IAP* World History Study Guide and Graphic Organizers - Unit 1: Foundations‚ ~8000 BCE - 600 CE 1. Themes in AP* World History . Why you should know this: Knowledge of these themes assists you especially when developing a thesis for an essay. Moreover‚ because these themes are overarching‚ they will most likely be the basis of the essay questions. You should always keep these themes in mind when analyzing civilizations and societies‚ both when you are comparing
Premium Ancient Rome Indus Valley Civilization Byzantine Empire
Useful date thinking 7th century: Assyrian Empire in power 6th century: Assyrian fall and Persian rise confucius‚ laozi (daoism) zoroasterism 5th century: Persia warring with Greece and greek golden age. beginning of warring states period in China. pericles‚ aristotle‚ plato. 4th century: Shang yang Qin State Esarhaddon 681 – 669 BC. was a king of NeoAssyria who reigned 681 – 669 BC.Took Memphis in 671 BC and declared himself pharaoh. Ashurbanipal 668 BC – c. 627 BC Was the last of the strong kings of the Neo Assyrian Empire
Premium Centuries Warring States Period Ancient Rome
farming rice as early as 5500 BCE. People cooked rice by boiling it in water‚ the way they
Premium China Food Nutrition
his empire‚ to his genius war tactics‚ he built the foundation for a line of Persian Kings to rule one of the largest empires in world history. Cyrus the Great’s(C. 600-530 BCE) expansion started in Persia‚ located on the southern portion of the Iranian peninsula‚ Cyrus conquered the Medes‚ led by King Astyages‚ circa 559 BCE in the northern part of the peninsula. From there‚ he moved into Ecbatana to take over the Medes. He united the them with the Persians to create the first rule under the Achaemenid
Premium Achaemenid Empire Cyrus the Great Iran
an emperor. This emperor had total control of the land and would make all the final decisions. Some of the most popular Dynasties in china were: • Xia Dynasty About 1994 BCE - 1766 BCE • Shang Dynasty 1766 BCE - 1027 BCE • Zhou Dynasty 1122 BCE -256 BCE (skipped because Celeste did it) • Qin Dynasty 221 BCE - 206 BCE (skipped because Celeste did it) • Han Dynasty 25 AD - 220 AD • Sui Dynasty 589 AD - 618 AD • Ming Dynasty 1368 AD - 1644 AD • Qing Dynasty 1644 AD - 1912 AD The
Premium China Qing Dynasty Han Dynasty
Mesopotamia (Cuneiform of Sumerians) around 3000 BCE. Despite the views that the first writing system was invented in Mesopotamia there are other researches that have refuted this claim as it is believed that writing systems were also developed independently in other parts of the world (Egypt and Indus) around the same time as in Sumerian. There are four writing systems that are considered to have developed around the time of 3000 BCE up to 600 BCE: Cuneiform of Sumerian‚ Egyptian hieroglyphs‚ Chinese
Premium Writing system Sumer Mesopotamia
Research Paper: Confucian Analects Kong Fuzi‚ better known as Confucius (551-479 BCE) was known as the creator of the religion of Confucianism. Confucianism provided the moral and social foundation of China. Confucianism wasn’t thought of as a religion‚ it was more on the topic of morality. The ruler’s main function in the Confucian state was to educate and transform the people‚ which was based on one of Confucius’s analects. Which are thought of as the right way to rule and live. Up until this day
Premium China Confucianism Han Dynasty
spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India‚ was the first major civilisation in South Asia.[2] A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture developed in the Mature Harappan period‚ from 2600 to 1900 BCE.[3] This Bronze Age civilisation collapsed before the end of the second millennium BCE and was followed by the Iron Age Vedic Civilisation‚ which extended over much of the Indo-Gangetic
Free India Pakistan Mughal Empire
at public relations-like activities. Ptah-hotep‚ the advisor to one of the ancient Egyptian pharoahs‚ wrote about 2‚200 BCE of the need for communicating truthfully‚ addressing audience interests‚ and acting in a manner consistent with what is being said. Archeologists have found ancient bulletins and brochures in ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) dating to about 1‚800 BCE. These publications on stone tablets told farmers how to sow crops‚ irrigate their fields‚ and increase their harvests.
Free Roman Empire Ancient Rome Rhetoric
Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia had an arid climate that could facilitate the irrigation of crops. (B) - The first man to be considered an emperor was Sargon of Akkad‚ also known as Sargon the Great. His reign in Mesopotamia lasted from 2334 to 2779 BCE. He ruled for 56 years‚ and died of natural causes. (D) - Mesopotamia had a polytheistic religion. Most cities would have a patron deity that they would pray to‚ as well as a multitude of other gods. One such god was Ishtar - also known as Inanna
Premium Ancient Egypt