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105
China Interaction with Enviornment
Paper was invented by the Han dysnasty. This made record keeping and literature much easier. -
202
China Economic
Han traded with Europe. He started to make cultural diffusion popular in China. -
202
China Social
Civil servents worked for the government. They made paper and this was mass-produced so many people got jobs. -
202
Rome Interaction with Enviornment
Scipio routed Hannibal's forces on plan of Zama and took the city. It ended the second Punic War. -
220
China Culture
Buddhism started to spread across China. This is the main religion now in China. -
221
China Political
Qin dynasty took control. Shi-Huangdi gained control of states and became the first emperor. -
221
China Interaction with Enviornment
The Great Wall of China was built because Qin built it. It kept out enemies and isolated China. -
221
China Political
Wars broke out in seperate states. Nobles fought for supremacy. That was a period called the Warring states period. -
250
Greece Economic
The city-state, Polis, was made up of a city and surrounding countryside. That included villages and communties. -
263
Greece Cultural
The greeks wrote two kinds of drama which was tragedy and comedy. Tragedy was serious with common themes while comedy cainted scenes with slapstick situations and humor. -
264
Rome Interaction with Enviornment
The Punic War between Rome and Carthage started, Romans built a navy of their own and defeated the Carthage. -
300
Rome Cultural
10 percent of Roman people were Christain. The others believed in polytheism. -
313
Rome Cultural
Consiantine issued the Edict of milan, which made Christainity legal within the Roman empire. Many more people began to practice it. -
335
Greek Cultural
A Greek philospher named Zano founded the school of philosphy that caused Stoicism. He said to live in harmony with the will of God. -
450
Rome Social
Romes first written law code that organized patricians at the insistence of the plebeians and laws that dealed with trials. Patricians were wealthy and plebeians were poor peasants. -
450
Rome Social
Plebeians forced patricians to write down laws. They made them display it in Roman forum. -
500
China Culture
Confucius was a scholar who stressed importantance of honor and duty. He teached the Chinese customs and ethnics. -
500
Greece Social
Athenian Cleisthenes introduced futher reforms. Only free adult male property owners born in the Athens were considered citizens. -
551
China Social
Bureaucracy trained civil service are those who ran the government by Confucius beliefs. This made the government more religious. -
May 1, 600
Greece Social
More men were expected to serve in the army until age 60. Boys usually left their home at the age of 7 to train. -
Jun 1, 616
Rome Political
Rome was ruled by Etruscans of northern Italy, who influenced Greece. In 509 the Romans threw out Atyrant. -
Jun 1, 753
Rome Political
Romulus and Remus were raised by a she-wolf. Romulus killed his brother and he founded Rome. -
Jun 1, 1000
Rome Interaction with Enviorment
People known as Latins built the Indo-European Rome. They brought Rome to life. -
Apr 1, 1027
China Economic
Zhou dynasty made the Mandate of Heaven. That means the ruler had divine approval from the Gods, -
Apr 1, 1027
China Economic
Zhou dynasty coined mone and introduced an easier trade. This made trade more valuable. -
May 1, 1200
Greece Political
The Mycenaeans fought a 10 year war with Troy because Troy's prince had kiddnapped Helen, the wife of a Greek king. -
Apr 1, 1279
China Social
Mongols came into power. The merchants became rich because they could trade throughout the empire. -
Feb 1, 1473
Egypt Economic
Queen Hatshert expanded Egyptian trade and influence. This let the Egyptains become connected with everyone else and get better developed. -
Feb 1, 1479
Egypt Economic
Power under Thutmess III reached its height in Egypt. The capitol moved to Thebes. Trade and taxes with people who have been conquered made the country rich. -
Feb 1, 1500
Egypt Culture
Egyptians worshipped the Nile as a god. The Nile gave them life and seldom if turned against them. Greek historian Herodotus said Egypt's was the gift of the Nile. -
Mar 1, 1500
India Interaction with Environment
Nomadic people came from north of the Hindu Kush moutains into Indus Valley. Indus Valley grew under the influence of the nomads. -
May 1, 1500
Greece Cultural
The Mycenaens adapted the Minoan writing system to the Greek lands. They decorated vases with Minoan designs. -
May 1, 1500
Greece Economic
The Mycenaens were amazing in Seaborn trade. That was their main trait. -
Greece Social
