The Past of the Past - Hau Tran

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    Egypt

    (5000 B.C) Egyptians started farming . By staying in one place and farm, the Egyptians can build civilization of their own.
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    Egypt

    (4950 B.C) The Nile river would sometimes flood and ruined tons of crops for people. This will ruined many people lives because there are not enough food to go around.
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    Mesopotamia

    (4500s B.C) people began settling on Mesopotamia. The place was filled with swamps.
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    Mesopotamia

    (3300 B.C) Sumerians arrived on Mesopotamia. The Sumerians began farming.
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    Mesopotamia

    (3300 B.C) Sumerians arrived on Mesopotamia. They stayed there and built a civilization of their own.
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    Mesopotamia

    (3200) Sumerians harvested a lot of wheat and barley during harvest time. These results helped turned their little villages into a civilization.
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    Indus Valley

    (3200 B.C) People were farming in villages along the Indus valley . This could lead them to making civilization.
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    Mesoptomia

    2.(3100) The Sumerians built irrigation ditches to get their water.This way their way or life and civilization can be easy.
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    Mesopotomia

    (2950 B.C) Women could work as merchants and artisans. They have more rights than other women in other city states.
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    Mesopotamia

    (2750 B.C) Sumerian crops surpluses allowed them to increased long range trade and for other things that they need.
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    Indus Valley

    (2600 B.C) Trading began during this time period.. This could lead them into becoming a more powerful and richer village.
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    Egypt

    (2630 B.C) The top is the king, wealthy land owners were below the king, and below the wealth land owners were the merchants. This shows that the Egyptians were organized.
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    Egypt

    (2620 B.C) Some slaves could earn their way to freedom. This gave the slaves some rights and freedom.
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    Egypt

    (2610 B.C) Women could work as merchant or trade property. This shows that women has as much rights as men.
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    Indus Valley

    (2600 B.C) The people in Indus Valley were building mud bricks platform on their city to protect it from flooding. This will provided them protection from flooding.
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    Mesopotamia

    (2400 B.C) The Sumerians believed in many gods. They believed in Polytheism.
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    Egypt

    (2500 B.C) Egyptians built pyramids. They were getting stronger and stronger as an empire.
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    Indus Valley

    (2500 B.C) The Indians were using tons of bricks to built their walls. This will provided them with tons of protection from invaders.
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    Indus Valley

    (2500 B.C) The first toy was made out of Clay. This natural resources can be use for anything.
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    Indus Valley

    (2450 B.C) The Harappan language are made up of 400 symbols. This helped them communicated with each other.
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    Mesopotamia

    (2500B.C) The Sumerians were ruled under dynasties. This meant that their life and civilization were now under the rule of a new government.
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    Mesopotamia

    (2350 B.C) Sargon of Akkad defeated the city state of Sumer. Sumer is put under a new rule.
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    Mesopotamia

    (2300 B.C) The Sumerians invented the cuneiform. This meant that Archaeologists can easy find out about their histories and events.
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    Egypt

    (2180 B.C) Powers of the Pharaohs declined. The end of the old kingdom.
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    Egypt

    (2040-1640 B.C) Pharaohs regained power. The Began of the Middle Kingdom.
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    Egypt

    (2030 B.C) Pharaohs made people dogged a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea.This canal helped improved trading and transportation.
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    Egypt

    (2020 B.C) pharaohs started draining the swamps of lower Egypt to make for lands for farming. This will provided more foods for the people.
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    Greece

    (2000 B.C) Mycenaeans migrated on Greek land. The start of a big civilization.
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    Egypt

    (2010 B.C) Pharaohs made people built huge dikes to channel the Nile's flood water for irrigation.
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    China

    (2000s B.C) According to legend, the first dynasty named Xia emerged during this time. The people of Xia was a mathematician and an engineer.
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    Mesopotamia

    (2000 B.C) Nomadic warriors Amorites invaded Mesopotamia. Sumer is put under a new ruler.
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    China

    (2000 B.C) Chinese Settlements grew in China's first city. China is coming more powerful.
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    Mesopotamia

    (1792 B.C) Hammurabi started making his code of laws. His code of laws brought orders to the country.
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    Indus Valley

    (1750 B.C) The quality of buildings in Indus Valley declined. The cities are no longer filled with beautiful quality buildings.
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    China

    (1700 B.C) Shang dynasty began in 1700. The Shang dynasty was the first dynasty to leave written records.
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    China

    (1699 B.C) The Shang worshiped tons of gods. Their most important one was Shang Di.
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    China

    (1680 B.C) The Shang was the first to leave written records. Those records helped us find out what happened during the Shang dynasty.
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    China

    (1650 B.C) The rich would lived in a clay and straw made house and the poor would lived in huts outside of the city wall.
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    Egypt

    (1630 B.C) Hyksos ruled Egypt. Marked the New Kingdom.
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    Egypt

    (1640 B.C) A group of people moved into Egypt. A new Group of people with different cultures moved into Egypt(Hyksos).
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    China

