly along the Nile river.

  • Indus River

    Indus River
    This civilization only lasted until 1900 B.C. Consisted of two major cities, Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.

  • Cuneiform

    Cuneiform
    A system of writing. Was used by Sumerians.

  • Old Egypt

    Old Egypt
    Was called the gift of the nile. Was surrounded by desserts and harboless, marshy seacoasts.

  • Nubia

    Nubia
    Connected sub-Saharan Africa with north Africa. THey had lots of natural resources.

  • Hieroglyphic

    Hieroglyphic
    The system of writing in Egypt. They used pictures to symbolise sounds, syllables, and concepts.

  • Sumerians

    Sumerians
    These were the people that dominated southern Mesopotamia. THey were responsible for the creation of Mesopotamian culture.

  • Mesopotamia

    Mesopotamia
    Mesopotamia means "land between rivers" in Greek. It was a land of cities and villiges.