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102
Rome Economic
Marius led the army. He told all of the people that joined his army that they would get a piece of of the land from the war as a reward. -
146
Roman Culture
BC, After Greece became a Roman province, the Romans adopted several elements of the Greek culture. -
202
Rome Economic
BC, Scipio Routed Hannibal's forces on the plain of Zama outside Carthige and took the city. This ended the second Punic War. -
206
China Enviroment
BC, The Han dynasty developed several things including agriculture and handcrafts. One big thing that happend was the silk roads. -
221
China Economic
BC, Shi Huangdi ruled china, he worked to strengthen China. But he ruled harshly. -
221
China Culture
BC, Ying Zheng set out to build the great wall of china. To this day ths wall is still standing. -
256
Rome Politics
BC, The Romans had defeated the Etruscans and the Greek Cities in Southern Italy. As the Romans conquered Italy they did not apply too many conditions on their subjects. -
256
Rome Enviroment
BC Romans defeated the Etruscans. They now control italy and want to rule Sicily. -
300
China Economic
BC, The Qin dynasty replaced the Zhou dynasty. It would eventually fall because of a peasant rebel. -
300
Rome Economic
BC, The second most important magistrates were the censors. They recorded the cities population and how much property each person owned. -
400
Rome Social
BC, men were required to be part of the military. All men between the ages of 17 and 46 with a minimum amout of property were required to serve -
450
Rome Political
BC, The law of the Twelve Tables was rome's first written law code. The laws protected both the lenders and borrowers -
450
Rome Political
BC, The Plebeians forced the Patricians to have all laws written down. So the Patricians know the laws and could not get arrested for no reason. -
450
Rome Social
BC, The Law of 12 tabkes effected marraiges. People of different classes could not marry each other. -
470
Greece Social
Athens emerged to Delian League. The delian league eventually grew to 200 city-states -
500
Greece Enviroment
BC, Athenian leader Cleisthenes broke power of the nobility. This caused people to organize themselves into 10 groups where they lived on their wealth. -
520
India Culture
BC, Buddhsim was developed. Siddharta Gautama founded Buddhsim. He was the prince of a litlle kingdom. -
546
Greece Culture
BC, The Persian War began between the greek and persian empire. The persians won and conquered the area. -
551
China Social
551 BC, Confucius was born. He developed 5 relationships to organize China in a time of crisis. He also had many sayings/qoutes that were part of everyday life -
Dec 3, 600
Greece Economic
600-370 BC, Sparta had the most powerful army in Greece, the Spartan people paid a high price for the military supremacy. -
Dec 3, 621
Greece Political
BC, Draco came to power. He was the first Democratic nobleman. He aslo developed a legal code. -
Dec 3, 650
Greece Social
BC, Mycenaeans resented Spartans harsh rule. As a result it turned into a city state. -
Dec 3, 700
Greece Culture
BC, Homers composed epics and narrative poems, called the Iliad. -
Dec 3, 725
Greece Economy
BC, Sparta conquered the neighboring region Mycenia and took over the land. Mycenians became peasants forced to stay on the land and work for the Spartans. -
Dec 3, 750
China Political
BC, City-states were fundamental political unit in ancient greece. City-states were always joining Greece. -
Dec 4, 753
Rome Culture
Accourding to Roman legend, Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. They were raised by a she-wolf. -
Dec 4, 760
Rome Culture
The forum was the center of life. It had several diverse activities happening. It was a political center but it also was a good place to comunicate with others. -
Dec 2, 1000
China Enviroment
BC, the Zhou brought the Mandate of Heaven to power. it chose the leader and became central to the government. -
Dec 2, 1027
China Political
BC, the Shang Dynasty ended. They built elaborate palaces and tombs that were found and left a lot of information. -
Dec 2, 1027
China Political
BC, The Zhou dynasty came in and made their own dynasty. They overthrew the Shang dynasty which previously ruled. -
Dec 3, 1200
Greece Economy
BC, Sea riders attacked and burned Mycenaean cities.
The Mycenean cities were invaded and became weaker as a result to the attack -
Dec 3, 1200
Greece Enviroment
BC, Trojan war was fought between the Mycenaeans and Troy
The Trojan war lasted 10 years and the Mycenaeans apperently won. -
Dec 2, 1368
China Culture
1368 to 1644 CE, The Ming dynasty was the last Chinese dynasty. It was famous for its exquisite arts and crafts. -
Dec 2, 1500
India Enviroment
BC, Normadic people from north of the Hindu Kush known as the Aryans came into the Indus Valley. Civilization grew again thanks to the Aryans. -
Dec 3, 1500
Greece Social
BC, The Myceneans and the Minoan met through seaborne trade. This lead to further trade, new ideas, and products. -
Nov 30, 1530
Mesopotamia Economy
BC, Babylonia is conquired by the Kassites. The Kassites ruled the land for over 4000 years. -
China Social
BC, the Chinese had their own written language. It didn’t link to other written language. -
Greece Enviromen
1600-1100 BC, Mycenae could withstand from any attack warrior kings surrounded the village and farms. Strong rulers controlled the area. -
Egypt Political
1630-1523 BC, the Hyksos ruled Egypt between 1630-1523 BC. They were known as “rulers of foreign lands”. -
Egypt Social
BC, the Middle Kingdom was brought to an end. Hyksos moved from Palestine across the Isthmus of Suez into Egypt. -
China Social
BC, the rich and poor lived in different styles of sheltes thet they called home.the higher class people lived in timber framed houses made of straw and clay while the lower class just lived in little huts. -
China Political
BC, The Shang Dynasty rose. They were the first family of Chinese rulers to leave written records. -
India Enviroment
BC, Building started to deline, cities fell into decay. Later descovered that earthquakes and floods caused the walls to decay. -
Mesopotamia Economy
