people
Oldest body in East Africa was found
Olduvai George
Priest carvings or sacred writings, a complex system of writing that use both pictures and more abstract terms
Hieroglyphics
Returned to Canaan after 40 years in the desert, "ten lost tribes"
Israelites
What are the characteristics of a "golden age" and how did Ashoka's reign serve as an example?
The characteristics of a golden age are period of peace, prosperity, and cultural achievement, he also used buddist ideas to guide his rule
Ruled the Attikan Empire
Sargon the great
Measures the amount of carbon
Radiocarbon dating
a group of Indo European people that moved from the grasslands of western Asia
aryans
Neolithic agricultural revolution why was it a turning point in history?
This was a turning point in history because the first permanent settlements began and people began to have social classes and complex societies
Allow different cultures within his empire to keep their own institutions, used native people in government jobs
cyrus the great
3000 BCE to 1200 BCE started the birth of complex societies
Bronze age
A trade Empire, best known for their alphabet, 22 different symbols
Phoenicians
Persian Empire- what made them the role model for other civilizations and empires?
The Persian Empire was led by "cyrus the great" and he divided it into 20 provinces called Satrapies and they developed a system of agriculture
Extended the Persian Empire to the Indus river in northern India, largest Empire in history, built a canal in Egypt, establish a tax collecting system
Darius
Paleolithic people did art with cave paintings of animals, old stone age, nomads
Paleolithic age
Communicated with gods through oracle bones, Best remembered for mastery of bronze
Shang Dynasty
All the houses had a square courtyard, public wells, and the economy was based on farming, also developed advanced metal working technology with copper, bronze, silver and gold jewelry
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Longest lasting dynasty in Chinese history, king was the link between heaven and earth, the peasants worked on land owned by their Lord
zhou dynasty