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2014264822Paleolithic Era2.5million-10,000BCE Hunter Gatherer Lifestyle Mobile, small sizes for easy migration to find more food sources0
2014264823Neolithic Era10,000-4,000BCE Hunter/Gather--->Agriculture Grow crops, raise domestic animals, settlements, villages1
2014264824Sumer4th-3rd millenia Cuneiform, irrigation, wheel, city-states2
2014264825AkkadiaLate 3rd millenia Semitic Sargon Empire Postal System3
2014264826BabyloniaEarly 2nd millenia Semitic Hammurabi's Law (an eye for an eye)4
2014264827Hittites2nd millenia Indo-European, chariots5
2014264828AssyriaLate 2nd-Mid 1st millenia Semitic Iron, literature, largest army. Military Power/Machine6
2014264829PhoeniciaLate 2nd-Mid 1st millenia Semitic Alphabet7
2014264830Hebrews1st millenia Semitic Monotheism8
2014264831Neo-Babylonia1st millenia Semitic Nebuchadnezzar Hanging Gardens9
2014264832PersiansLate 1st millenia Indo-Europeans War with Greeks, huge empire10
2014264833Old Kingdom of Egypt2,600-2,100BCE Pyramid of Giza11
2014264834Middle Kingdom of Egypt2,000-1,600BCE Hyksos Invasion Brought chariots and horses12
2014264835New Kingdom of Egypt1,500-1,000BCE Ramses, Tutankhamun13
2014264836End of Egypt30BCE Ptolemies, Cleopatra dies, Julius Caesar14
2014264837MigrationsBantu Migration: 2,000s-1,800BCE Indo-European Migration: 1,500BCE Aryan arrival15
2014264838Harappan Society3,300-1,300BCE Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa Trade-based, cotten, pottery, jewelry16
2014264839Vedic Age1,500-500BCE Hinduism Vedas, Sanskrit Varna/Caste Upanishad17
2014264840500BCEPersian Arrival Administrative Knowledge18
2014264841300sBCEAlexander the Great Greeks rise19
2014264842Maurya321-185BCE Centralised bueracracy, Buddhist20
2014264843Kushan Empire1-300CE Greco-Buddhist Buddhism went to China through empire21
2014264844Guptas320-550CE Hinduism Arabic Numerals22
2014264845Xia Dynasty2,200-1,766BCE (Harappa, Egypt, Akkadia, Babylonia) Myth-encrusted23
2014264846Shang Dynasty1,766-1,122BCE Social Classes(no priestly class) Ancestor Worship, shamanism. Patriarchy. Oracle Bones, bronze metallurgy, city walls, chariots, writing24
2014264847Zhou Dynasty1,122-256BCE Mandate of Heaven(authority given from God) Western Zhou (1,122-771BCE) Capital: Hao Eastern Zhou (771-256BCE) Capital: Luoyang Iron Technology---->Decentralisation Spring & Autumn Period (771-463BCE) Warring States (463-221BCE)25

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