https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5 Made with a wish on a star en-us 2021-04-08 00:34:47 UTC 2025-07-08 22:19:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400905250 flkjashdflkjahslkerjhaslkdfhlakjsdhflkasdhflkasd]]> 2021-04-09 17:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400905250 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400911667 Sumerians created a system of writing called cuneiform. The cuneiform writing system was made up of about 1,200 different characters. Characters represented such things as names, physical objects, and numbers.]]> 2021-04-09 17:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400911667 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400916075 The Shang dynasty is the first Chinese dynasty to leave historical records. The dynasty is thought to have ruled from about 1600 to 1046 B.C.]]> 2021-04-09 17:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400916075 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400916246 qwerty rising

]]> 2021-04-09 17:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400916246 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400916274
The Aryans were not a race or ethnic group. Many historians believe that the Aryan people’s language was part of a large language family known as Indo-European. From about 1500 to 1000 B.C., bands of Aryans moved throughout India. These groups mixed with the descendants of the Indus Valley people. Together, they created a new culture. Over time, the Aryans in India adopted a new way of life. They settled down in one place and became farmers.]]> 2021-04-09 17:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400916274 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400917789 Farming begins in Southwest Asia. People grew wheat and barley. Also, people began to domesticate animals.]]> 2021-04-09 17:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400917789 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400917828 Several civilizations appear in Mesopotamia shortly after the Sumerians.]]> 2021-04-09 17:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400917828 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400917831 The last ruler of the Shang dynasty was cruel, and the people of China hated him. Wu Wang led a rebellion, and took over China, and created the Zhou Dynasty.]]> 2021-04-09 17:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400917831 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400918228 2021-04-09 17:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400918228 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400918584 Silk was first made in around 2700 BC. Silk was very important in rural parts of China. Also, the Song Dynasty was very successful with silk making.]]> 2021-04-09 17:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400918584 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400918680 2021-04-09 17:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400918680 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400919151 Aaron G]]> 2021-04-09 17:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400919151 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400919748 The code dealt with crimes, farming, business, marriage, and the family—almost every area of life.]]> 2021-04-09 17:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400919748 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400919831 2500 B.C 
settlements develop along Indus River]]> 2021-04-09 17:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400919831 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400919936 2021-04-09 17:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400919936 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400920367
The Egyptian pyramids are one of the most impressive monuments of the ancient world. In the mid-2000s B.C., the Egyptians built the biggest and grandest of the pyramids, the Great Pyramid. It is about 10 miles away from the modern city of Cairo. Built for King Khufu, the Great Pyramid is one of three pyramids still standing at Giza on the Nile's west bank. ]]> 2021-04-09 17:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400920367 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400920728 Rebel armies destroyed the Han capital, Luoyang in A.D. 190. By A.D. 220, civil war divided China. For the next 400 years, China remained divided into many small kingdoms.
-Eme]]> 2021-04-09 17:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400920728 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400922038 At first, Egyptian writing was made up of thousands of picture symbols that represented objects and ideas. A house, for example, would be represented by a drawing of a house. Though, few knew how to that time.]]> 2021-04-09 17:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400922038 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400923418 Buddhism spread from India to China in part because of the Silk Road. The Silk Road was an ancient trade route that linked China with the West, transporting goods and ideas between Rome and China.]]> 2021-04-09 17:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400923418 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400924207 city states arise in Sumer]]> 2021-04-09 17:35:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400924207 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400925478 Aaron G]]> 2021-04-09 17:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400925478 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400925649 Siddhartha Gautama grew up as a prince. One day he left his palace and was shocked at the misery and poverty around him. For the first time, he understood that the world was filled with suffering. He traveled the country, stopping to meditate. This religion was known as buddhism. ]]> 2021-04-09 17:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400925649 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400925684 The Egyptian pyramids are one of the most impressive monuments of the ancient world. In the mid-2000s B.C., the Egyptians built the biggest and grandest of the pyramids, the Great Pyramid. It is about 10 miles away from the modern city of Cairo. Built for King Khufu, the Great Pyramid is one of three pyramids still standing at Giza on the Nile's west bank. It is about the height of a 48-story building, toweling nearly 500 feet above the desert. It extends over an area equal in size to nine football fields. More than 2 million stone blocks were used in the pyramid's construction, each weighing an average of 2.5 tons.]]> 2021-04-09 17:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400925684 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400927203 Han dynasty established
Liu Bang founded the Han dynasty that would rule for over 400 years.]]> 2021-04-09 17:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400927203 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400928148 The Chinese begin making bronze artifacts
Aaron G]]> 2021-04-09 17:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400928148 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400928360 The Egyptian pyramids are one of the most impressive monuments of the ancient world. In the mid-2000s B.C., the Egyptians built the biggest and grandest of the pyramids, the Great Pyramid. It is about 10 miles away from the modern city of Cairo.]]> 2021-04-09 17:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400928360 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400929115 According to the Hebrew bible, the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptian pharaoh. They prayed to God to set them free, and an Israelite prophet named Moses turned out to be their deliverer. In the wilderness outside Egypt, God called to Moses and commanded him to tell the pharaoh to let the Israelites go. Moses went before the pharaoh to demand the release of the Israelites. When the pharaoh refused, the Hebrew Bible says that God sent 10 plagues upon Egypt. The plagues convinced the pharaoh to free the Israelites. However, after the Israelites left Egypt for Canaan, the pharaoh sent his army to pursue them.]]> 2021-04-09 17:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400929115 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400929544 The kingdom of Akkad developed in northern Mesopotamia. Sargon was a leader who ruled the people of Akkad. About 2340 B.C., Sargon moved his armies south. He conquered the Sumerian city-states. Sargon united the conquered territory with Akkad and became known as the king of Sumer and Akkad. In doing so, he formed the world’s first empire. His Mesopotamian empire lasted for more than 200 years.]]> 2021-04-09 17:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400929544 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400929654 Buddhism spread from India to China in part because of the Silk Road. The Silk Road was an ancient trade route that linked China with the West, transporting goods and ideas between Rome and China. ]]> 2021-04-09 17:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400929654 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400930704 The Indus culture flourished between 2600 B.C. and 1900 B.C.. At their peak, both Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa had more than 35,000 residents. 
-Eme]]> 2021-04-09 17:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400930704 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400931609 2021-04-09 17:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400931609 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400933106 Cattle herders arrive in Nubia
Aaron G]]> 2021-04-09 17:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400933106 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400933125 Tutankhuman becomes pharaoh]]> 2021-04-09 17:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400933125 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400933773 Buddhism spread from India to China in part because of the Silk Road. The Silk Road was an ancient trade route that linked China with the West, transporting goods and ideas between Rome and China.]]> 2021-04-09 17:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400933773 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400934149 The Egyptians invented hieroglyphics. The symbols represented sounds and objects. Scribes were people who wrote down any messages or signs in papyrus or stone.]]> 2021-04-09 17:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400934149 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400934242 the Sumerians created the first written language called cuneiform.]]> 2021-04-09 17:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400934242 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400935102 Around 1792 B.C., the Babylonian king, Hammurabi, began conquering cities controlled by the Amorites to the north and south. By adding these lands he created the Babylonian Empire. This new empire stretched north from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris-Euphrates river valley and west to the Mediterranean Sea.]]> 2021-04-09 17:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400935102 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400936062 Egypt's middle kingdom begins.]]> 2021-04-09 17:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400936062 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400936753 The buddha is born (Siddhartha Gautama)
The buddha grew up in luxury only to find out one day what really happened outside his home. He then set off on a journey to find enlightenment, and found it while sitting under a fig tree. The buddha after created the religion of Buddhism. ]]> 2021-04-09 17:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400936753 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400941121 Hammurabi's code of laws are introduced]]> 2021-04-09 17:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400941121 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400942602 The Indus culture flourished between 2600 B.C. and 1900 B.C. Both Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa had more than 35,000 residents. The cities were designed almost exactly alike. At the west end of each city, a fortress was built and surrounded by thick walls.]]> 2021-04-09 17:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400942602 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400943229 At first, Egyptian writing was made up of thousands of picture symbols that represented objects and ideas. A house, for example, would be represented by a drawing of a house. Though, few knew how to that time.]]> 2021-04-09 17:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400943229 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400943263 Born around 551 B.C. to a farming family, Confucius lived when rival kings were engaged in competitive power struggles. He criticized the misrule of these kings and urged people to follow the beliefs of their ancestors. His teachings encouraged people to value morality, justice, and sincerity in dealings with others. Confucianism was based on the teachings of his name.]]> 2021-04-09 17:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400943263 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400944765 Aryans migrate to India. The Aryans were nomads went to the Indus Valley and their culture mixed in with the Indians when they settled there.]]> 2021-04-09 17:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400944765 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400945632  About 2340 B.C., Sargon moved his well-trained armies south. He conquered the remaining Sumerian city-states one by one. 
