My group presented today.
Emperors and Kingdoms
Indus River
-no known kingdoms known or famous emperors
China
-XIa Dynasty is first known dynasty
-lots of artwork
-Along Yellow River
-Shang Dynasty
-well known for bronze
-liked human sacrifice
-Western Zhou
-Used father-son kingdom passing unlike shang which was brother-younger brother
-Eastern Zhou
-western had to relocate after barbaric people
Mesopotamia
-Babylon nation and dynasty
-between 1792 and 1750 BC the dynasty ruled
-Hammurabi was the king that created the Babylonian Empire
-empire did not last long because of Hammurabi died
-Neo-Babylonian Empire
-612 BC
-Was taken over in 539 BC by Roman Empire
City of Babylon
-55 miles south of bagdad
Egypian Kingdoms
-Pharaohs were buried in pyramids only during this time period in history
-2700-2200 BC
-Middle Kingdom
-Egypts golden age
-trade, art, and literature flourished
-built strong armys
-New Kingdom
-expansion period
-pharaohs buried in Valley of Kings
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