the earth and it's history A.P third edition
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PART TWO The Formation of New Cultural Communities, 1000 B.C.E.?600 C.E. CHAPTER 4 Greece and Iran, 1000?30 B.C.E. CHAPTER 5 An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 B.C.E.?330 C.E. CHAPTER 6 India and Southeast Asia, 1500 B.C.E.?600 C.E. CHAPTER 7 Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300 B.C.E.?600 C.E. The sixteen centuries from 1000 B.C.E. to 600 C.E. mark a new chapter inthe story of humanity. Important changes in the ways of life established in the river-valley civilizations in the two previous millennia occurred, and the scale of human institutions and activities increased. The political and social structure of the earliest river-valley centers re- flected the importance of irrigation for agriculture. Powerful kings, heredi-
