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A government census is taken. The size of the Chinese Empire is estimated at 60 million people

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The Elamites defeated the Akkadians and conquered the city of Ur. They set up a new capital in the city of Babylon.

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Pax Romana: 27BCE-180CE 207 year period of peace. Rome hit its peak as an empire. 60-80 million population

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Greco-Persian Wars- Started in 520BCE when Persia conquered the Greek city-states in Ionia

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Rome dominated the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea .They also directly controlled some of the wealthiest areas of the region.

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Soap was produced from tallow and ash. It was in wide use as personal hygiene was valued in relation to one’s standing with one’s community and with the gods.

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Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon.Now the Fertile Crescent is controlled by the Achaemenid Empire (The First Persian Empire).

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Trade flourishes between India and the Roman Empire. Romans eagerly buy Indian pearls, ivory, silk, spices, cloth and precious stones.

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The kingdom of Magadha, ruled by Bimbisara, is the most powerful state in India.

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The Colosseum is built. One of the great examples of Roman engineering is finished. It can seat 50,000 spectators.

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The large series of Mahayana Buddhist texts named in Sanskrit Prajnaparamita “Perfection of wisdom” begins to be written in Southern India.

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Rome becomes a republic. The last king is overthrown and Rome is now ruled by elected officials called senators.

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Chandragupta voluntarily abdicates the throne in favour of his son Bindusara. Jain sources say that Chandragupta turned into an ascetic and follower of Jainism, migrated south and starved himself to death.

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Chandragupta Maurya seizes the throne of Magadhan and expands the kingdom over northern and central India.

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Constantine becomes Emperor. Constantine would convert to Christianity and Rome would become a Christian empire. Prior to this Rome persecuted the Christians.

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The end of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome. This signals the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.

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Romans invade and conquer the Greek Empire.

After years of civil wars, Greece's city-states prosper once again under the rule of the Romans, who greatly admire Greek culture.

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The first Olympic Games are held at Olympia. The winning athletes receive an olive-branch crown, a symbol of honor. The Games begin as part of a religious festival dedicated to Zeus, king of the gods.

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The first major civilization in the region begins on the island of Crete.

Its people, known as Minoans, live peacefully in big cities, trade with other countries and develop Europe's first system of writing.

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Egypt was invaded by Alexander the Great and was then ruled by Greek Kings. The era of the New kindom ends.

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Ancient Egypt                           Middle Kingdom. 2055 – 1650 B.C. (12th – 14 dynasties). 

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Ancient Egypt                           Middle Kingdom. 2055 – 1650 B.C. (12th – 14 dynasties). 

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This was a golden age.

The country was ruled by a number of strong kings who controlled not only all of Egypt but much of Nubia (the modern Sudan).

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In 207 BC, Xiang Yu's army defeated the Army of Qin and Liu Bang moved into the capital, thereby ending the Qin Dynasty.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty in 207 BC, war broke out between Liu bang and Xiang Yu.

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 Ancient China                    Western Han (206 BC - 24 AD) & the Eastern Han (25 AD – 220 AD).

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 Ancient China                    Western Han (206 BC - 24 AD) & the Eastern Han (25 AD – 220 AD).

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During the period there were 24 emperors on the throne.

The Han Dynasty was a period of peace and prosperity as many effective measures were taken by the emperors during their rule.

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Qin defeated the other six states which existed during the Warring States Period and combined China.

This led to the rise of new dynasty called the Qin dynasty.

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Ancient Egypt (3100 B.C.)  Upper and Lower Egypt unite

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Ancient Egypt (3100 B.C.)  Upper and Lower Egypt unite

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Lower Egypt in the north was the richer kingdom.  The lands closer to the Mediterranean Sea were richer and more fertile.

Lower Egypt could trade with the lands of the Mediterranean.