River Valley Civilization Timeline and Norte Chico By: Katherine Clark
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Updated: 11 Jan 2019
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CEYear of Origin: Mesopotamia
(3500 BCE)City: Babylon 2300 BCECity: Assur 3000 BCECity: Akkad 2300 BCECity: Uruk 3200 BCEInvention of writing: Cuneiform was first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia around 3200Religion: PolytheisticChariot Invention 3000 BCMesopotamian Plow 3000 BCECalendar 1800 BCEWheel (used in 3200 BCE)Mathematics with Sexegesimal 3000 BCEDecline or Disappearance: 1900 B.C.E the Sumerian Civilization was replaced with BabylonsHammurabi (1792)Hammurabi CodeYear of Origin: Indus River Valley Civilization (3000 BCE)Development of Writing: Indus ScriptCities: Harappa 2500 BCECities: Mohenjo-daro 2500 BCEReligion: Hinduism, Buddhism and JainismButton Invention (2000 BCE)Ruler Invention (2650 BCE)Stepwell Invention (3000 BCE)Great Bath was Built (3000 BCE)Decline in 1800 BCE because of Aryan invasionYear of Origin: China (Huang River) 3000 BCEDevelopment of Writing: Jiaguwen (甲骨文), or Oracle Bone Script. 1500 BCEReligions:
Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism were the primary religions but there was Daoism and Confucianism tooYear of Origin: Egypt Civilization Around 3100 BCEDevelopment of writing: Hieroglyphics 3200 BCCities: Memphis 3100 BCThebes 2040 BCAbydos 1800 BCAmarna 1353 BCReligion: PolytheisticArchaic Period 3100 B.C - 2686 B.CNew Kingdom (c. 1567-1085 B.C.)First Intermediate Period (c. 2181-2055 B.C.)Middle Kingdom: 12th Dynasty (c. 2055-1786 B.C.)Second Intermediate Period (c. 1786-1567 B.C.)Old Kingdom: Age of the Pyramid Builders (c. 2686-2181 B.C.)Third Intermediate Period (c. 1085-664 B.C.)From the Late Period to Alexander’s Conquest (c.664-332 B.C.)Artists adhered to artistic forms and iconography that were developed during the Old KingdomTraditional empiricism, as evidenced by the Edwin Smith and Ebers papyri (c. 1600 BC), is first credited to Egypt.Local councils of elders, known as Kenbet in the New Kingdom, were responsible for ruling in court cases involving small claims and minor disputesDecline: 1100 BCE because of the Roman Empire and the Kings of EgyptImportant People: Hatshepsut (1473 ‒ 1458 BC) RuledImportant People:
Thutmose III (1479 ‒ 1425 BC) RuledImportant People:
Ramses II (1279 ‒ 1213 BC)established trade with Nubia to obtain gold and incenseThey also established trade with Palestine, as evidenced by Palestinian-style oil jugs found in the burials of the First Dynasty pharaohsBy the Second Dynasty at latest, ancient Egyptian trade with Byblos yielded a critical source of quality timber not found in EgyptTrade with Punt provided gold, aromatic resins, ebony, ivory, and wild animals such as monkeys and baboonsYear of Origin: Norte Chico 3200 B.C.E.City: Huaricanga 3500 BCECity: Caral 2627 BCECity: Aspero 2500 BCEReligion: Staff God is the only evidence 2250 BCEGovernment: Theocratic but not brutelyDecline or Disappearance: 1800 BC because more powerful centers appearing to the south and north along the coast, and to the east inside the belt of the Andes.Invention: TextilesQuipu (or khipu), string-based recording devices, have been found at Caral, suggesting a writing, or "proto-writing", system at Norte ChicoCaral traded with communities in the jungle farther inland and, possibly, with people from the mountainsYu the Great, was the founder of the Xia dynasty 2070 BCEShang dynasty that ruled between 1766 BCE and 1122 BCE, that was founded by a rebel king named Tang.Mandate of Heaven was Created 1046 BCEIndustry and trading became important and popular during the Zhou dynasty.The most important invention was the paper that was invented during the Han dynastyThey developed a unique and secret method of making silk cloth from silkworms.Decline of Civilization: 256 BCE, after that point the Chinese Empire cameHeavily based on trading, it was one of the most important characteristics of this civilization.
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