Unit Ii Timeline -the River Valleys

Name: ________________________________________________ Period: ________ Date:___________ Unit II: the River Valleys The River Valley Civilizations Timeline Part One Directions: Fill in the blanks using information from the timelines on pages 34-35, 37, 45, 54, 61, 68-69, 71, 81, 88, and 98. 3100 BC – King ___________________ unites villages of Upper and Lower Egypt 3000 BC – ___________________ cities emerge in southern Mesopotamia; Cuneiform writing invented ____BC – Indus River valley civilization begins 2700 BC – Old Kingdom begins 2450 BC – Great Pyramid of King Khufu finished 2340 BC – ___________________ set up the first empire 2100 BC – ___________________ Empire falls 1792 BC – ___________________ comes to power 1750 BC – Shang dynasty begins 1652 BC – The ___________________ invade Egypt, Middle Kingdom ends 1600 BC – Hittites create empire in western Asia 1567 BC – ___________________ begins 1500 BC – ___________________ invade India 1200 BC – End of Hittite kingdom; ___________________ emerge as a distinct group of people 1085 BC – ___________________ collapses ____BC – Zhou dynasty begins 1000 BC – Aryans begins composing the ___________________ 970 BC – ___________________ becomes King of Israel 722 BC – ___________________ overrun the Kingdom of Israel 586 BC – Chaldeans destroy Jerusalem 563 BC – Siddhartha Guatama, founder of ___________________, is born 559 BC – Cyrus rules Persian Empire 551 BC – ___________________ is born Phillips rev. 07/06/06

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539 BC – ___________________ falls 521 BC – ___________________ begins to expand Persian Empire 403 BC – “Period of ______________________________________” begins 330 BC – ______________________________________ conquers the Persian Empire 301 BC – Chandragupta Maurya dies 232 BC – ___________________ dies 221 BC – ___________________ dynasty begins 202 BC – ___________________ dynasty begins 87 BC – Han Wudi dies AD 100 – ___________________ connects China and Mesopotamia AD 170 – Han dynasty begins collapse AD 320 – ___________________ kingdom begins Part Two Directions: Use your completed timeline to answer the following questions in complete sentences: 1. What three events occurred around 3000 BC? _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _ 2. How many years did the Akkadian empire last? ______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _

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3. What happened when the Hyksos invaded Egypt? _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _ 4. Who was born in 563 BC? _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _ 5. How long did the Han dynasty last? _______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _ 6. Which trade route connected China and Mesopotamia around 100 AD? _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _

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