A warrior king ruled the surrounding villages and farms. Strong rulers controlled areas like Athens. -
Egypt Political
A group formed from Palestine and moved across the Isthmus of Suz called Itylcsos. That means rulers of the foriegn lands. -
Mesopotamia Social
Hammurabi's Legacy is the code of law he puts together. It unified the diverse groups in the empire. It is a 282 law on family relations, business conduct and crime. It told us Mesopotamia's beliefs and what they valued. -
India Economic
Trade was a big part to keep the cities running. Trade on Sarswati River was becoming impossible and cities eventually started to die. -
India Interaction with Enviornment
Buildings started to decline and fall apart. Cities disapeered and the subcontient of India showed evidence of tetonic plate movement. That altered the course of the Indus River and cities were destroyed because there was no farming and it was not sutible for living. -
China Culture
The writing system emerged in the Shang Dynasty. They use the same system today. -
China Economic
Horse and Chariot transportation was invented. This made traveling and trade easier. -
Mesopotamia Economic
Amonte King Hammurabi became kind and improved tax collection system. It increased trade for the empire to grow and become wealthy. -
Egypt Economic
Queen Cleopatra died. Egpyt became a part of the Roman Empire. -
Rome Economic
Octauian took over because he won at the battle of Actium. That brought peace to Rome and allowed trade to grow. -
Rome Economic
Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus created the first Inumuriate (rule of three men) over the Roman republic, Crassus was very wealthy while Caesar was a great leader and Pompey was a good soldier, -
Rome Economic
Rome carried out Sulla progam of reforms aimed to protect the power of the Senate, They used it make more tax laws. -
India Culture
Animals played a big part of culture, You could seem it on pottery, small statues, children's toys, and seals to mark trade items. -
China Political
The Chinese dynasty Xia emerged. Their leader was named Yu. -
Greece Political
A large wave of Indo-Europeans migrated and some of those who settled on Greek land were known as Mycenaeans. -
Mesopotamia Political
Wars became frequent. The men chose a tough fighter to command the citie's soldiers and became kind of like their ruler. Sumerian priests and people gave commanders permanet control of standing armies. -
Rome Political
Rome established a republic. They were the first to use this and use some form of this today. -
Rome Social
Invaders threatened Rome and plebians left Rome and refused to fight until changes were made. They did not come back until things were their way. -
Rome Cultural
Emperor Theodosius outlawed pubic non-christian sacrifices and religious ceromonies. People were angered by that. -
Egypt Political
Pharchs gained control during the Middle Kingdom after power declined. This also marked the end of the Old kingdom and restored law and order to imrpove trade and transportation by digging a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea. -
Mesopotamia Culture
They invented the wheel, saw, and plow. They developed the number system based on 60 modern unit times. The made arches, columns, remps and pyramid shaped designs of zigguarts. They created a system of writing and the first map made was on a clay tablet. -
Mesopotamia Social
Civilization brought social classes like kinds, landholders, priests, wealthy merchants, slaves, etc. Slaves were prisoners of war sold into slavery as a way to pay off debt. -
Mesopotamia Social
Women could work as merchans or artisans or farmers, They could have their own property and even own land, -
India Social
The Indus people were the first to start plumbing. How intricate their plumbing system is said things about their social classes. -
India Political
The strong and smart planning of cities made archeoligists believe that the Indus Valley had a strong central government. They built big walls that served as protection for a temple where the royal family lived. -
India Political
Archeologists found few weapons suggested there was limited conflict. That means there was not a lot of wars or troubles. -
Mesopotamia Culture
They started to believe in more than one god called polytheism. They based their gods on things humans do like falling in love or having children. Gods were immortal and powerful and the humans were their servents. -
Mesopotamia Political
Sumerians built cities. They developed their own government with their own rulers. Each city and the surrounding land controlled and formed a city-state. -
Interaction with Enviornment