-Eme]]> 2021-04-09 17:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400945632 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400946991 The buddha is born]]> 2021-04-09 17:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400946991 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400947766 This is when people began to start creating stone tools which is also why it is also called the Old Stone Age.]]> 2021-04-09 17:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400947766 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400948050 Kushite army conquers Egypt
Aaron G]]> 2021-04-09 17:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400948050 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400948981 During the period of the Warring States, the strong rulers of local states fought one another and ignored the weak Zhou Chinese dynasty kings. One of these warring states was called Qin. In 221 B.C., the ruler of Qin sent a large cavalry force to defeat the other states and ended the Zhou dynasty. The Qin then controlled China from the Huang He to the Chang Jiang.]]> 2021-04-09 17:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400948981 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400949171 Siddhartha Gautama was born around the year 563 B.C. The exact date of his birth is not known. He grew up as a prince in a small kingdom near the Himalaya]]> 2021-04-09 17:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400949171 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400949566 Han capital of Luoyang was destroyed.]]> 2021-04-09 17:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400949566 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400950181 Silk road established as trade route]]> 2021-04-09 17:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400950181 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400952940 By 8000 B.C., people in Southwest Asia began growing wheat and barley. They also domesticated pigs, cows, goats, and sheep.
-Eme]]> 2021-04-09 17:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400952940 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400953590 Assyrians control Mesopotamia
Aaron G]]> 2021-04-09 17:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400953590 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400954642 The Assyrians built a large and powerful military to defend their hills and fertile valleys. Around 900 B.C., their army began taking over the rest of Mesopotamia.]]> 2021-04-09 17:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400954642 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400955471 India's early civilization begins]]> 2021-04-09 17:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400955471 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400956025 The Assyrian empire arose about 1,000 years after the empire of Hammurabi. Assyria was a large empire, extending into four present-day countries: Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq. The Assyrians built a large and powerful military to defend their hills and fertile valleys. Around 900 B.C., their army began taking over the rest of Mesopotamia. The army of Assyria was well trained and disciplined. In battle, the troops numbered around 50,000 soldiers. This army was made up of infantry, cavalry, and charioteers. The Assyrians fought with slingshots, bows and arrows, swords, and spears. The Assyrians robbed people, set crops on fire, and destroyed towns and dams.]]> 2021-04-09 17:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400956025 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400956043 Shang dynasty begins]]> 2021-04-09 17:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400956043 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400956938 For 500 years, the small warring kingdoms fought one another for control of India. Then, in A.D. 320, the Gupta dynasty came to power in the Ganges River valley. The city of Pataliputra had been the capital of the old Mauryan Empire. It now became the capital of the Gupta Empire. Chandra Gupta I ruled for 10 years. He chose his son, Samudra Gupta, to rule after him. Samudra Gupta expanded the Gupta Empire in northern India. He was a great military leader and a patron of arts and literature. Under Samudra Gupta, India entered a golden age. Trade helped the Gupta Empire thrive. Salt, cloth, and iron were common goods traded in India. Indian merchants also traded with China and with lands in Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean area. Ancient India produced a brilliant culture. Artists, builders, writers, and scientists made many contributions while the Mauryan and Gupta kings ruled.]]> 2021-04-09 17:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400956938 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400957513 2021-04-09 17:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400957513 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400957693 Sumerian cities were surrounded by mudflats and patches of scorching desert. The harsh landscape made it hard to travel by land and communicate with other groups. This meant that each city was cut off from its neighbors. As a result, Sumerian cities became independent. The people of each city raised their own crops and made their own goods. As the cities grew, they gained political and economic control over the lands around them. By doing this, they formed city-states.]]> 2021-04-09 17:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400957693 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400957924 For 500 years, the small warring kingdoms fought one another for control of India. Then, in A.D. 320, the Gupta dynasty came to power in the Ganges River valley. The city of Pataliputra had been the capital of the old Mauryan Empire. It now became the capital of the Gupta Empire. Chandra Gupta I ruled for 10 years. ]]> 2021-04-09 17:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400957924 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400959731 Aryans begin migrations to India
Aaron G]]> 2021-04-09 17:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400959731 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400959861 The Bronze age begins]]> 2021-04-09 17:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400959861 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400960797 Mesopotamia sets up world first libraries kyla]]> 2021-04-09 17:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400960797 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400961376 Narmer unites Egypt by conquering Lower Egypt.]]> 2021-04-09 17:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400961376 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400961665 -Abe
the Buddha was born at this time so the start of Buddhism was soon.]]> 2021-04-09 17:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400961665 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400962520 Harsh landscape made it hard to travel by land and communicate with other groups. This meant that each city was cut off from its neighbors. As a result, Sumerian cities became independent. The people of each city raised their own crops and made their own goods. Each city state had around 5,000 to 20,000 people.]]> 2021-04-09 17:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400962520 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400963787 Hammurabi becomes king of Babylonian Empire ]]> 2021-04-09 17:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400963787 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400964275 Alexander the Great conquers the great Persian Empire after a 10 year battle.]]> 2021-04-09 17:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400964275 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400965692 The Indus culture flourished between 2600 B.C. and 1900 B.C. Studying the ruins of two major cities, Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, gives insight into Indus culture. At their peak, both Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa had more than 35,000 residents. The cities were designed almost exactly alike. Each had dozens of streets. Larger streets were paved with tan-colored bricks. The smaller streets that crossed them were often left unpaved. At the west end of each city stood a fortress built on a brick platform and surrounded by strong, thick walls. The Indus Valley people used oven-baked bricks to build their homes. The civilization’s engineers and builders were highly skilled.]]> 2021-04-09 17:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400965692 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400966527 During the Period of the Warring States, the strong rulers of local states fought one another and ignored the weak Zhou Chinese dynasty kings. One of these warring states was called Qin.]]> 2021-04-09 17:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400966527 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400967881 In 562 BC Nebuchadnezzar dies as king of Babylonia. ]]> 2021-04-09 17:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400967881 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400968189 Sumerians created a system of writing called cuneiform. The cuneiform writing system was made up of about 1,200 different characters. Characters represented such things as names, physical objects, and numbers. Cuneiform was written by cutting wedge-shaped marks into damp clay with a sharp reed.]]> 2021-04-09 17:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400968189 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400968217 kyla]]> 2021-04-09 17:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400968217 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400970600 From about 1500 to 1000 B.C., bands of Aryans moved throughout India. These groups mixed with the descendants of the Indus Valley people. Together, they created a new culture. Over time, the Aryans in India adopted a new way of life. Then, they settled down in once place and became farmers.]]> 2021-04-09 17:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400970600 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400971130 The ancient Egyptians developed hieroglyphics which was the language that included symbols to stand for letters.]]> 2021-04-09 17:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400971130 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400974256 The kingdom of Akkad developed in northern Mesopotamia. Sargon was an ambitious leader who ruled the people of Akkad, known as Akkadians. About 2340 B.C., Sargon moved his well-trained armies south.]]> 2021-04-09 17:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400974256 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400975958 Like the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians made their own writing system. At first, Egyptian writing was made up of thousands of picture symbols that represented objects and ideas. Then they made them represent sounds. ]]> 2021-04-09 17:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400975958 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400976434 The ancient monument known as Stonehenge is located on Salisbury Plain about 8 miles north of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.]]> 2021-04-09 17:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400976434 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400977147 Ancient Egypt Begins]]> 2021-04-09 17:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400977147 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400978927 After the death of Akhenaton in about 1360 B.C., his son-in-law, 10-year-old Tutankhamen, became pharaoh. The young pharaoh relied on advice from priests and officials to rule Egypt. Tutankhamen quickly restored the worship of many deities. Tutankhamen’s short rule ended after only nine years when he died unexpectedly. The cause of his death is still a mystery to historians. Even though “King Tut” played a small role in the history of Egypt, he is the most famous of the pharaohs. British archaeologist Howard Carter attracted public attention when he discovered Tut’s tomb in 1922. Carter’s find was amazing because most tombs of the pharaohs had been robbed by thieves. Tut’s tomb, however, contained the pharaoh’s mummy and many treasures, including a brilliant gold mask of the young ruler’s face.]]> 2021-04-09 17:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400978927 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400979030 Corrupt officials and greedy aristocrats took over land and forced many farmers to give up their property. People began to rise up and rebel against the Han rulers. Rebel armies destroyed the Han capital, Luoyang in A.D. 190. By A.D. 220, civil war divided China. For the next 400 years, China remained divided into many small kingdoms.]]> 2021-04-09 17:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400979030 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400979929 Like the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians developed their own writing system. At first, Egyptian writing was made up of thousands of picture symbols that represented objects and ideas. A house, for example, would be represented by a drawing of a house. Later, Egyptians created symbols that represented sounds. The combination of pictures and sound symbols created a complex writing system called hieroglyphics.]]> 2021-04-09 17:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400979929 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400980136 The last of the Zhou Dynasty falls.]]> 2021-04-09 17:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400980136 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400980476 The Shang dynasty is the first Chinese dynasty to leave historical records. Kings of the Shang dynasty, serving as political, religious, and military leaders, controlled only a small area of northern China. As the Shang kingdom grew, kings needed to defend the kingdom’s borders.]]> 2021-04-09 17:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400980476 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400980841 About 750 B.C., a Kushite king named Kashta invaded Egypt. His soldiers reached the city of Thebes. After Kashta died, his son Piye became king and completed the conquest of Egypt in 728 B.C. Piye founded the Twenty-fifth Dynasty that governed Egypt and Kush from Napata.]]> 2021-04-09 17:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400980841 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400981938 The first civilizations of ancient India developed in the valley around the Indus River around 3000 B.C. For this reason, the Indus Valley civilization is called the cradle of ancient India. About 5,000 years ago, nomads settled in valleys along the Indus River in an area that is now Pakistan.]]> 2021-04-09 17:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400981938 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400983440 After the death of King Nebuchadnezzar, a series of weak kings ruled the Chaldean empire. Poor harvests and slow trade further weakened the empire. In 539 B.C., the Persians recognized that the Chaldeans had lost their strength and leadership. The Persians took advantage and captured Babylon and made Mesopotamia part of their empire. However, they allowed their newly captured land to keep its distinct culture.]]> 2021-04-09 17:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400983440 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400983590 Cities that had their own government, military, and culture popping at around this time.]]> 2021-04-09 17:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400983590 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400984193 The great pyramid is built. 
