People
Places
Things
The Big 5
Which one?
100

Babylon, King, Laws

Hammurabi

100

Tigris, Euphrates, middle

Mesopotamia

100

body, organs, embalm

mummification

100

religions, economies, governments

complex institutions

100
river, moved, bye-bye

Indus Valley (Harappan)

200

Sumer, Akkad, empire

Sargon

200

Anyang, Shang, Zhou

China

200

Sumer, Egypt, religion

polytheism

200

cups, bowls, plates

pottery (job specialization)

200

characters, isolated, cycles

China

300

Egypt, king, theocracy

Pharaoh

300

Monsoons, Asia, Plumbing

Indus Valley (Harappa, Mohenjo Daro)

300

soldier, artisan, merchant

specialization

300
Marriages, Taxes, Deaths

Record Keeping

300

deserts, afterlife, Frenchman

Egypt

400

records, epics, cuneiform

scribes

400
Memphis, Nile, Delta

Lower Egypt

400

mud, clay, wood

building materials

400

Ur, Memphis, Harappa

Advanced cities

400

arches, ramps, Gilgamesh

Sumer

500

plow, irrigation, crops

farmer

500

High, Longer, Nile

Upper Egypt
500

cuneiform, hieroglyphics, demotic

types of writing, writing systems

500

Plumbing, chariots, bronze

Improved technology

500

polytheistic, river(s), civilization

All of them!

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