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3100 BCE
Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt
Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt.(pg. 89) -
Period: 3000 BCE to 2000 BCE
Sumerian Society
Sargon of Akkad conquers Mesopotamia and forms the world's first empire.(pg. 51 and 61) -
Period: 3000 BCE to 404 BCE
Athens Civilization
They were a people group who lived in Greece and admired the mind. (pg. 236-269) -
Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE
Old Kingdom
Started in the Third Dynasty of Egypt.(pg. 90) -
2300 BCE
Harappan Society Impacts the World
The Harappan society created the world's first plumbing system.(pg. 128) -
2300 BCE
Sargon Builds the First Permanent Army in Mesopotamia
Sargon built a new capital Akkad and was the first ruler to have a permanent army.(pg. 61) -
Period: 2300 BCE to 1700 BCE
Harappan Society
A civilization that grew up in the Indus River Valley.(pg. 126-128) -
Period: 2050 BCE to 1750 BCE
Middle Kingdom
Egypt was united again during Mentuhotep's rule and the Middle Kingdom began.(pg. 96) -
2000 BCE
Aryans arrive in the Indus Valley
A society that were originally from around Caspian Sea but they migrated to the Indus Valley.(128-129) -
Period: 2000 BCE to
Hebrews
They were ancestors of the Israelites and Jews that still live today.(pg. 202-219) -
Period: 2000 BCE to 1200 BCE
Greek Society
The Minoan and the Mycenaean were the two earliest of the Greek societies. (pg. 230-231) -
Period: 2000 BCE to 1750 BCE
Babylonians Society
They lived on the Euphrates River and grew into a powerful government. (pg. 72-73) -
1792 BCE
Hammurabi Becomes Babylon's King
Hammurabi becomes city's greatest monarch.(pg. 72) -
Period: 1750 BCE to 800 BCE
Hittites, Kassites, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Phoenicians Society
They were other civilizations that developed around the Fertile Crescent.(pg. 74-77) -
Period: 1550 BCE to 1050 BCE
New Kingdom
Ahmose's rise to power was the beginning of the New Kingdom.(pg. 97) -
1400 BCE
Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt
She increased Egyptian trade.(pg. 98) -
1200 BCE
Ramses the Great of Egypt
His reign was one of the longest in Egyptian history.(pg. 98) -
1200 BCE
Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt
God told Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.(pg. 203) -
Period: 1100 BCE to 220
Chinese River Society
Societies that developed around the Huang He and Chang Jiang river.(166-178) -
Period: 1070 BCE to 350
Kush Society
Were a group of people who settled in the region called Nubia. It was the first great kingdom in Africa.(pg. 107) -
1000 BCE
King David of Israel
He was well loved by the Israelites and he established the capital of Israel in Jerusalem.(pg. 205) -
965 BCE
King Solomon of Israel
Solomon was a strong king and he expanded the kingdom.(pg. 205) -
Period: 900 BCE to 431
Spartan Empire
In the Spartan they believed in military power. (pg.266-268) -
850 BCE
Homer of Greece
Homer created the Iliad and the Odyssey. (pg. 246) -
800 BCE
Phoenicians impact the World
The Phoenicians developed the world's first alphabet.(pg. 77) -
612 BCE
Nebuchadnezzar Rebuilts Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar the most famous Chaldean kin, rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city.(pg. 75) -
Period: 563 BCE to 483 BCE
Siddhartha Gautama
He was called Buddha and he started Buddhism.(pg. 136-139) -
Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE
Persian Empire
The Persian Empire controlled all the land from Asia Minor to the Indus River. It was one of the mightiest of the ancient would. (pg. 260-265) -
529 BCE
Cyrus the Great of Persia
Cyrus created the largest empire the world had ever seen. (pg. 261) -
500 BCE
Cleisthenes of Greece
Cleisthenes creates the world's first democracy.(pg. 238) -
500 BCE
Siddhartha Gautama impacts the world
Siddhartha founded Buddhism in India (pg. 136-138) -
460 BCE
Pericles of Greece
Athens reached its height under Pericles. (pg. 240) -
359 BCE
King Philip of Macedonia
He was the father of Alexander the Great. (pg. 272-273) -
323 BCE
Alexander the Great of Macedonia
He made the largest empire of the ancient world.(pg. 273-275) -
Period: 320 BCE to 184 BCE
Mauryan Society
Candragupta Maurya founded the Mauryan Empire.(pg. 142-143) -
270 BCE
Asoka of India
He was the strongest Mauryan emperors and he extended Maurya rule over most of India.(pg. 143) -
221 BCE
Shi Huangdi of China
Ying Zheng the Qin king unified China. Gave himself the name Shi Huangdi which means "first emperor".(pg. 172) -
207 BCE
Liu Bang of China
He was the first emperor of the Han dynasty.(pg. 178) -
140 BCE
Emperor Wudi of China
He wanted to create a stronger central government.(pg. 179) -
100 BCE
Han Dynasty impacts the world
They develop trade routes called the Silk Road that are still used today. Even today, the Silk Road is talked about in missions and the spread of religion (pg 187-188). -
Period: 320 to 500
Gupta Society
During this period India was once again united.(144-145) -
375
Candra Gupta of India
Gupta society reached its high point during his rule.(pg. 144) -
Khufu's Rule of Egypt
Khufu was the most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.(pg. 91)