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River Valley Civilization Timeline and Norte Chico By: Katherine Clark
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Year of Origin: Mesopotamia (3500 BCE)
City: Babylon 2300 BCE
City: Assur 3000 BCE
City: Akkad 2300 BCE
City: Uruk 3200 BCE
Invention of writing: Cuneiform was first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia around 3200
Religion: Polytheistic
Chariot Invention 3000 BC
Mesopotamian Plow 3000 BCE
Calendar 1800 BCE
Wheel (used in 3200 BCE)
Mathematics with Sexegesimal 3000 BCE
Decline or Disappearance: 1900 B.C.E the Sumerian Civilization was replaced with Babylons
Hammurabi (1792)
Hammurabi Code
Year of Origin: Indus River Valley Civilization (3000 BCE)
Development of Writing: Indus Script
Cities: Harappa 2500 BCE
Cities: Mohenjo-daro 2500 BCE
Religion: Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
Button Invention (2000 BCE)
Ruler Invention (2650 BCE)
Stepwell Invention (3000 BCE)
Great Bath was Built (3000 BCE)
Decline in 1800 BCE because of Aryan invasion
Year of Origin: China (Huang River) 3000 BCE
Development of Writing: Jiaguwen (甲骨文), or Oracle Bone Script. 1500 BCE
Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism were the primary religions but there was Daoism and Confucianism too
Year of Origin: Egypt Civilization Around 3100 BCE
Development of writing: Hieroglyphics 3200 BC
Cities: Memphis 3100 BC
Thebes 2040 BC
Abydos 1800 BC
Amarna 1353 BC
Religion: Polytheistic
Archaic Period 3100 B.C - 2686 B.C
New 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 Kingdom
Traditional 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 disputes
Decline: 1100 BCE because of the Roman Empire and the Kings of Egypt
Important People: Hatshepsut (1473 ‒ 1458 BC) Ruled
Important People: Thutmose III (1479 ‒ 1425 BC) Ruled
Important People: Ramses II (1279 ‒ 1213 BC)
established trade with Nubia to obtain gold and incense
They also established trade with Palestine, as evidenced by Palestinian-style oil jugs found in the burials of the First Dynasty pharaohs
By the Second Dynasty at latest, ancient Egyptian trade with Byblos yielded a critical source of quality timber not found in Egypt
Trade with Punt provided gold, aromatic resins, ebony, ivory, and wild animals such as monkeys and baboons
Year of Origin: Norte Chico 3200 B.C.E.
City: Huaricanga 3500 BCE
City: Caral 2627 BCE
City: Aspero 2500 BCE
Religion: Staff God is the only evidence 2250 BCE
Government: Theocratic but not brutely
Decline 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: Textiles
Quipu (or khipu), string-based recording devices, have been found at Caral, suggesting a writing, or "proto-writing", system at Norte Chico
Caral traded with communities in the jungle farther inland and, possibly, with people from the mountains
Yu the Great, was the founder of the Xia dynasty 2070 BCE
Shang dynasty that ruled between 1766 BCE and 1122 BCE, that was founded by a rebel king named Tang.
Mandate of Heaven was Created 1046 BCE
Industry and trading became important and popular during the Zhou dynasty.
The most important invention was the paper that was invented during the Han dynasty
They developed a unique and secret method of making silk cloth from silkworms.
Decline of Civilization: 256 BCE, after that point the Chinese Empire came
Heavily based on trading, it was one of the most important characteristics of this civilization.
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