Ancient World History

Mesopotamia NOTES
  1. The Fertile Crescent was an area where people created the first civilization
  2. Mesopotamia started around 14,000 BC
  3. Uruk was the first Mesopotamian city. About 3,200 BC
  4. Sumerians created the first writing system 
  5. Uruk first invented the wheel for making pottery 
  6. The Akkadian Empire was the first empire in the world
  7. The Akkadian Empire fell around 2154 BC
  8. The Babylonian Empire began around 1900 BC
  9. The Hanging Gardens were in Babylon
  10. Code of Hammurabi was one of the oldest and most complete code of laws 
  11. Ashur was the capital city of the Assyrian Empire
  12. Ashur was forever destroyed in 614 BC
  13. Assyria ended in 570 BC
Egypt Predynastic NOTES
  1. The Nile River is the longest river in the world.
  2. Predynastic Period began around 6,000 BC.
  3.  Faience was some of the earliest artwork.
  4. People of Lower Egypt: Faiyum, Meride, El Omari, Ma’adi, Tasian.
  5. Lower Egypt developed faster than Upper Egypt
  6. Badarians were the first to take belongings with them when they died.
  7. Amrati people started mummifying their dead.
  8. The Gerzeans were the first Egyptian traders.
  9. Thinis was the capital in Upper Egypt.
  10. King Menes was the first Pharaoh of all of Egypt.
  11. The oldest city in Egypt is Faiyum and was once called Shedet.
  12. Heiroglyphics started around 3,400 BC
Mesopotamia NOTES
      1. Egypt Means The Two Lands.
    1. Early Dynastic Period began in 3,100 BC.
    1. Duality is the balance of good and evil.
    2. Memphis was the first capital of all of Egypt
    3. Pharaoh Djer started burying all his servants and advisors with him.
    4. Pharaoh Den conducted the first Census
    5. The Early Dynastic Period ended in 2,700 BC
    6. Papyrus was invented as writing paper around 3,000 BC.
Egypt Old Kingdom NOTES
  1. A dynasty is a family that holds power for an extended period of time.
  2. Raneb is the first Pharaoh to name himself a god.
  3. The Old Kingdom began around 2686 BC
  4. Pharaoh Djoser made the first Egyptian pyramid.
  5. Imhotep was the most famous non-pharaoh in ancient Egypt.
  6. Pharaoh Sneferu built the Red Pyramid, Bent Pyramid, and Seila Pyramid.
  7. The Pyramids were built by skilled craftsmen.
  8. The 5th Dynasty rulers built temples of Ra
  9. Nomarchs were governors in Egypt
  10. Pharaoh Djedkare expanded the government to be too large to control
  11. Common people were allowed to enter the afterlife and live forever.
  12. Pyramid Texts were instructions in burial chambers to aid the transfer into the afterlife.
  13. Pharaoh Pepi Il was the last king of the Old Kingdom.
  14. The Old Kingdom ended in 2181 BC.

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