BC, Hammurabi code of laws. This was the first written code of laws that citizens could find and read out on the street. Citizens were informed of criminal acts so no one could say they were unaware of the laws -
Mesopotamia Political
BC, Hammarabi took over as the ruler of Mesopotamia. During his rule Mesopotamia was at its peak. -
Rome Economy
BC Caesar and Pompey go into a civil war, Caesar wins and he got full control over the Republic. The Senate then later declared him as the dictator of Rome for life. -
Rome Social
BC, First triumvirate formed with Caesar, Gnaeus, Pompey, and Licinius -
China Enviroment
BC, The settlements began to grow to become China's first
cities. At this time the Chinese first dynasty, the Xia dynasty was first created. -
Egypt Economy
BC, Mentuhotep II gained control of entire country. As a result, agriculture advanced. -
China Culture
618-907 CE, The tang dynasty controled from 618-907 CE. Literature and arts flourished under the ruling of the Tang Dynasty. -
China Economic
BC, The Grand Canal was built. This help expansion and developed more trading options. -
Greece Polotocal
BC, Solon made democratic reforms. No one could own another person, which meant that slavery was outlawed. -
Greece Culture
BC, The Persian fleet carried 25,000 men across the Aegean Sea and landed northeast of Athens. This changed the city of Athens. -
Roman Enviroment
BC, The Etruscan's influenced Rome a lot. They built Romes first sewers and city walls. -
Egypt Poliical
2040-1640 BC, The Middle Kingdom restored law and order. -
Egypt Enviroment
Between 2040-1640 BC, Egyptians improved trade and transportation. They accomplished this by digging a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea. -
Egypt Political
The power of the Pharaohs started to declined. This caused the end of the Old Kingdom. -
India Social
BC, First peopleto strat pluming. Pluming showed social class, better plumbing=higher social class. -
India Political
The planned cities suggested that they had a strong government. They made high walls for the rich to resemble temples. -
India Political
Weapons were not found a lot. This suggested that they were peaceul and did not have conflicts with others. -
Mesopotamia Social
BC, Sumerian city-states were ruled by dynasties. Leadership kept villages in place, an important part of Sumerian society. -
Mesopotamia Social
BC, Sumerians believed in several Gods (they were polytheistic). They believed that there are gods such as God of the wind. -
Mesopotamia Socail
BC, Many settlers gather and traded ideas within Sumerian city-states. Cultural diffusion helped other cultures share and experience new things. -
Egypt Culture
Egyptians built pyramids. They were used as a burial sites for the pharaohs. -
India Social
2500-1500 BC, THe Harappan Cities uniformity in religion and culture. Artifacts such as clay and wooden toys shows a society that can make goods that are not essential. -
India Political
BC, Some of the largest cities inclueded Kaliebngan, Mohenjo-Daro, and Harappa. Most trading and other developments happened in these cities. -
India Enviroment
BC, They used bricks to build there cities. They built strong levees to keep water out of there cities. -
India Culture
2500-1500 BC, The Harappan culture developed a written language. THis written language has been impossible to decipher -
India Economics
BC, Citties were planned to be made. They relied heavly on their walls to protect them from natural disasters -
Egypt Economy
Start of the Old Kingdom. The Pyramids show the strength of Egypt and show the economic strength and technology. -
Mesopotamia Culture
BC, The Royal tombs of Ur were created. Their were 16 tombs in total and 15 of them were considered royal. -
India Economic
BC, Trading began. The Indus River gave them a good way to get to the sea. The sea allowed them to trade with distant civilizations. -
India Social
BC, India traded silver and gold with Afghanistan. Culture difusion occured. -
Egypt Culture
BC, Pharaohs became Egypt's kings and were viewed as gods. This type of government was called theocracy. -
Mesopotamia Culture
BC, The epic Gilgamesh is written. Gilgamesh was the first ever written epic and several stories can be related to this epic. -
Egypt Enviroment
BC, the Egyptians created the calendar with 365 days. They used it to keep track of when to plant crpos and harvest according to flooding. -
Egypt Economy
BC, The Egyptians developed a system of written numbers for counting, adding, and subtraction. They used the system to collect taxes. -
Mesopotamia Economy
BC, Ur rises to become a huge city. Had an est. populaton of 80,000 people which made it the largest city in the world. It was the center of civilization. -
Mesopotamia Culture
BC, The Sumerian language was invented. The sumerian language is he oldest form of written language. This opened opportunities for people to record stories, important events, etc. -
Mesopotamia Political
3000-2000 BC, The Sumerian city-states were always in war. This led to Mesopotamia becoming an Empire -
Mesopotamia Political.
Priests were responsible for their own government. The preists and nobility were at the top of the social class. -
Egypt Social
BC, There was a distinct social class. The Kings, Queens, priests, and wealthy landowners were above merchants who were above farmers and peasants. -
Egypt Social
BC, the Egyptians developed hieroglyphics. Unlike cuneiform it was written on papyrus reeds. -
Egypt Enviroment
BC, the Villages of Egypt were under control of Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt. They were said to be under the control of Narmer -
Egypt Culture
Egyptians believed in many gods. They were polytheistic. -
Mesopotamia Enviroment
BC, Sumerians made farming easier. The Sumerians created several tools and envented new technology for farming -
Mesopotamia Enviroment
BC, Sumerians faced many environmental challenges. They dealt with floods or no rain. -
Mesopotamia Enviroment
Mesopotamia is located in the Fertile Cresent. This was an are with rich soil which was good for farmng. -
Indian Culture
BC, The people of the Indus Valley farmed along the Indus River. The soil was rich and good for farming. They were among the first to settle. -
India Economic
BC, The people of the Indus Valley domesticated animals such as sheep and goats.