The greatest and biggest pyramid is built in Giza on the Nile's west bank. ]]> 2021-04-09 17:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400984193 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400985659 Egyptians develop Hieroglyphs.]]> 2021-04-09 17:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400985659 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400986608 In 221 B.C., the ruler of Qin sent a large cavalry force to defeat the other states and ended the Zhou dynasty. The Qin then controlled China from the Huang He to the Chang Jiang. To mark a new beginning for China, the Qin ruler declared himself Qin Shihuangdi, which means “the First Qin Emperor.” Qin brought changes to Chinese government that would endure for many centuries.]]> 2021-04-09 17:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400986608 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400987688 Born around 551 B.C. to a farming family, Confucius lived when rival kings were engaged in competitive power struggles. He criticized the misrule of these kings and urged people to follow the beliefs of their ancestors. His teachings encouraged people to value morality, justice, and sincerity in dealings with others. Confucianism was based on the teachings of his name.]]> 2021-04-09 17:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400987688 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400989037 Assyrians control Mesopotamia.]]> 2021-04-09 17:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400989037 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400990097 The cuneiform writing system was made up of about 1,200 different characters. Characters represented such things as names, physical objects, and numbers. Cuneiform was written by cutting wedge-shaped marks into damp clay with a sharp reed. ]]> 2021-04-09 17:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400990097 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400991307 The Shang dynasty is the first Chinese dynasty to leave records. Archaeologists have dug up long-buried walls and buildings, and these ruins show that the Shang built the first cities in China. ]]> 2021-04-09 17:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400991307 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400992479 The Aryans were a group of people who migrated from Central Asia to India. They moved from place to place in order to find fresh pastures and water for their cattle. The Aryans mixed with descendants of the Indus Valley people, creating a new culture. They settled down and became farmers, though they still raised cattle.]]> 2021-04-09 17:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400992479 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400994032 At their peak, both Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa had more than 35,000 residents. The cities were designed almost exactly alike. Each had dozens of streets. Larger streets were paved with tan-colored bricks. The smaller streets that crossed them were often left unpaved. At the west end of each city stood a fortress built on a brick platform and surrounded by strong, thick walls. The Indus Valley people used oven-baked bricks to build their homes. The civilization’s engineers and builders were highly skilled.]]> 2021-04-09 17:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400994032 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400995649 The Shang dynasty begins. This dynasty created the first cities.]]> 2021-04-09 17:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400995649 chelsiewells https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400997356 The Indus culture flourished between 2600 B.C. and 1900 B.C.]]> 2021-04-09 17:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1400997356 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401000147 Like the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians developed their own writing system. At first, Egyptian writing was made up of thousands of picture symbols that represented objects and ideas. A house, for example, would be represented by a drawing of a house. Later, Egyptians created symbols that represented sounds. The combination of pictures and sound symbols created a complex writing system called hieroglyphics. Few ancient Egyptians could read and write hieroglyphics. Some Egyptian men, however, attended special schools to prepare for careers as scribes in government or business. The Egyptians did not write on clay tablets like the Mesopotamians.]]> 2021-04-09 17:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401000147 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401002182 Buddhism spread from India to China in part because of the Silk Road.]]> 2021-04-09 17:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401002182 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401004581 The Aryans were a group of people who migrated from Central Asia to India. They moved from place to place in order to find fresh pastures and water for their cattle. The Aryans mixed with descendants of the Indus Valley people, creating a new culture.]]> 2021-04-09 17:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401004581 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401025612 Luoyang was the capital of nine ruling dynasties and a center for Buddhism. During the Han dynasty, many of the emperors who succeeded Han Wudi were weak and dishonest. Corrupt officials and greedy aristocrats took over land and forced many farmers to give up their property. People began to rise up and rebel against the Han rulers. Rebel armies destroyed the Han capital, Luoyang in A.D. 190. By A.D. 220, civil war divided China.]]> 2021-04-09 18:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401025612 chelsiewells https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401027439 Narmer was a king of Upper Egypt. About 3100 B.C., he led his armies from the valley north into the delta. Narmer conquered Lower Egypt and married one of Lower Egypt’s princesses, which unified the kingdoms. For the first time, all of Egypt was ruled by one king. ]]> 2021-04-09 18:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401027439 chelsiewells https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401090946 Historians refer to the early period of human history as the Stone Age, the time when early humans used stone to make tools and weapons. The earliest part of this period was the Paleolithic Age. In Greek, paleolithic means “old stone.” Therefore, the Paleolithic Age is also called the Old Stone Age.]]> 2021-04-09 18:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401090946 chelsiewells https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401099546 The writing system they developed is the earliest known system in the world. Writing was a way for Sumerians to keep records of their lives and their history. Writing was also a way to share information. They could pass on their ideas to later generations. Sumerians created a system of writing called cuneiform. The cuneiform writing system was made up of about 1,200 different characters. Characters represented such things as names, physical objects, and numbers. Cuneiform was written by cutting wedge-shaped marks into damp clay with a sharp reed. ]]> 2021-04-09 18:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401099546 chelsiewells https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401112485 Liu Bang founded the Han dynasty in 202 B.C. His family began the powerful Han dynasty that would rule China for more than 400 years. Eleven members of the Liu family followed Liu Bang as effective emperors until A.D. 6]]> 2021-04-09 18:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401112485 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401231070 Built for King Khufu, the Great Pyramid is one of three pyramids still standing at Giza on the Nile’s west bank. It is about the height of a 48-story building, towering nearly 500 feet above the desert. It extends over an area equal in size to nine football fields. More than 2 million stone blocks were used in the pyramid’s construction, each weighing an average of 2.5 tons.]]> 2021-04-09 18:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401231070 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401563626 He did not like the way people where being treated by the rulers, and instead taught to follow in the footsteps of their empires.]]> 2021-04-09 21:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401563626 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401600251 The Aryans started to migrate into India.]]> 2021-04-09 21:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401600251 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401611069 The Sumerians develop the written language of cuneiform.]]> 2021-04-09 21:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401611069 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401638901 Egyptians developed hieroglyphics.]]> 2021-04-09 21:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1401638901 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1406766056 After the death of Akhenaton in about 1360 B.C., his son-in-law, 10-year-old Tutankhamen, became pharaoh. The young pharaoh relied on advice from priests and officials to rule Egypt. Tutankhamen quickly restored the worship of many deities. Tutankhamen’s short rule ended after only nine years when he died unexpectedly. The cause of his death is still a mystery to historians. Even though “King Tut” played a small role in the history of Egypt, he is the most famous of the pharaohs.]]> 2021-04-12 11:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1406766056 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411389442 Sumerian cities were surrounded by mudflats and patches of scorching desert. The harsh landscape made it hard to travel by land and communicate with other groups. This meant that each city was cut off from its neighbors. As a result, Sumerian cities became independent. The people of each city raised their own crops and made their own goods. As the cities grew, they gained political and economic control over the lands around them. By doing this, they formed city-states. Each city-state had its own government and was not part of any larger governing state. The population of the city-states ranged from about 5,000 to 20,000 people. Historians think that each Sumerian city-state was protected by a large city wall. Ruins and artifacts have been found by archaeologists that support this theory. Often, Sumerian city-states went to war with one another over resources or political borders. During times of peace, city-states traded with each other. They also agreed to help each other by forming alliances to protect their common interests.

