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100B.C.- 200B.C.-- Parthian empire also known as the Arsacid Empire was established was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran, also known as ancient Persia.This is important because Parthian was important in Mesopotamia it indicates the political and cultural power in ancient Iran.
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3300 B.C.E. to 100 C.E. Signs used to write the Sumerian language. The Sumerians were one of the earliest urban societies to emerge in the world, in Southern Mesopotamia more than 5000 years ago. They developed a writing system whose wedge-shaped strokes would influence the style of scripts in the same geographical area for the next 3000 years. This is important because it shows how long they had writings and also shows Mesopotamian sumerian language.
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1922A.D.- Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun
1953A.D.- Egypt became independent, This is important becauseit shows the independence in Egypt.
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Hinduism has been one of the main religions in India for over 2000 years.The earliest records of Hindu gods, goddesses and Hindu beliefs were first written down in about the fourth century A.D. However, by this time, there was already a strong oral tradition which supported these beliefs. Hindu epics and myths help us to understand the evolution of the gods and goddesses and the development of beliefs which form the basis of the modern Hindu religion.This is important because
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3100B.C. The Egyptians like the Sumerians, developed a way of writing. They used pictures to stand for sounds. The pictures were put together to make words and sentences. At first they wrote on stone. But later they began to make a kind of paper out of a water plant. Their calendar had 12 months, each of which 30 days, they were also famous for their ideas in medicine.
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509 BC
Rome replaced the Etruscan rulers with a Republic during the History of Rome. The revolt was led by Lucius Junius Brutus who became the founder of the Roman Republic and traditionally one of the first Consuls of Rome -
509 B.C.
The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government. -
476
The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This is the start of the Dark Ages in Europe. -
395
In 395 AD, Rome split into two empires - the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Each side had a ruler in charge of it. The Roman Empire was split by Theodosius. -
8000 - 2205 BC
Early Chinese settlers build small villages and farm along the major rivers including the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. -
403 - 221 BC
The Warring States period. During this time leaders from different areas were constantly fighting for control. -
3000 BC
The earliest civilization in India seems to have grown out of small communities that had settled in the Indus Valley -
3100B.C.
the king of upper Egypt united two kingdoms and Egyptians believed in many gods and in an after life. They believed in Hearts that judged heavy with sin were eaten by beast. Good people, with feather-weight hearts, would live forever in a beautiful other world. -
Cuneiform used to write Urartian language
900B.C. Aramaic and
Hebrew alphabets developed
800B.C. Phoenician alphabet spreads to Greece
700B.C.Library at Nineveh -
220 BC
Asoka ( grandson of Alexander the Great) conquered most of the subcontinent.He was a great leader. Later in his life he comitted to Buddhism and left military conquest -
264-146
The Punic Wars - a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage by the Roman Republic
260 BC Rome builds its first major fleet
202 BC Battle of Zama, Scipio defeats Hannibal -
380 A.D.
Theodosius I proclaims Christianity as the sole religion of the Roman Empire in 380 AD. -
248 BC
Asoka makes Edicts to announce Buddhism to his Empire. -
2400 BC
The Indus Valley civilization reaches it's peak. -
1453
The Byzantine Empire comes to an end as it falls to the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople in 1453 A.D. It is renamed Istanbul in 1930.
