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The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; typified by use of evolving stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence
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Transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture
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The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished
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Increased use of plow, metalworking and development of wheeled vehicles, writing
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started in 2650 BC, lasted 500 years, PYRAMIDS, created many foundations for Egyptian civilization
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began in 2055 BC, strong leadership brought stability and economic prosperity
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Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.
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1766 BC, overcame Xia, created many institutions that carried over into later Chinese cultures
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the period of ancient Egyptian history that followed the overthrow of the Hyksos rulers, lasting from about 1570 to 1075 BC, reached height of power
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Took over Shang c. 1100 BC, divided into Western Zhou (first period, peaceful) and Eastern Zhou (conflict arose)