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3000 BCE
Sumerians invent things
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3000 BCE
The Bronze Age
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2700 BCE
The Old Kingdom Forms
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2500 BCE
Indo European
The Indo Europeans influenced today language. They created words that were further developed such as the word grass. The Indo-European word it came from was gyro meaning to be green. -
2200 BCE
The Old Kingdom falls and the Middle Kingdom Forms
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2000 BCE
The Hittites Use Iron Weapons
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1700 BCE
Hammurabi's greatest achievement
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1600 BCE
The Middle Kingdom Falls and the New Kingdom Forms
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1200 BCE
Moses contributes ideas to Judaism
The first idea is that God is who brought the Jews out of Egypt and they should worship no one but him. The second is that they shall not swear falsely by the name of God. -
1000 BCE
Phoenicians create first alphabet
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600 BCE
Chaldeans make map of planets
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509 BCE
Rome
Ancient Rome had many important parts to it. They believed in worshiping their ancestral spirits, their storeroom guardians and evolved the Greek gods to be Roman. They believed that the father was the absolute leader of the household. Our government is much like theirs with the different branches and leaders instead of just one all knowing and powerful leader. -
500 BCE
The Iron Age
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400 BCE
The Golden Age
Some of the things that came out of the Golden Age are the Olympics, the teaching methods of Socrates, which were to ask the student questions about their answers and why they were that way to make sure they could back up their points, and the sculptures being life sized and of gods. -
336 BCE
Hellenic Period
The Hellenic Period was when the civilization of Hellenic flourished from about the 700s B.C until 336 B.C. They created the idea of taxing, different building techniques and the figured out navigation by the stars. -
250 BCE
Hellenic and Hellenistic Ages
An idea that came from these ages is women having a true status and being a civilian instead of not being considered a civilian in their home. Another idea is that people would move to places all around the world in order to find the place that best fit their job. They would choose what they wanted to do and then find a place that worked with it or needed it. Another important thing is that they created drugs that relieved people's pain. And lastly, they created the pulley system. -
200 BCE
The Roman Crisis
The number one cause of the Roman Crisis was that the farmers' land was being taken away by the wealthy due to the farmers being to weak. This was caused by the Punic Wars. Tiberius and Gais would have succeed if they suggested their idea in a better way or gave a better option for both parties, the rich and the poor. -
200 BCE
Punic Wars
The Punic Wars were three separate wars between Rome and Carthage. They were both fighting for power over who would rule the Mediterranean. In the end, Rome won and took control. -
45 BCE
The Roman Rulers
Two important rulers from Rome are Julius Caesar and Octavian. Julius was a ruler along side two other people until he took over full power of the Roman Empire. Octavian, Julius' grandson, did the same thing. He took over power with two other people from his grandfathers killers. He took over completely and ruled the Roman Empire. -
100
Pax Romana/Roman Empire
Pax Romana is a time period where Rome was very prosperous and trading with many different countries. There was what you would call peace. The Roman Empire created "innocent until proven guilty" which we use in America. They built a lot of buildings and arenas that still stand to this day they are a large tourist attractions. They state in their laws that the state is more important than the individuals. -
476
The Fall of the Roman Empire
There were many reasons why the Roman Empire fell. The first cause was due to inflation, which caused their economy to crash. The second reason was that they split up the empire into two provinces. Later on, they split the empire up into two separate empires, which weakened them a lot. The last and main reason is due to many people invading and wanting the Roman's power. The Huns and Germans/Barbarians were the main people wanting the land. In the end, the Barbarians/Germans got it. -
Map of the Middle East
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Fertile Crescent
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Mesopotamia
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Asia Minor
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Map of Empires in the Middle East