]]> 2021-04-13 11:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411389442 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411417482
Like the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians developed their own writing system. At first, Egyptian writing was made up of thousands of picture symbols that represented objects and ideas. A house, for example, would be represented by a drawing of a house. Later, Egyptians created symbols that represented sounds. The combination of pictures and sound symbols created a complex writing system called hieroglyphics. Few ancient Egyptians could read and write hieroglyphics. Some Egyptian men, however, attended special schools to prepare for careers as scribes in government or business. The Egyptians did not write on clay tablets like the Mesopotamians. For their daily tasks, Egyptian scribes developed a simpler script that they wrote or painted on papyrus. These same scribes carved hieroglyphics onto stone walls and monuments.]]> 2021-04-13 11:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411417482 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411421146 Siddhartha Gautama was born around the year 563 B.C. The exact date of his birth is not known. He grew up as a prince in a small kingdom near the Himalaya. As a young man, Siddhartha seemed to have everything. He was rich, handsome, and happily married with a newborn son. Then one day he left his palace to explore the life of ordinary people in the kingdom. As he traveled, Siddhartha was shocked at the misery and poverty around him. He saw beggars, people who were sick, and aged people with nowhere to live. For the first time, he understood that the world was filled with suffering. Siddhartha gave up all he had and became a monk. Saying goodbye to his wife and son, he began his journey to find the meaning of life. Dressed in a yellow robe, he traveled the country, stopping to meditate, or think deeply. As he preached his message to people, he gathered followers. His teachings became known as Buddhism.]]> 2021-04-13 11:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411421146 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411422895 Born around 551 B.C. to a farming family, Confucius lived when rival kings were engaged in competitive power struggles. He criticized the misrule of these kings and urged people to follow the beliefs of their ancestors. His teachings encouraged people to value morality, justice, and sincerity in dealings with others. Confucianism was based on the teachings of his name.]]> 2021-04-13 11:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411422895 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411435766 Kyla ]]> 2021-04-13 11:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411435766 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411437597 Kyla]]> 2021-04-13 11:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411437597 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411438791 Kyla]]> 2021-04-13 11:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411438791 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411439206 Nebuchadnezzar Dies]]> 2021-04-13 11:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411439206 chelsiewells https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411441213 The ice ages were long periods of extreme cold that affected all of Earth. The most recent Ice Age began about 100,000 years ago. Thick sheets of ice moved across large parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. ]]> 2021-04-13 11:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411441213 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411444119 Neolithic age begins
The Neolithic age started in 8,000 B.C. and ended in 4,000 B.C. The Neolithic age had new stone tools, but also had systematic agriculture. Systematic agriculture was growing food daily.]]> 2021-04-13 11:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411444119 chelsiewells https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411445392 Sumerian cities were surrounded by mudflats and patches of scorching desert. The harsh landscape made it hard to travel by land and communicate with other groups. This meant that each city was cut off from its neighbors. As a result, Sumerian cities became independent. The people of each city raised their own crops and made their own goods. ]]> 2021-04-13 11:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411445392 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411447064 Last ice age ends
The last ice age lasted for 90,000 years. After this ice age the earth's climate got warmer. Since it got warmer people stopped migrating and stayed in one place. They lived off of their farming. ]]> 2021-04-13 11:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411447064 chelsiewells https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411449552 Like the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians developed their own writing system. At first, Egyptian writing was made up of thousands of picture symbols that represented objects and ideas. A house, for example, would be represented by a drawing of a house. Later, Egyptians created symbols that represented sounds. The combination of pictures and sound symbols created a complex writing system called hieroglyphics. ]]> 2021-04-13 11:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411449552 chelsiewells https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411453148 The Indus culture flourished between 2600 B.C. and 1900 B.C. ]]> 2021-04-13 11:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411453148 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411456140 The Zhou ruled China for more than 800 years—longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history.]]> 2021-04-13 12:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411456140 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411456594 Chaldeans and Medes capture Nineveh 
Nineveh was burned to the ground after captured from the Chaldeans and the Medes. Though since the Assyrian empire was defeated, Nebuchadnezzar created a new empire.]]> 2021-04-13 12:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411456594 chelsiewells https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411456920 The Egyptian pyramids are one of the most impressive monuments of the ancient world. In the mid-2000s B.C., the Egyptians built the biggest and grandest of the pyramids, the Great Pyramid.]]> 2021-04-13 12:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411456920 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411467344 New kingdom period begins
As the middle kingdom became weakened, it was taken over by the Hyksos. Though the Egyptian army led by a prince named Ahmose, reclaimed Egypt. Then a period was started called the New kingdom. This lasted from 1550 B.C. to 1070 B.C.]]> 2021-04-13 12:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411467344 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411468564 Aaron G

]]> 2021-04-13 12:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411468564 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411471780 Aaron G]]> 2021-04-13 12:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411471780 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411472565
Bronze became widely used between 3000 and 1200 B.C. This period is known as the Bronze Age. By the beginning of the Bronze Age, communities were widespread. More complex cultures called civilizations began to develop in these communities. ]]> 2021-04-13 12:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411472565 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411472652 Aryans control northern India
From 1500 B.C. to 100 B.C. Aryan group came into India. They soon settled and made a life there after creating a new culture. ]]> 2021-04-13 12:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411472652 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411473402 Siddhartha Gautama was born around the year 563 B.C. The exact date of his birth is not known. He grew up as a prince in a small kingdom near the Himalaya]]> 2021-04-13 12:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411473402 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411479890 Aaron G]]> 2021-04-13 12:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411479890 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411480225 Around 6000 B.C., people had begun growing wheat and barley in the Nile Valley in Egypt. Farming soon spread along the Nile River and into other regions in Africa. In Central Africa, different types of crops emerged. There, people grew tubers, including yams. They also grew fruit crops, such as bananas. Wheat and barley farming moved eastward into India between 8000 and 5000 B.C. By 6000 B.C., people in northern China were growing a food grain called "millet" and were domesticating dogs and pigs. By 5000 B.C., farmers in Southeast Asia were growing rice. From there, rice farming spread into southern China.]]> 2021-04-13 12:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411480225 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411482196 The Han capital of Luoyang is destroyed ]]> 2021-04-13 12:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411482196 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411483343 The Egyptian pyramids are some of the most impressive monuments of the ancient world. In the mid-2000s B.C., the Egyptians built the biggest and grandest of the pyramids, the Great Pyramid. It is near the modern city of Cairo.]]> 2021-04-13 12:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411483343 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411486309 Aaron G]]> 2021-04-13 12:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411486309 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411491597 Çatalhüyük, a well-known Neolithic community, was located in present-day Turkey. Although little evidence of the community remains, historians know that between 6700 and 5700 B.C., it covered 32 acres and was home to about 6,000 people. The people lived in simple mud-brick houses that were built close together. In Çatalhüyük, housing arrangements were unique; people entered their homes through holes in the rooftops. They could also walk from house to house across the roofs. People decorated the inside of their homes with wall paintings. In addition to homes, Çatalhüyük had shrines decorated with images of gods and goddesses. Statues of women giving birth have also been found in the shrines. The shrines and the statues are evidence that the role of religion was growing in the lives of Neolithic people. Farmers grew fruits, nuts, and different grains on land around Çatalhüyük. People grew their own food and kept it in storerooms within their homes. They raised sheeps and goats, and cattle provided milk and meat. Scenes drawn on the walls of the city’s ruins show that the people of Çatalhüyük also hunted.]]> 2021-04-13 12:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411491597 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411493548 The Amorites lived in western Mesopotamia. In 1800 BC they conquered Mesopotamia and built cities. Around 1792 BC, Hammurabi took control of the cities along the Euphrates River.]]> 2021-04-13 12:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411493548 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411499896 In 2600 BC, the Egyptians started the Old Kingdom. It lasted till 2200 BC. This was when the Egyptians created a unified government along with trading.]]> 2021-04-13 12:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411499896 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411502804 The Zhou ruled China for more than 800 years—longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history. In 1045 B.C., rebels led by an aristocrat named Wu Wang overthrew the Shang government in China. When his victory was complete, Wu declared a new dynasty called the Zhou.

