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3300 BCE
Mesopotamia
Location: Kuwait, Iraq, Syria
Government: city-states; monarchy
Social Class: Upper, Middle, and Slaves
Religion: polytheism, Judaism
Writing System: cuneiform -
2650 BCE
Egypt
Location: current day Egypt
Government: monarchy (Pharaoh)
Religion: polytheism
Buildings: sun-dried bricks
Economy: farming, mining, trade
Writing System: hieroglyphs -
2500 BCE
Indus River Valley
Location: Pakistan/India
Social Class: Caste System - Priests, Kings, Merchants, Commoners, Untouchables
Religion: polytheism, HInduism, Buddhism
Buildings: sun-dried bricks
Economy: Farming and Trade
Writing System: pictographs -
2000 BCE
China
Location: current day China
Government: monarchy - emperors in dynasties
Religions: Legalism, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism
Social Class: emperors, lords, farmers, peasants, merchants
Economy: farming and trade
Writing System: pictographs -
1900 BCE
End of Indus River Valley
How did it end? Abandonment - archeologists don't know
Accomplishments: sewage systems, well-planned cities, weights for measurement, symbols for numbers, zero, Pi, round world, metallurgy -
1100 BCE
Ancient Greece
Location: Greece
Religion: polytheism
Government: democracy, oligarchy, and tyranny
Social class: citizens, women, outsiders, slaves
Economy: farming, trade, fishing, mining
Writing System: Alphabet -
753 BCE
Roman Empire
Location: Europe, Asia, North Africa
Government: republic into an empire (Caesars)
Religions: polytheism (Caesar worship), Christianity
Social Class: Patricians, Plebeians, slaves
Economy: farming, mining, trade
Writing System: alphabet -
333 BCE
End of Mesoptamia
How did it end? Alexander the Great took over
Accomplishments: base 60 numbers, math, calendar, wheel, medicine, cylinder seals, sail boats, water clock, musical instruments, weight and measurements -
332 BCE
End of Ancient Egypt
How it ended? Conquered by Alexander the Great
Accomplishments: yeast bread, papyrus, linen cloth, math, pyramids, 365 day calendar, medicines, surgery -
320 BCE
Maya
Location: South Mexico, Belize, Guatamala, Honduras
Government: city-states - monarchy
Religions: polytheistic
Social Classes: kings, nobles, merchants, commoners, peasants, slaves
Economy: farming, trade,
Writing System: pictograph -
300 BCE
Japan
Location: Japan
Government: monarch - feudalism
Religions: Shintoism, Buddhism
Social Class: emperor, shoguns, daimyo, samurai, peasants, merchants
Economy: farming, fish, trade
Writing System: pictographical alphabet -
300 BCE
African Empires
Location: West Africa
Government: monarchy
Religions: animism, Islam
Social Class: caste system
Economy: farming, mining, trade, fishing
Writing System: no writing system until Islam introduced Arabic -
147 BCE
End of Greece
How did it end? Conquered by Rome
Accomplishments: science and mathematics, steam engine, water mill, odometer, alarm clock, medicines, scientific approach, classification of plants, cartography, many modern scientific ideas (robotics) -
1 BCE
Birth of Jesus Christ
Beginning of A.D. (Anno Domini - The Year of our Lord - the year Jesus Christ was born) or C.E. (Common Era) -
476
End of Roman Empire
How did it end? Conquered by Barbarians
Accomplishments: concrete, roads, mile markers, arches, cast iron, aqueducts, Julian calendar, shopping malls, bound books
Interesting Facts: put Christians in colosseums, -
500
Middle Ages
Location: Europe
Government: monarchy, feudalism
Religion: Chrisitanity
Social Classes: king, baron, knights, and peasants
Economy: farming, trade
Writing System: alphabet -
Dec 24, 900
End of Maya
How did they end? Historians are not sure how they ended.
Accomplishments: Astronomy, calendar, concept of zero, dominoes
Interesting Facts: Believed in human sacrifice -
Dec 24, 1100
Aztec
Location: Central Mexico
Government: Monarchy
Religion: polytheism
Social class: kings, nobles, merchants, commoners/peasants
Economy: farming, trade, mining
Alphabet: pictographs -
Dec 24, 1200
Inca
Location: West coast of South America
Government: monarchy - Sapa Inca
Social Class: caste system - kings, nobles, merchants, commoners/peasants
Religion: polytheism - human sacrifice
Economy: farming, trading, mining
Writing System: none - Quipu kept records -
Dec 24, 1500
End of Middle Ages
How did it end? Renaissance
Accomplishments: better water mills, better plows, armor, long bows, spinning wheels, eye glasses, printing press, nursery rhymes -
Dec 24, 1521
End of Aztec
How did it end? Conquered by Hernando Cortes
Accomplishments: floating gardens, chocolate, popcorn
Interesting Facts: They liked chocolate -
Dec 24, 1532
End of Inca
How did it end? Conquered by Fransisco Pizarro
Accomplishments: freeze-dried foods, roads, tax system, terrace farming
Interesting Facts: They sacrificed their children.
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End of Africa Empires
How did they end? Colonized by Europeans
Accomplishments: math and science, astronomy, metallurgy, philosophy, art, weaving, architecture, engineering, medicine, navigation, textiles, musical instruments, make-up, dances and celebrations -
End of Ancient China
How did it end? It didn't end.
Accomplishments: fireworks, eyeglasses, gunpowder, yo-yo, paper, block printing, toothbrush, soccer
Interesting Facts: first invented origami, but Japan stole the idea -
End of Japan
How did it end? It did not end
Accomplishments: sword making, armor, Haiku, angling
Facts: Ninjas were real, but samurai wanted to kill them so they disappeared
