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| 354616278 | River Valley Civilizations | fertile soil, complex irrigation systems (bureaucracies to oversee them- legal codes), technology: writing metallurgy, pottery, calendars, engineering, hierarchy of classes | 0 | |
| 354616279 | Egypt | 3000-1070BCE dieties associated with agri and fertility mummification irrigation math art: pottery painting jewelry centralized Pharoh=divine kingship maritime tech | 1 | |
| 354616280 | Indus River Vally Civilization | 2600-1900 BCE Cities: mohenjo-daro and Harappa undeciphered writing standard buildings/uniform construction well-organized govt 2 floods a year=two crops cities major trade centers mysterious end to civilization (systems failure? flood?) | 2 | |
| 354616281 | Shang | 1750-1027 BCE (later than others) River flooding (loess, earthquake prone) controlled using dykes/irrigation North- staple crops millet and wheat South- staple crop rice govt= cities surrounded by earthen walls feudalism: tribute to king silk jade, metals for trade oracle bones | 3 | |
| 354616282 | Zhou | 1027-221 BCE less interest in religion craftsmen above merchants mandate of heaven (power) decentralized rule established long term cutoms in govt | 4 | |
| 354616283 | Warring States Period | confucianism: morality, reciprocity, obedience, core of ed system Legalism: Shi Huang Di, authoritarian rule, harsh view of people, ignorance Daoism: follow dao (path), passivity, yin yang, no unnatural action, alternative to above two | 5 | |
| 354616284 | Qin | 221-206 BCE first empire legalism anti-confucian book burning abolished slavery to increase #s paying taxes fathers couldnt pass down estate to sons (primogeniture) 1st census corvee labor standardization- unify state | 6 | |
| 354616285 | Han | 206 BCE- 220 CE founded by peasant rebel restored traditional chinese values confucianism back women had 3 submissions well developed technology silk for export collapse- corruption, uprisings, banditry | 7 | |
| 354616286 | Olmec | 1200 BCE- 250 BCE mesoamerica San Lorenzo, Tres Zapotes= urban centers writing in glyphs not unified no domestic beasts of burden (no wheels) organized agri/ tech | 8 | |
| 354616287 | Chavin | 900-250 BCE south america hard to farm in enviro shared labor llamas to trade | 9 | |
| 354616288 | Classical Civilizations | Mediterranean: Greece, Rome China: Zhou, Han India: Maura, Gupta | 10 | |
| 354616289 | Israel | 2000-500 BCE crossroads in middle east monarchy disapora when conquered | 11 | |
| 354616290 | Phoenicia | small city states trade in med alphabet w/ symbols City: carthage (large+cosmo) | 12 | |
| 354616291 | Iran | no dense pop irrigation underground patriarchical divided into 20 provinces uniformity- royal roads, codified laws zoroastrianism- good v. evil | 13 | |
| 354616292 | greece | 2000-30 BCE minoan culture mycenean age dark ages conflict w/ persia | 14 | |
| 354616293 | Alexander the great + Hellenization | rise of city states (polis) colonization of med tech- maritime rational explanations | 15 | |
| 354616294 | Rome | 753 BCE-476 CE rapid expansion decay of republic Pax Romana: citizenship extended to those conquered division into 2 parts Constantinople new capital fall of western half due to Germanic tribes eastern half became Byzantine empire | 16 | |
| 354616295 | Vedic age | 1500 BCE vedas- religious texts/source caste system (jati = caste) reincarnation 3 crops a year due to monsoons Jainism+Buddhism challenge vedic, escape cycle (moksha) Hinduism evolved from vedic religion 1000 deities (temples, ganges, pilgrims) | 17 | |
| 354616296 | Maurya | 324-184 BCE India's 1st empire chandragupta- king high taxes standardization | 18 | |
| 354616297 | Gupta | copied Maurya but emperors were hindu dazzle neighbors/foreiners with fancy Ashoka: grandson of Chandragupta, brutal conquerer then converted to buddhism | 19 |