]]> 2021-04-13 12:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411502804 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411504305 The Aryans were a group of people who migrated from Central Asia to India. The Aryans mixed with descendants of the Indus Valley people, creating a new culture. They settled down and became farmers, though they still raised cattle. Over time, the Aryans turned the Ganges River valley into productive farmland.]]> 2021-04-13 12:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411504305 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411505651 The Egyptians made important contributions to the field of mathematics. When they were building the pyramids, they used math to calculate how much stone was needed for each structure. They also measured angles so they could correctly construct the walls of the pyramid. These calculations helped the Egyptians determine the proportions of the pyramids. The Egyptians invented a system of numbers based on the number 10. The numbers were expressed according to a decimal system. Separate symbols were used for the numbers 1, 10, 100, 1,000, etc. In addition, Egyptians studied the skies and developed an understanding of astronomy. With this knowledge, they invented a 365-day calendar with 12 months divided into three seasons. This calendar became the basis for our modern calendar.]]> 2021-04-13 12:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411505651 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411507527 The Shang Dynasty was the first dynasty that had records. The dynasty was thought to have lasted from 1600 BC to 1046 BC.]]> 2021-04-13 12:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411507527 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411507813 The Indus culture flourished between 2600 B.C. and 1900 B.C. The major cities associated with the civilization, notably Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, and Kalibangan, were laid out on a grid pattern and had an advanced drainage system. It was around 2500 B.C. that Harappa reached its height of economic expansion and urban growth and thrived as an economic center. Harappa, along with the other Indus Valley cities, had a level of architectural planning that was advanced in the ancient world. During this time, a great increase in craft technology, trade, and urban expansion was experienced. City residents were merchants, shopkeepers, and artisans. They made and sold copper and bronze tools, clay pottery, and cotton cloth. Artisans also made jewelry from shells, ivory, and gold. Archaeologists have even found toys among the ruins.]]> 2021-04-13 12:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411507813 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411510458 A queen named Hatshepsut was one of the few women to rule Egypt. She came to power in about 1473 B.C. and governed with her husband. Then, after his death, she made herself pharaoh and ruled on behalf of her young nephew. Because the title of pharaoh was usually passed from father to son, Hatshepsut had to prove that she was a good leader. Hatshepsut dressed in the clothes of a male pharaoh in order for people to accept her. She even wore a false beard like the one worn by male Egyptian kings. She built magnificent temples and restored old monuments. Her tomb in the Valley of the Kings contains large wall carvings that illustrate some of the major events of her reign.]]> 2021-04-13 12:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411510458 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411514052 Sumerian cities were surrounded by mudflats and patches of scorching desert. The harsh landscape made it hard to travel by land and communicate with other groups. This meant that each city was cut off from its neighbors. As a result, Sumerian cities became independent. The people of each city raised their own crops and made their own goods. As the cities grew, they gained political and economic control over the lands around them. By doing this, they formed city-states. Each city-state had its own government and was not part of any larger governing state. The population of the city-states ranged from about 5,000 to 20,000 people. Historians think that each Sumerian city-state was protected by a large city wall. Ruins and artifacts have been found by archaeologists that support this theory. Often, Sumerian city-states went to war with one another over resources or political borders. During times of peace, city-states traded with each other. They also agreed to help each other by forming alliances to protect their common interests.]]> 2021-04-13 12:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411514052 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411517301
The Aryans were a group of people who migrated from Central Asia to India. They moved from place to place in order to find fresh pastures and water for their cattle. The Aryans mixed with descendants of the Indus Valley people, creating a new culture.]]> 2021-04-13 12:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411517301 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411520160 The Aryans were a group of people who migrated from Central Asia to India. They moved from place to place in order to find fresh pastures and water for their cattle. The Aryans mixed with descendants of the Indus Valley people, creating a new culture. They settled down and became farmers, though they still raised cattle. Over time, the Aryans turned the Ganges River valley into productive farmland.]]> 2021-04-13 12:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411520160 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411527807 Historians refer to the early period of human history as the Stone Age, the time when early humans used stone to make tools and weapons. The earliest part of this period was the Paleolithic Age. In Greek, paleolithic means “old stone.” Therefore, the Paleolithic Age is also called the Old Stone Age. The Paleolithic Age began about 2.5 million years ago and lasted until around 8000 B.C. Paleolithic people were nomads, often moving around in search of food. They traveled in groups, or bands, of about 20 or 30 members. Paleolithic people survived by hunting and gathering. The search for food was their main activity, and it was often difficult. They had to learn which animals to hunt and which plants to eat. Paleolithic people hunted buffalo, bison, wild goats, reindeer, and other animals, depending on where they lived. These early people also gathered wild nuts, berries, fruits, wild grains, and green plants.]]> 2021-04-13 12:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411527807 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411528712 2021-04-13 12:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411528712 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411529156 During the Period of the Warring States, the strong rulers of local states fought one another and ignored the weak Zhou Chinese dynasty kings. One of these warring states was called Qin. In 221 B.C., the ruler of Qin sent a large cavalry force to defeat the other states and ended the Zhou dynasty. The Qin then controlled China from the Huang He to the Chang Jiang. To mark a new beginning for China, the Qin ruler declared himself Qin Shihuangdi, which means “the First Qin Emperor.” Qin brought changes to Chinese government that would endure for many centuries.]]> 2021-04-13 12:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411529156 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411532150 Historians refer to the early period of human history as the Stone Age, the time when early humans used stone to make tools and weapons. The earliest part of this period was the Paleolithic Age. In Greek, paleolithic means “old stone.” Therefore, the Paleolithic Age is also called the Old Stone Age. The Paleolithic Age began about 2.5 million years ago and lasted until around 8000 B.C. Paleolithic people were nomads, often moving around in search of food. They traveled in groups, or bands, of about 20 or 30 members. Paleolithic people survived by hunting and gathering. The search for food was their main activity, and it was often difficult. They had to learn which animals to hunt and which plants to eat. Paleolithic people hunted buffalo, bison, wild goats, reindeer, and other animals, depending on where they lived. These early people also gathered wild nuts, berries, fruits, wild grains, and green plants.]]> 2021-04-13 12:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411532150 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411533306 2021-04-13 12:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411533306 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411534061 2021-04-13 12:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411534061 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411534667 During the Period of the Warring States, the strong rulers of local states fought one another and ignored the weak Zhou Chinese dynasty kings. One of these warring states was called Qin. In 221 B.C., the ruler of Qin sent a large cavalry force to defeat the other states and ended the Zhou dynasty. The Qin then controlled China from the Huang He to the Chang Jiang. To mark a new beginning for China, the Qin ruler declared himself Qin Shihuangdi, which means “the First Qin Emperor.” Qin brought changes to Chinese government that would endure for many centuries.]]> 2021-04-13 12:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411534667 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411535944
Sumerian cities were surrounded by mudflats and patches of scorching desert. The harsh landscape made it hard to travel by land and communicate with other groups. This meant that each city was cut off from its neighbors. As a result, Sumerian cities became independent. The people of each city raised their own crops and made their own goods. As the cities grew, they gained political and economic control over the lands around them. By doing this, they formed city-states]]> 2021-04-13 12:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411535944 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411539902 A people called the Amorites lived in a region west of Mesopotamia. In the 1800s B.C., they conquered Mesopotamia and built their own cities. Babylon was the grandest of these cities. It was located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in what is now Iraq. Around 1792 B.C., the Babylonian king, Hammurabi, began conquering cities controlled by the Amorites to the north and south. By adding these lands he created the Babylonian Empire. This new empire stretched north from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris-Euphrates river valley and west to the Mediterranean Sea.]]> 2021-04-13 12:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411539902 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411540822
By 8000 B.C., people in Southwest Asia began growing wheat and barley. They also domesticated pigs, cows, goats, and sheep. From there, farming spread into southeastern Europe. By 4000 B.C., farming was an established economic activity in Europe.]]> 2021-04-13 12:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411540822 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411543454 Pottery such as figurines of women were made and soon started reached Guatemala and Chiapas]]> 2021-04-13 12:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411543454 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411547252 After the death of Akhenaton in about 1360 B.C., his son-in-law, 10-year-old Tutankhamen, became pharaoh. The young pharaoh relied on advice from priests and officials to rule Egypt. Tutankhamen quickly restored the worship of many deities. Tutankhamen’s short rule ended after only nine years when he died unexpectedly. The cause of his death is still a mystery to historians. Even though “King Tut” played a small role in the history of Egypt, he is the most famous of the pharaohs. British archaeologist Howard Carter attracted public attention when he discovered Tut’s tomb in 1922. Carter’s find was amazing because most tombs of the pharaohs had been robbed by thieves. Tut’s tomb, however, contained the pharaoh’s mummy and many treasures, including a brilliant gold mask of the young ruler’s face.]]> 2021-04-13 12:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411547252 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411559439 Buddhism spread from India to China in part because of the Silk Road. The Silk Road was an ancient trade route that linked China with the West, transporting goods and ideas between Rome and China. The fall of the Han dynasty and the long period of unrest that followed also spurred the spread of Buddhism. Today, few Buddhists live in India where the Buddha first preached. Buddhism, however, is widely practiced in Southeast Asia and East Asia.]]> 2021-04-13 12:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411559439 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411560526 The Aryans were a group of people who migrated from Central Asia to India. They moved from place to place in order to find fresh pastures and water for their cattle.]]> 2021-04-13 12:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411560526 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411569264 Liu Bang founded the Han dynasty in 202 B.C. His family began the powerful Han dynasty that would rule China for more than 400 years. Eleven members of the Liu family followed Liu Bang as effective emperors until A.D. 6. Han Wudi was the first strong emperor of the Han dynasty, ruling from 141 B.C. to 87 B.C.]]> 2021-04-13 12:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411569264 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411570530  In time, the Shang conquered neighboring areas, mostly over the people of the Huang He valley. This helped their civilization to grow.]]> 2021-04-13 12:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411570530 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411579940 A queen named Hatshepsut was one of the few women to rule Egypt. She came to power in about 1473 B.C. and governed with her husband.]]> 2021-04-13 12:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411579940 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411581806 In 850 B.C. the Nubians now were and independent kingdom known as Kush.
