Empires
Mesopotaian- Powerful state in the ancient world, most fertile and rich parts of the ancient world, kings are called the first dynasty of Babylon, Babylon is the capital
The Babylonian Empire- Was an ancient empire that was in the Near East in the Southern Mesopotamia in between the Tigris and the Euphtaes river, Was a long narrow country about 40 miles wide and a area of about 8,000 square miles
Fun Facts- Death penalty was prescribed for theft murder adultery kidnapping rape the receipt of stolen property from a temple or a palace or false accusation of a capital crime
Marriage- Only legal when recorded in writing, only married women were allowed to own property
The first dynasty- It was during the early dynastic period in Egypt, was founded in the lower kingdom of Egypt
, The capital at this time was Memphis, was founded by and Egyptian Pharaoh Narmer
Pharaoh Narmer- know for reuniting the two kingdoms of Egypt, The Narmer palette was made, one of the first know objects to have the Egyptian hieroglyphic writing on it, there is no definite ending, historians obtain information from tombs,
The Second Dynasty- was during the early dynastic period, Capital was Thinis, Hotepsekhemwy was the founder of the second dynasty, the last pharaoh of the second dynasty was khasekhemwy he married nemathap their marriage strengthened the unity of the upper kingdom and lower kingdom, their son djoser was the pharaoh of the third dynasty also the first one, the third dynasty started the new kingdom period in egypt
If you harmed a cat you get the death penalty Cats were thought to be a manifestations of the Egyptian goddess Bast
The Indus- Arose about 2500 BC ,there has been 1056 settlements found, two major cities Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, they are called the Harappan culture, unknown founders of the civilizations, advanced in technology, created first known sanitation system, strong and stable government, written language undeciphered
Yellow River Civilization- Shang dynasty, first family of Chinese rulers that left a written language records, built palaces and tombs, ruled Yellow river Valley in 2nd millennium, Capital was anyang, language was old Chinese, had a monarchy, was based on agriculture lots of hunting and animal care, fought a lot of wars
people were often buried alive with the royal corpse
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