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| 114040401 | Sumer | An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia which rose around 3300 B.C. The first empire that ruled in Mesopotamia and is credited with inventing writing. | 0 | |
| 114040402 | Old Kingdom of Egypt | 3100-2200 BC; period of the pyramids; ends because power became diverted to local leaders (nomarchs) and famine | 1 | |
| 114040403 | Middle Kingdom of Egypt | 2050-1800 BC; restored power by the south; kingdom for commoners (pharaoh loses power); lower class is protected; 1800 BC -Civil wars: hyksos invade & conquer Lower Egypt (use chariots and weapons); Egypt was not prepared; Ahmose 1 - 1570 BC Pharaoh from Upper Egypt invades lower and kicks out Hyksos | 2 | |
| 114040404 | New Kingdom of Egypt | 1570-1090 BC; culture expanded (technology, taxes, etc); Treaty with Hittites- first written treaty b/n 2 nations, between the Hittites and Ramses the 2nd, a non-aggression pact | 3 | |
| 114040405 | Mohenjo Daro | Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system., One of the first settlements in India | 4 | |
| 114040406 | Harrapa | First city found in the Indus Valley. Few artifacts were found and little could be deciphered about the culture that lived there. This name is also given to represent the entire Indus Valley Civilization. | 5 | |
| 114040407 | Yangshao and Longshan | Two earliest Chinese civilizations. Located in Henan (Central China). Domesticated sheep pigs dogs and goats. 8000-2700BCE | 6 | |
| 114040408 | Xia | 2205-1766BCE. Yellow River Chinese Dynasty. First major dynasty in China. Developed irrigation and armies. | 7 | |
| 114040409 | Shang | The dominant people in the second earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship, divination by means of oracle bones, and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of this culture. | 8 | |
| 114040410 | Zhou | 1046-256 BC. Followed the Shang Dynasty and was followed by the Qin Dynasty in China. Introduced Iron, perfected bronze techniques | 9 |