-Eme]]> 2021-04-13 12:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411581806 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411590235 Historians refer to the early period of human history as the Stone Age, the time when early humans used stone to make tools and weapons. The earliest part of this period was the Paleolithic Age. In Greek, paleolithic means “old stone.” Therefore, the Paleolithic Age is also called the Old Stone Age. The Paleolithic Age began about 2.5 million years ago and lasted until around 8000 B.C. Paleolithic people were nomads, often moving around in search of food. They traveled in groups, or bands, of about 20 or 30 members. Paleolithic people survived by hunting and gathering. The search for food was their main activity, and it was often difficult. They had to learn which animals to hunt and which plants to eat. Paleolithic people hunted buffalo, bison, wild goats, reindeer, and other animals, depending on where they lived. These early people also gathered wild nuts, berries, fruits, wild grains, and green plants.]]> 2021-04-13 12:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411590235 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411590706 Cattle herders were the first settlers to move to this place, coming in about 2000 B.C.. The settlers herded long-horned animals in the savanna, or the plains that were all along south pf the Sahara. 
-Eme]]> 2021-04-13 12:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411590706 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411592307  Emperor Han Wudi encouraged trade between China and western regions. In exchange for horses, Chinese merchants traded silk, spices, and other luxury goods. The trade route to the west was later called the Silk Road in honor of China’s most famous export. The Silk Road was a network of trade routes. When the road was completed in the second century, it was 4,000 miles (6,436 km) long and stretched from western China to the Mediterranean.]]> 2021-04-13 12:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411592307 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411595599 Last Ice Age begins

]]> 2021-04-13 12:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411595599 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411597759 The people who migrated from Central Asia to India were know as the Aryans. After they arrived they settled by the Ganges River.
-Eme]]> 2021-04-13 12:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411597759 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411598290 "The Zhou ruled China for more than 800 years—longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history. In 1045 B.C., rebels led by an aristocrat named Wu Wang overthrew the Shang government in China. When his victory was complete, Wu declared a new dynasty called the Zhou."]]> 2021-04-13 12:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411598290 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411602053 Qin Dynasty established]]> 2021-04-13 12:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411602053 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411602558 Sargon, and his army conquered Sumer.]]> 2021-04-13 12:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411602558 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411604478 The Zhou ruled China for over 800 years this was the longest dynasty in Chinese history. Then in 1045 B.C. a rebellion led by Wu Wang who eventually overthrew the Shang government and named the new dynasty the Zhou dynasty.
-Eme]]> 2021-04-13 12:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411604478 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411607458 Mohenjo Daro flourishes]]> 2021-04-13 12:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411607458 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411611172 "The population of the city-states ranged from about 5,000 to 20,000 people. Historians think that each Sumerian city-state was protected by a large city wall. Ruins and artifacts have been found by archaeologists that support this theory. Often, Sumerian city-states went to war with one another over resources or political borders. During times of peace, city-states traded with each other. They also agreed to help each other by forming alliances to protect their common interests."]]> 2021-04-13 12:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411611172 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411612389 Hammurabi becomes the new king of the Babylonian Empire.
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]]> 2021-04-13 12:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411612389 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411613148 Cattle herders arrive in Nubia]]> 2021-04-13 12:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411613148 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411614332 Egyptians had their own alphabet known as hieroglyphics. ]]> 2021-04-13 12:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411614332 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411618584 "The Egyptian pyramids are some of the most impressive monuments of the ancient world. In the mid-2000s B.C., the Egyptians built the biggest and grandest of the pyramids, the Great Pyramid."]]> 2021-04-13 12:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411618584 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411618792 Persians conquer Chaldeans]]> 2021-04-13 12:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411618792 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411619881 The Egyptian pyramids are some of the most impressive monuments of the ancient world. In the mid-2000s B.C., the Egyptians built the biggest and grandest of the pyramids, the Great Pyramid. It is near the modern city of Cairo. Built for King Khufu, the Great Pyramid is one of three pyramids still standing at Giza on the Nile’s west bank.]]> 2021-04-13 12:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411619881 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411622892 This was when Mohenjo-Daro started prospering.]]> 2021-04-13 12:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411622892 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411625280 "It was around 2500 B.C. that Harappa reached its height of economic expansion and urban growth and thrived as an economic center. Harappa, along with the other Indus Valley cities, had a level of architectural planning that was advanced in the ancient world. During this time, a great increase in craft technology, trade, and urban expansion was experienced."]]> 2021-04-13 12:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411625280 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411625575 After people began farming in Southwest Asia and people in southeastern Europe also started to farm.
-Eme]]> 2021-04-13 12:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411625575 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411627035 Aryans immigrated to India from Iran.]]> 2021-04-13 12:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411627035 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411630554  In 539 B.C., the Persians recognized that the Chaldeans had lost their strength and leadership. The Persians took advantage and captured Babylon and made Mesopotamia part of their empire. However, they allowed their newly captured land to keep its distinct culture. The Persians wisely did not want to destroy all the Chaldeans had accomplished.]]> 2021-04-13 12:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411630554 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411698294 Siddhartha Gautama was born around the year 563 B.C. The exact date of his birth is not known. He grew up as a prince in a small kingdom near the Himalaya. As a young man, Siddhartha seemed to have everything. He was rich, handsome, and happily married with a newborn son. Then one day he left his palace to explore the life of ordinary people in the kingdom. As he traveled, Siddhartha was shocked at the misery and poverty around him. He saw beggars, people who were sick, and aged people with nowhere to live. For the first time, he understood that the world was filled with suffering. Siddhartha gave up all he had and became a monk. Saying goodbye to his wife and son, he began his journey to find the meaning of life. Dressed in a yellow robe, he traveled the country, stopping to meditate, or think deeply. As he preached his message to people, he gathered followers. His teachings became known as Buddhism.]]> 2021-04-13 13:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411698294 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411882136 Paleolithic age begins.]]> 2021-04-13 13:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411882136 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411886123 Farming begins in southwest Asia.]]> 2021-04-13 13:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411886123 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411893148 Hammurabi becomes king of Babylon empire.]]> 2021-04-13 13:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411893148 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411911186 The Great Pyramid has been built.]]> 2021-04-13 13:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411911186 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411929286 Aryans control northern India.]]> 2021-04-13 13:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411929286 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411941098 Confucius is born.]]> 2021-04-13 13:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411941098 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411972205 2021-04-13 13:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411972205 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411976799 The Mauryan Empire was an organized and efficient society that reached the height of its glory under Chandra Gupta’s grandson Ashoka. His able leadership helped the Mauryan Empire prosper. India’s good roads helped it become the center of a large trade network that stretched to the Mediterranean Sea.]]> 2021-04-13 13:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411976799 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411981313 Narmer was a king of Upper Egypt. About 3100 B.C., he led his armies from the valley north into the delta. Narmer conquered Lower Egypt and married one of Lower Egypt’s princesses, which unified the kingdoms. For the first time, all of Egypt was ruled by one king. Narmer established a new capital at Memphis, a city on the border between Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. He governed both parts of Egypt from this city. Memphis began to flourish as a center of government and culture along the Nile. Narmer’s kingdom lasted long after his death. The right to rule was passed from father to son to grandson. From about 3100 B.C. to 332 B.C., a series of 30 dynasties ruled Egypt. These dynasties are organized into three time periods: the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. Throughout these three time periods, Egypt was usually united under a single ruler and enjoyed a stable government.]]> 2021-04-13 13:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411981313 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411987410 After the death of King Nebuchadnezzar, a series of weak kings ruled the Chaldean empire. Poor harvests and slow trade further weakened the empire. In 539 B.C., the Persians recognized that the Chaldeans had lost their strength and leadership. The Persians took advantage and captured Babylon and made Mesopotamia part of their empire. However, they allowed their newly captured land to keep its distinct culture. The Persians wisely did not want to destroy all the Chaldeans had accomplished.]]> 2021-04-13 13:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411987410 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411995102 By 8000 B.C., people in Southwest Asia began growing wheat and barley. They also domesticated pigs, cows, goats, and sheep. From there, farming spread into southeastern Europe. By 4000 B.C., farming was an established economic activity in Europe.]]> 2021-04-13 14:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411995102 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411998759 One characteristic of early civilizations was that they developed cities and formed governments. By 3000 B.C., the first civilizations developed in river valleys, where fertile land made it easy to grow crops and feed large numbers of people. The rivers provided fish and water and also encouraged trade, which allowed the exchange of both goods and ideas. The cities that developed in these valleys became the centers of civilizations. People formed governments to protect themselves and their food supplies. In these early civilizations, the first governments were monarchies. Monarchs created armies to defend against enemies and made laws to keep order. They also appointed government officials who managed food supplies and building projects.]]