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lifetime of lucy
lived 4,000,000 yrs ago,scavenger,biped,omnivor,and it used its hands -
homo habilis
lived 2.000.000 yrs ago, used tools, biped,omnivor,bigger brain,and made weapons and tools -
Homo erectus
lived 1.8 million, biped,omnivor,bigger brain,it made tools and weapons (axes),and it had the ability of fire -
Neaderthals
lived 500,000 yrs ago,biped,omnivors,bigger brains,made weapons and tools,fire,and they buried their kin -
Homo sapeins
todays humans,biped,omnivors,sophisticated tools,fire,buried their kins, big brains,agriculture,means of communication -
Rise of the kingdom of sumer
Sumer is modern day iraq.They developed tade,started businnesses including metalwork,weaving,etc.Some major geographical features around it are the euphrates and tigris river and the arabian desert.The sumerians were governed by war leaders.There were four ranks in sumerian social structure.They also invented trade -
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh is basica lly about a twisted king who becomes a good friend and a good king.Gilgamesh i guess wasnt a real personbecause in his story he did some crazy things.Some of the things he did were he destroyed humbaba, declined Ishtar's marriage proprosal, and he killled the bull of heaven. -
Abraham
Abraham was the the father of Isaac who created the 12 hebrew tribes.Abraham lived in Israel.Abraham believed in god and prayed.He was the father of Isaac who made the 12 hebrew tribes. -
Hammurabi's code
Hammurabi was the king of babylonia.He lived in babylonia.He was a king.His code was a bunch of over 600 laws.One of the most famous law was an actual eye for an eye. -
Joseph goes to Eypt and the Iraelites follow.
Jseph was Isaac's son.He took the Israelites to egypt.Joseph in Egypt started interpreting dreams.HE WAS KILLED!!!!! -
Moses, the exodus from egypt and the ten commandments.
Moses led the jews out ofegypt and into canaan. -
The time of the judges
Judjes were the rulers of the Israelites before kings.ONe famous judge was Deborah.She was famous for going to war with her cowardly general to face their enemy. -
The Reign of David
David was one of the most famous kings.He created the metaphor david and goliath,seeing as he conquered goliath inspite of his size.He conquered the palestines too. -
Elijah
Elijah was a believer in god who tried to spread the word.He was also a prophet.As a prophet he spread the word about god to people who believed in a god named bob. -
Siege of Lachish
The great city of lachish was the second most powerful jewish city after jerusalem.But despite that they were ruled by the assyrians.And when the people of lachish refused to pay tax the Assyrians attacked Lachish.Assyrians then desroyed lachish. -
Seige of Jerusalem
after the downfall of lachish and assryia, the babylonians took over.When they took over their first inicitive was to destroy jerusalem. -
indus valley civilizations
modern day pakistan and northwest india. they flourshed due to the indus river. this river brought them water which helped them survive. some artifacts have been found in mohen jadaro. -
The Aryan Invasion and the Vedas
the aryans were a powerful tribe. they were from the mountains of europe and asia. unilke the romans who conquered and whoever they conquered responded back to rome, the aryans settled down wherever they went they settled down. -
The Ascetics and the Upanishads
the ascetics were a race of people who were dedicated to a life of self discipline. they weren't part of society. they lived in the woods. they might live with others for serious devotion. born from this were the upanishads. they were sacred part of the ascetics.