    (1600 B.C) The Shang used a lot of woods to built The Anyang city. They probably had a lot of resources.
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    Greece

    (1500 B.C) Mycenaeans traded with the Minoan. They started seaborne trade.
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    Indus Valley

    (1500 B.C) The Aryans influenced the Indian civilizations. They are exchanging ideas and thoughts on things.
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    Indus Valley

    (1500 B..C) The Aryans migrated into The Indus Valley. The influences of the Aryans made the Indian civilizations grew once again.
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    Greece

    (550 B.C) Boys had to attend military school and girls have to take care of the family and house. Each gender had a role in Athens.
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    China

    (551 B.C) Confucius was born. He started a popular beliefs .
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    Rome

    (505 B.C) A couple of people from the aristocratic name Patricians, elected themselves. They control everything in the city.
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    Rome

    (509 B.C) Rome overthrew the last tyrant. Rome decided to be a Republic.
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    Greece

    (470 B.C) City States started putting money in an alliance group bank. Athens started using the money to beautified itself.
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    Rome

    (494 B.C) The Plebeians challenged the Patricians for power. In the end, the Patricians gave the Plebeians more rights and powers.
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    Rome

    (450 B.C) The Plebeians forced the Patricians to write down the laws. The code soon became as the Law of the Twelve Tables.
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    Greece

    (431 B.C) Sparta declared war on Athens. This could be the end of Athens.
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    Greece

    (320 B.C) Alexandria became a big commerce trade center . The city was getting very rich .
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    Rome

    (264 B.C) Rome fought with Carthage. The Punic wars destroyed Carthage.
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    Greece

    (300 B.C) Archimedes built a stream engine. This stream engine will one day become very important.
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    China

    (256 B.C) The Zhou dynasty ended. The social class will be changed due to the fact that no one cares about the king. The Nobles are at the top now.
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    Indus Valley

    (250 B.C) Asoka wages war against the kingdom of Kalinga, which is now modern day Orissa.
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    China

    (250 B.C) Roads and canals were built to help people. Transportation and trading can be easy now.
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    China

    (248 B.C) Farming became easier because of all the iron tools invented. This will helped the people produce more food.
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    Indus Valley

    -(248 B.C) Asoka becomes ruler of Mauryan Empire in India. The empire had a new leader in charge.
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    Rome

    (133 B.C) Tiberius and his younger brother Gaius began redistributing public lands to small farmers.
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    Rome

    (107 B.C) Poor people began joining the military. More jobs are created.
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    Rome

    (26 B.C) The Pax Romana continued. During this time, Rome has a widespread trade.
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    Rome

    (20 B.C) The Augustan Age began. This age produced a lot of great writers.
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    Rome

    (15 B.C) Virgil Created a poem named Aeneid. This was another popular epic.
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    Rome

    (AD 100) A physician named Galen wrote several volumes of medical stuffs during his day.
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    Rome

    ( 400s A.D) Malaria may has weaken the Roman empire. This could one of the reason that Roman Empire fell.
  • Mesopotamia

    (3000 B.C) Kings were on top of the social classes. They were very powerful and important than landholders or merchants.
  • Mesopotamia

    2.(2500 B.C) Sumerians exchanged ideas and products with its neighbors. They shared their cultures with each other.
  • Egypt

    (3000 B.C) The Egyptians had a writing system named the Hieroglyphics. This will helped them communicated with each other.
  • Egypt

    (1367 B.C) Reign of Akhnaton III and Queen Nefertiti promoted the worshiped of 1 god, Aton.
  • China

    (771 B.C) Nomads killed the Zhou Monarch. An important died due to an invasion by the Nomads.
  • China

    (254 B.C) Coins were produced to improved trading among the people. This will helped the civilize the Zhou dynasty.
  • Greece

    (1200 B.C) The Mycenaeans fought against Troy. A big 10 years war that could have changed the faith of either city.
  • Greece

    (750 B.C) City State or polis is the political unit in Greece. Polis is surrounded by tons of villages.
  • Greece

    (1150 B.C) no written records. probably because no one knows how to write.
  • Greece

    (750 B.C) Homer created the Lliad. This was a very popular epic or poem.
  • Greece

    (621 B.C) Draco made everyone equal under the law. This gave everyone freedom and rights.
  • Greece

    (594 B.C) Solon made more democratic laws. He stopped slavery .
  • Greece

    (430 B.C) A Plague struck Athens and killed 1/3 of the population.
  • Rome

    (753 B.C) Rome was born. Rome was a very important empire, with rich history.
  • Rome

    (1000s B.C) A group named Latins migrated to Italy. They were probably the one that created Rome.
  • Rome

    (752 B.C) The Mediterranean Sea is below Rome on the map. The Mediterranean Sea made Seaborne trading possible for Rome.
  • Indus Valley

    (2550 B.C) People believed that the way how buildings were built and such were because of how the Indus had a strong central government. This could be the reason why they have achieved so many things.