> 2021-04-13 14:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1411998759 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412002202 Historians refer to the early period of human history as the Stone Age, the time when early humans used stone to make tools and weapons. The earliest part of this period was the Paleolithic Age.]]> 2021-04-13 14:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412002202 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412016264  A well-known Neolithic community, was located in present-day Turkey. Although little evidence of the community remains, historians know that between 6700 and 5700 B.C., it covered 32 acres and was home to about 6,000 people.]]> 2021-04-13 14:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412016264 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412023837 Writing was a way for Sumerians to keep records of their lives and their history. Writing was also a way to share information. They could pass on their ideas to later generations. Sumerians created a system of writing called cuneiform. The cuneiform writing system was made up of about 1,200 different characters. Characters represented such things as names, physical objects, and numbers.]]> 2021-04-13 14:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412023837 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412038863 After the death of Akhenaton in about 1360 B.C., his son-in-law, 10-year-old Tutankhamen, became pharaoh. The young pharaoh relied on advice from priests and officials to rule Egypt. Tutankhamen quickly restored the worship of many deities. Tutankhamen’s short rule ended after only nine years when he died unexpectedly.]]> 2021-04-13 14:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412038863 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412048876 At their peak, both Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa had more than 35,000 residents. The cities were designed almost exactly alike.]]> 2021-04-13 14:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412048876 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412058022 Confucius lived when rival kings were engaged in competitive power struggles. He criticized the misrule of these kings and urged people to follow the beliefs of their ancestors. His teachings encouraged people to value morality, justice, and sincerity in dealings with others.]]> 2021-04-13 14:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412058022 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412593594 2021-04-13 15:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1412593594 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413127006 Farming began to establish and flourish in Europe.]]> 2021-04-13 17:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413127006 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413158987 Hammurabi was the Babylonian Empire and created Hammurabi's code which was the first written rules.]]> 2021-04-13 17:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413158987 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413194298 "The Assyrians built a large and powerful military to defend their hills and fertile valleys. Around 900 B.C., their army began taking over the rest of Mesopotamia."]]> 2021-04-13 17:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413194298 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413214314 Confucius was a philosopher, and is credited with the creation of Confucianism. ]]> 2021-04-13 17:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413214314 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413457706 Around 6000 B.C., people had begun growing wheat and barley in the Nile Valley in Egypt. Farming soon spread along the Nile River and into other regions in Africa.]]> 2021-04-13 18:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413457706 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413464096 River valleys helped people to live. The rivers provided fish and water and also encouraged trade, which allowed the exchange of both goods and ideas.]]> 2021-04-13 18:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413464096 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413545793 Bronze became widely used during the Bronze Age.]]> 2021-04-13 18:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413545793 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413560972 Neolithic people built large dwelling places that housed a family group, along with their cattle and grain stores. Eventually, these were replaced by one to two room houses. This change marked the beginning of the Neolithic Age. The word neolithic is Greek for “new stone.” Calling this time period the New Stone Age, can be misleading. Although new stone tools were made, the real change in the Neolithic Age was the shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture. This shift from hunting and gathering to food production was gradual. Even during the Middle Stone Age, some people continued to hunt and gather, while others began to grow their own food. ]]> 2021-04-13 18:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413560972 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413603234 Hammurabi becomes king of the Babylon Empire. This empire stretches from the north of the Persian Gulf through the Tigris Euphrates valley and west to the Mediterranean Sea. ]]> 2021-04-13 19:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413603234 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413612881 Sargon was an ambitious leader who ruled the people of Akkad. He conquered the remaining Sumerian city-states one by one. He also united the conquered territory with Akkad and became known as the king of Sumer and Akkad. In doing so, he formed the world’s first empire. Eventually, Sargon extended this empire to include all of the peoples of Mesopotamia. His Mesopotamian empire lasted for more than 200 years before invaders conquered it.]]> 2021-04-13 19:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413612881 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413627811 During the Old Kingdom, the Egyptians built magnificent cities and increased trade. They also formed a unified government. The Egyptians prized unity. They understood the importance of everyone working and living. Therefore, they developed a government under an all-powerful ruler who controlled both religious and political affairs.]]> 2021-04-13 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413627811 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413641249 Buddhism spread from India to China in part because of the Silk Road. The fall of the Han dynasty and the long period of unrest that followed also spurred the spread of Buddhism. Today, few Buddhists live in India where the Buddha first preached. Buddhism, however, is widely practiced in Southeast Asia and East Asia.]]> 2021-04-13 19:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413641249 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413654698 The Shang dynasty is the first Chinese dynasty to leave historical records. Archaeologists have unearthed long-buried walls and buildings, and these ruins show that the Shang built the first cities in China. Kings of the Shang dynasty, serving as political, religious, and military leaders, controlled only a small area of northern China. In time, the Shang conquered neighboring areas.]]> 2021-04-13 19:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413654698 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413683547  They experimented with making the copper into tools and weapons. These tools proved to be easier to make and use than those made of stone. Craftspeople in western Asia discovered that mixing copper and tin formed bronze. This was a technological breakthrough because bronze was stronger than copper and could replace stone for use as tools and weapons. This development essentially ended the Neolithic Age, as bronze was used between 3000 and 1200 B.C.]]> 2021-04-13 19:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1413683547 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1414312320 The first civilizations of ancient India developed in the valley around the Indus River around 3000 B.C. For this reason, the Indus Valley civilization is called the cradle of ancient India. About 5,000 years ago, nomads settled in valleys along the Indus River in an area that is now Pakistan. ]]> 2021-04-13 23:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1414312320 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1414317121 Sumerian cities were surrounded by mudflats and patches of scorching desert. The harsh landscape made it hard to travel by land and communicate with other groups. This meant that each city was cut off from its neighbors. As a result, Sumerian cities became independent. The people of each city raised their own crops and made their own goods. As the cities grew, they gained political and economic control over the lands around them. By doing this, they formed city-states. Each city-state had its own government and was not part of any larger governing state.]]> 2021-04-13 23:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1414317121 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1414328657 Buddhism spread from India to China in part because of the Silk Road. The Silk Road was an ancient trade route that linked China with the West, transporting goods and ideas between Rome and China. The fall of the Han dynasty and the long period of unrest that followed also spurred the spread of Buddhism. Today, few Buddhists live in India where the Buddha first preached. Buddhism, however, is widely practiced in Southeast Asia and East Asia.]]> 2021-04-13 23:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1414328657 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1414332191 The Mauryan Empire was an organized and efficient society that reached the height of its glory under Chandra Gupta’s grandson Ashoka. His able leadership helped the Mauryan Empire prosper. India’s good roads helped it become the center of a large trade network that stretched to the Mediterranean Sea.]]> 2021-04-13 23:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1414332191 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415894068 Confucius was a great Chinese philosopher who's ideas are still followed thousands of years after his death.]]> 2021-04-14 11:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415894068 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415901093 The last Ice Age lasted 900,000 years. It ended between 9000 and 8000 BC. This was when nomads started to settle down.]]> 2021-04-14 11:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415901093 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415902169 Samudra Gupta expands the great Gupta Empire]]> 2021-04-14 11:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415902169 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415904235 River valley civilizations were very important to the development of the world, they were some of the first civilizations ever!]]> 2021-04-14 11:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415904235 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415911663 Aaron G]]> 2021-04-14 11:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415911663 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415915206 Çatalhüyük, a well-known Neolithic community, was located in present-day Turkey. Although little evidence of the community remains, historians know that between 6700 and 5700 B.C., it covered 32 acres and was home to about 6,000 people.]]> 2021-04-14 11:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415915206 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415915790 By 8000 B.C., people in Southwest Asia began growing wheat and barley. They also domesticated pigs, cows, goats, and sheep. From there, farming spread into southeastern Europe. By 4000 B.C., farming was an established economic activity in Europe.]]> 2021-04-14 11:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415915790 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415919265 The last Ice Age lasted about 90,000 years, ending between about 9000 and 8000 B.C. After the last Ice Age ended, Earth’s temperatures rose. As the climate warmed, many nomads moved into areas with a mild climate and fertile land.]]> 2021-04-14 11:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415919265 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415933807 The glaciers moved over Europe, Asia, and North America. The ocean levels lowered creating a land bridge from Asia to North America]]> 2021-04-14 11:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415933807 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415944173 Bronze became widely used between 3000 and 1200 B.C. This period is known as the Bronze Age. By the beginning of the Bronze Age, communities were widespread. More complex cultures called civilizations began to develop in these communities. Four of the great river valley civilizations—Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China—emerged around 3000 B.C. All of these civilizations shared similar characteristics.

