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The Paleolithic Era or the Stone Age was the first era of modern humans. Humans were usually hunters and lived in small groups of people in which gender roles were pretty clear -
Oldest Cave Paintings ever discovered were found in France. These allow us to see what people believed in and what kind of stuff they did in their day to day lives. -
More Cave paintings found in Spain, these mostly focusing on wild mammals. This also helped us learn about day to day life in these times. Shows us how people expressed themselves. -
The new stone age or the neolithic era brought the creation of agriculture, when people started becoming more settled. Communities were formed. The world started to become more combined. -
People became more aware of their settlements and started claiming territories. Causing people to become more settled and create societies. -
Irrigation and agricultural systems of crops was fully developed. Production boosted and more food was grown. Population growth with more food. -
Priests (formal rulers) were in charge of distributing food and the different cultivation of stuff. They were responsible for looking over trade. They were supervisors basically. -
Trade through different manners facilitated the rise of great civilizations. This allowed for jobs to be created. Roles in societies strengthened.
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This king united all of Mesopotamia under the rule of Babylon. He built the biggest empire at this time in a short matter of time. This is also the name for one of the oldest deciphered types of writings. -
During this time many kingdoms collapsed and other arose. The biggest cause of this decline were people called "raiders." During this time, the people of israel also arose.
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The palace at Knossos was destroyed and rebuilt around this time. It shows evidence of a centralized government. We can also see the close attention to architecture they had. -
The New kingdom is an era of uprise for the Egyptians. This new kingdom consists of the Pharaoh which is the leader of the land. Many of the known rulers are from this time period -
The first female ruler of Egypt. She had full authority as pharaoh. She ruled as a male but continued to refer to herself as a woman in inscriptions. -
This pharaoh tried to erase all memory of Hatshepsut so that women wouldn't see her as a role model. However, he continued to help Egypt thrive. During his reign, beer production grew. -
Considered the greatest ruler of the New kingdom. He assembled military campaigns which helped restore the borders of Egypt. He was also the only one who was able to defeat the raiders. -
The raiders became a huge problem again. Rameses III defeated them once again. However, it was more difficult this time due to all the strengthened efforts
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During this time everything was improving. Geometry improved and so did art. New ways of doing things were introduced
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Spartan troops helped Athenians overthrow their ruler. They used this to their advantage to help take over. Eventually, the Athenians took back their land.
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A conflict with the Persians that resulted in warfare. Happened after the Persians attempted to steal land from the Greeks. After not succeeding, the Persians appointed tyrants to rule. -
Plebians went on strike outside of rome. Their strike actually worked, and they were granted their representation. It is one of the early views of democracy.
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During this time Greece made many developments. They stablished their states and developed their government. The most important innovation was the Greek alphabet. -
This was created to respond to the plebian concerns. It was also the first Roman code of law. Tackled both family and poverty problems. -
These wars helped Rome grow in power. After these warfs, rival traders were destroyed. This gave Rome absolute power and dominance in trade. -
Brought to rome around the second punic war. This cult had agricultural appeal to many people since it was focused around that. Symbolized nature. -
The longest serving aqueduct in rome. It served water to many parts of rome. It was also coated with waterproof mortar. -
Completely transformed Rome. He strengthened its borders and helped it maintain power. He also completed many major projects. -
The oldest known church is at Dura Europos. This building shows how strongly built it was. We can also see many artifacts in here that show how the religion was practiced. -
Christianity is officially decriminalized. The emperor took on a role in the church. Christianity starts becoming a big deal.
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Christianity is no longer facing persecution. It is the biggest and preferred religion now. No clear reason was discovered on why he biased this
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Muhammad was born. He was the founder of Islam. He was born in mecca however his journey starting the religion took a bit of while to start. People from this religion believe him to be the last prophet of god.