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100
Slaves in their civilization were people, who were kidnapped or were captured in a war.
What was the Sumerian society ?
100
Hammurabi was one of their king and he conducted the law of Hammurabi. Main concept of law of Hammurabi was 'An eye for an eye'
Where Hammurabi's law from?
100
Their economy was based on agriculture and exported silk with Greece and Babylon.
What were the features of economy in Shang dynsty?
100
They started to use copper coin as their money and used iron to produce weapons or tools for agriculture
What did Zhou invented?
100
Sumer was conquered by them
What is Akkadian?
200
Their government (king) was supported by military forces, women were depreciated, and men in the families controlled everything.
What is the feature of Qin dynasty?
200
They invented civic service system and examination system to pick proper candidate, who was to support its government.
What law/system did Han dynasty set?
200
They started to use the coinage, shekels and actively traded with others
What economical development did Babylonian contribute?
200
They built the canal and 30-mile long aqueduct thus people got the enough supply of water.
What technological advances did Assyrian make?
200
Babylonian was conquered by them in around 540 BCE
What is Persian empire?
300
In their society, men were superior to women but slaves got greater unity or equality?
What was Assyrian's society look like?
300
One of the river valley civilization established the autocracy giving ruler total power to set the laws himself.
What did Qin dynasty do?
300
Their economy became better since plows were invented and cultivated the field.
What did Sumerians do for the economy?
300
They developed the geometry system and invented 12 months calender.
What advances did Sumerian make?
300
Harappan civilization in Indus Valley was conquered by them
What is nomadic Aryans?
400
One of their cities was called Chang an, it contained luxury goods from Europe or Asia?
How did society of Han work?
400
They believed that the god will choose a ruler of its civilization (mandate of heaven) and they were ruled by proclamation.
What was the legal system of Zhou civilization?
400
They thought conquest as the most important thing, and didn't think the economy that important.
What are Assyrians?
400
They had a professional army with the invention of chariots.
What kind of technological advances did Akkadian make?
400
He was a king of Greece and defeated the Persia.
Who is Alexander the great?
500
Jared Diamond suggested this theory to explain why could Europeans and Asians conquer the indigenous people instead of being conquered themselves. Two characteristics of civilized societies support this theory. What are those characteristics?
Jared Diamond claimed that geographic variables and development of technology rather than cultural majority led Europeans and Asians to conquer the indigenous people. Geographic variables provide the access to resources, it made society to be more civilized. Development of technology produced stronger, more powerful weapons, which made their armies stronger to be able to defeat the others.
500
They believed all the rules should be set by a king.
What was legal system of Akkadian?
500
They started the taxation
What is Qin?
500
They produced bronze weapons and made 365 days calender, which we use in current days. Also, they had advanced technology to make vehicles such as chariots.
How did Shang contribute to the soicety technologically?
500
Zhou dynasty conquered them and formed a new dynasty
What is Shang dynasty and when did it decline?