]]> 2021-04-14 11:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415944173 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415966822 The early period of human history is the Stone Age, the time when early humans used stone to make tools and weapons. The earliest part of this period was the Paleolithic Age. ]]> 2021-04-14 11:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415966822 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415984209 Neolithic people built large dwelling places that housed a small clan, or family group, along with their cattle and grain stores. Eventually, these were replaced by one- or two-room houses, which were usually clustered in groups. This change in the way people lived marked the beginning of the Neolithic Age.]]> 2021-04-14 12:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1415984209 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416084312 Finally, a new dynasty of pharaohs came to power. They moved the capital south to a city called Thebes. These new pharaohs began a period of peace and order called the Middle Kingdom that lasted from about 2055 B.C. to 1650 B.C.]]> 2021-04-14 12:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416084312 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416090099 The Aryans were a group of people who migrated from Central Asia to India. They moved from place to place in order to find fresh pastures and water for their cattle. The Aryans mixed with descendants of the Indus Valley people, creating a new culture. They settled down and became farmers, though they still raised cattle. Over time, the Aryans turned the Ganges River valley into productive farmland.]]> 2021-04-14 12:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416090099 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416120040 A people called the Amorites lived in a region west of Mesopotamia. In the 1800s B.C., they conquered Mesopotamia and built their own cities. Babylon was the grandest of these cities. It was located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in what is now Iraq. Around 1792 B.C., the Babylonian king, Hammurabi, began conquering cities controlled by the Amorites to the north and south. By adding these lands he created the Babylonian Empire.]]> 2021-04-14 12:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416120040 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416126987 The ice ages were long periods of extreme cold that affected all of Earth. The most recent Ice Age began about 100,000 years ago. Thick sheets of ice moved across large parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. As the glaciers grew larger, the water level of the oceans was lowered. The low sea levels exposed a strip of dry land connecting the continents of Asia and North America. This strip of land was known as a land bridge. ]]> 2021-04-14 12:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416126987 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416132212 Historians refer to the early period of human history as the Stone Age, the time when early humans used stone to make tools and weapons. The earliest part of this period was the Paleolithic Age. In Greek, paleolithic means “old stone.” Therefore, the Paleolithic Age is also called the Old Stone Age. The Paleolithic Age began about 2.5 million years ago and lasted until around 8000 B.C. Paleolithic people were nomads, often moving around in search of food. They traveled in groups, or bands, of about 20 or 30 members. Paleolithic people survived by hunting and gathering. The search for food was their main activity, and it was often difficult. They had to learn which animals to hunt and which plants to eat. Paleolithic people hunted buffalo, bison, wild goats, reindeer, and other animals, depending on where they lived.]]> 2021-04-14 12:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416132212 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416162514 Confucius was born to a farming family during a time of war with competing kings. He disagreed with the ways of the kings and urged people to follow the ways of their ancestors. ]]> 2021-04-14 12:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416162514 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416193319 The Aryans were a group of nomads that migrated from central Asia down to India. ]]> 2021-04-14 13:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1416193319 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418492604 The Great Pyramid was built for King Khufu, it is one of three pyramids still standing at Giza on the Nile River’s west bank. It is about the height of a 48-story building, towering nearly 500 feet above the desert. It extends over an area equal in size to nine football fields. More than 2 million stone blocks were used in the pyramid’s construction.]]> 2021-04-14 20:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418492604 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418509019 Siddhartha Gautama grew up as a price, Siddhartha seemed to have everything. One day he left his palace, as he traveled, he understood that the world was filled with suffering. Siddhartha gave up all he had and became a monk. He began his journey to find the meaning of life. As he preached his message to people, he gathered followers. His teachings became known as Buddhism.]]> 2021-04-14 21:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418509019 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418545173 Because of the environment, it was difficult for Sumerian cities to travel and communicate with other groups. So, Sumerian cities became independent. As the cities grew they became city-states. ]]> 2021-04-14 21:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418545173 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418582191 Liu Bang founded the Han dynasty. Eleven members of the Liu family followed Liu Bang as effective emperors until A.D. 6. Han Wudi ruled the Han dynasty from 141 B.C. to 87 B.C. Earlier emperors chose family members and loyal aristocrats to help them run the government. Instead, Han Wudi recruited dedicated and talented people for civil service positions. ]]> 2021-04-14 21:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418582191 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418681820 Paleolithic Age begins]]> 2021-04-14 22:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418681820 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418687830 Neolithic Age begins]]> 2021-04-14 22:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418687830 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418871886 The ice ages were long periods of extreme cold that affected all of Earth. The most recent Ice Age began about 100,000 years ago. Thick sheets of ice moved across large parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. As the glaciers grew larger, the water level of the oceans was lowered. The low sea levels exposed a strip of dry land connecting the continents of Asia and North America. This strip of land was known as a land bridge. The land bridge acted as a natural highway that allowed people to travel from Asia into North America. From there, people moved southward to settle in different regions.]]> 2021-04-15 00:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418871886 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418883670 Neolithic people built large dwelling places that housed a small clan, or family group, along with their cattle and grain stores. Eventually, these were replaced by one- or two-room houses, which were usually clustered in groups. This change in the way people lived marked the beginning of the Neolithic Age. It began about 8000 B.C. and lasted until around 4000 B.C.—about 4,000 years. The word neolithic is Greek for “new stone.” Calling this time period the New Stone Age, however, can be somewhat misleading. Although new stone tools were made, the real change in the Neolithic Age was the shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture. This shift from hunting and gathering to food production was gradual. Even during the Mesolithic Age, or Middle Stone Age, some people continued to hunt and gather, while others began to grow their own food.]]> 2021-04-15 00:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418883670 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418923052
Of all the contributions made by Sumerians to the world, writing is perhaps the most important. The writing system they developed is the earliest known system in the world. Writing was a way for Sumerians to keep records of their lives and their history. Writing was also a way to share information. They could pass on their ideas to later generations. Sumerians created a system of writing called cuneiform. The cuneiform writing system was made up of about 1,200 different characters. Characters represented such things as names, physical objects, and numbers. Cuneiform was written by cutting wedge-shaped marks into damp clay with a sharp reed. Sumerians wrote on clay because they did not have paper. Archaeologists have found cuneiform tablets that have provided important information about Mesopotamian history. Only a few people—mostly boys from wealthy families— learned how to read and write cuneiform. After years of training, some students became scribes, or official record keepers. Scribes wrote documents that recorded much of the everyday life in Mesopotamia, including court records, marriage contracts, business transactions, and important events. Some scribes were judges and government officials.]]> 2021-04-15 00:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418923052 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418934005 Like the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians developed their own writing system. At first, Egyptian writing was made up of thousands of picture symbols that represented objects and ideas. A house, for example, would be represented by a drawing of a house. Later, Egyptians created symbols that represented sounds. The combination of pictures and sound symbols created a complex writing system called hieroglyphics. Few ancient Egyptians could read and write hieroglyphics. Some Egyptian men, however, attended special schools to prepare for careers as scribes in government or business. The Egyptians did not write on clay tablets like the Mesopotamians. For their daily tasks, Egyptian scribes developed a simpler script that they wrote or painted on papyrus. These same scribes carved hieroglyphics onto stone walls and monuments.]]> 2021-04-15 00:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418934005 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418945993 The Indus culture flourished between 2600 B.C. and 1900 B.C. The major cities associated with the civilization, notably Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, and Kalibangan, were laid out on a grid pattern and had an advanced drainage system. It was around 2500 B.C. that Harappa reached its height of economic expansion and urban growth and thrived as an economic center. Harappa, along with the other Indus Valley cities, had a level of architectural planning that was advanced in the ancient world. During this time, a great increase in craft technology, trade, and urban expansion was experienced. City residents were merchants, shopkeepers, and artisans. They made and sold copper and bronze tools, clay pottery, and cotton cloth. Artisans also made jewelry from shells, ivory, and gold. Archaeologists have even found toys among the ruins.]]> 2021-04-15 00:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418945993 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418955032 Born around 551 B.C. to a farming family, Confucius lived when rival kings were engaged in competitive power struggles. He criticized the misrule of these kings and urged people to follow the beliefs of their ancestors. His teachings encouraged people to value morality, justice, and sincerity in dealings with others. Confucianism was based on the teachings of his name.]]> 2021-04-15 00:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1418955032 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420249316 The Zhou ruled China for more than 800 years—longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history. ]]> 2021-04-15 09:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420249316 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420259614 people in Southwest Asia began growing wheat and barley. They domestecated pigs, cows, goats, and sheep.]]> 2021-04-15 09:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420259614 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420275435 The Assyrians built a large and powerful military to defend their hills and fertile Land. Around 900 B.C., their army began taking over the rest of Mesopotamia. ]]> 2021-04-15 09:52:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420275435 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420283316 they traveled from south east to India. They brought ideas of religion and some inventions.]]> 2021-04-15 09:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420283316 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420291636 the Great pyramid was made for king Khufu. The pyramid was the largest pyramid ever made.]]> 2021-04-15 09:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420291636 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420300763 the Nile helped them farm because it would flood and give silt to the soil, and the plants got water every day because the convenience of the river being there to support the farming. I wrote this on my own not copied.]]> 2021-04-15 10:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420300763 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420525172 Around 2500 B.C. The Pyramid of Giza was built. The Pyramid of Giza was the largest of all the pyramids and has an equivalent size to 9 football feilds.]]> 2021-04-15 11:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420525172 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420546864 the Assyrians gained their massive power almost 1000 years after the empire of Hammurabi. The Assyrians had a strong and powerful army which destroyed the other city-states. ]]> 2021-04-15 11:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420546864 https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420564203 People in Southwest Asia began growing wheat and barley. they also started domesticating animals.]]> 2021-04-15 11:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_clark6/p2uhbu0qwn4skin5/wish/1420564203