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| 6784218314 | Neolithic revolution dates | 8000 BCE - 3000 BCE | 0 | |
| 6784218315 | Major early civilizations developed and become dominant | 3000 - 2000 BCE | 1 | |
| 6784218316 | Sumer | First Mesopotamian civilization, CUNIEFORM, inventions: wheel, calendar, math system, polytheistic, ziggurats. Overthrown 1700 BCE | 2 | |
| 6784218317 | Akkadians | First known code of laws. Taken over by Babylon | 3 | |
| 6784218318 | Babylon | Code of Hammurabi | 4 | |
| 6784218319 | Hittites | 1500BCE Iron people, strong military power | 5 | |
| 6784218320 | Persian empire | Took over new Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar) | 6 | |
| 6784218321 | Egypt | Nile (predictable flooding) astronomy, dependent on trade, polytheistic. Social structure = largest peasants | 7 | |
| 6784218322 | Egypt Decline | By 1100 BCE, taken over by Romans | 8 | |
| 6784218323 | Indus Valley civs | 2500BCE- 1500 BCE Limited contact w/ others. Khyher Pass. Major Cities: Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro. Complex. Aryan decline | 9 | |
| 6784218324 | Egyptian women | First female ruler in history (queen hatshepsut) New kingdom: could buy and sell, inherit property, divorce. | 10 | |
| 6784218325 | Aryans | Horses and weapons. Established religious beliefs on Indian subcontinent. Beliefs evolved into Hinduism. Vedas. The caste system (priest = Brahman) born into caste, mobility prohibited. | 11 | |
| 6784218326 | Shang China | 1600BCE- 1100BCE Yellow river valley. Used chariots. Strong, isolated. Bronze workers, silk. Family! Patriarchal. Ancestors. | 12 | |
| 6784218327 | Zhou Dynasty | Similar to Shang. Ruled china for about 900 years. Mandate of Heaven. Feudal system. Developed bureaucracies. Ended 256BCE | 13 |