New cities were forming along the fertile Cresant and what is now Syria, northern Iraq, and Turkey. They shared ideas and it is called culture diffusion. -
Egypt Interaction with Enviornment
The mummification process was created. It lead to more pyramids being built. -
India Political
The largest cities were Kalibangan, Mohenjo-Daro, and Harappa. A lot of influence came from these cities. -
India Culture
In the Indus Valley they layed bricks for cities. They built strong levees or earther walls to keep water out of cities. They constructed human made islands to rise cities above flood waters. -
India Social
The Harapan cities started to show remarkable unitformity, culture, and religion. The housing suggested social division was not great. Artifacts like toys suggested that they produced stuff that was nonesential. -
India Economic
The cities started to plan how to lay out their cities. They used a grid system and kept everything in order. -
Mesopotamia Culture
Cultural diffusions became more frequent as the terriotory explanded. They traded religious ideas and art. -
Egypt Culture
The largest pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Giza and it was comleted by peasents because they built pyramids. They worked for the government because the Nile flooded and they couldn't farm. -
Egypt Culture
In the Great Pyramid, there is mummified bodies of important people so the soul can return later. Archeologists found a solid gold mask of Pharch Tutankhamen that weighs 22.04 pounds. Canopic Jars and clay vessels were found and that is were the brains and organs were stored. -
India Economic
Indus River became the main source to provide transport for trade. Ships used the Persian Gulf routes to bring copper, lumber, precsious stones, and goods to Sumer. -
India Culture
Early settlements developed into urban civilizations. The Indus script was being used, and still to this day, no one can uncode their language. -
India Social
Started to trade with north Afganistan and got some of their culture. They used ships to cross the natural barriers like the Indus River. -
Egypt Interaction with Enviornment
Reign of Zoser started. The first step pyramids were built and that lead to the creation of the Great Pyramid. -
Mesopotamia Political
Sumerian city-states came under rule of dynasties. A series of rulers from a single family became a dynasty. -
Mesopotamia Economic
Sumerians traded grain, cloth, and tools with people of the mountains and the desert. They recieved materials like stone and wood, stuff that was not a natural resoucre to them. -
Mesopotamia Economic
They made a plan to provide water and dug irrigation ditches that carried water to their fields. This allowed them to create a surplus of their crops. Leaders supervised their diggings. -
Greece Politcal
Moutains divided the land in a number of different regions. Instead of a single government they developed small, independent communities with each other. -
Greece Enviornment
The climate was an important influecen on the civilizations. Men spent lots of time outside and 48 degrees was known as the winter average. -
Greece Enviornment
Ancient Greece consisted of mainly moutains. The physical geography shaped Greek traditions and customs. -
Greece Enviornment
The Minoans lived on a large Greek island of Crete. They created an elegant civilization on that great power. -
China Economic
The sea was a big part of life. Sea made travel and trade easier because it was all natural resoucres, -
Egypt Political
King Menes united upper and lower Egypt. They became the first Pharach and the first capitol which was Memphis. -
Mesopotamia Interaction with Environment
Disadvantages with the enviorment was sometimes there was unpredictable flooding or no rain at all, Sometimes the land was a desert or a lake. Sumerian villages had no natural barriers so they were defenceless and the natural resoucres were limited. -
Mesopotamia Political
Sumer used organization, cooperation, and leadership to construct irrigation systems. Projects created a need for laws to settle disputes and started civilization. Disputes were between land and water and those would eventually be distributed. -
Egypt Interaction with Enviornment
Sails first used on Egyptian ships. This made travel and trade easier. -
Mesopotamia Interaction with Environment
People began to settle and farm the swampy lands in Mesopotamia. Good soil was the advantage that attracted many settlers, but there was disadvantages too. -
India Interaction with Environment
They started by sea to africa and settled south. Northern imargrants made way though Khyber Pass in Hindu Kush mountians. They domesticated sheep and goats and they farmed in villages along the Indus River.