Four River Valley Civilizations

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Four River Valley Civilizations
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Indus River Valley Civilization(Harappan
Civilization)
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3200 BC
Neolithic Culture
ANCIENT INDIA
Indus Valley Settlements Harappan Civilization
2500 BC
Harappan Civilization Ends
1750 BC
Aryan Invasions of Indus Valley
1500 BC
Aryan Kingdoms Develop
1000 BC
Hinduism Develops and Spreads
750 BC
Buddhism Begins and Spreads
530 BC
Alexander the Great Invades
326 BC
Chandragupta begins Mauryan Empire
321BC
Chandragupta dies. Son assumes throne
301 BC
Asoka becomes king of Mauryan Empire
269 BC
232 BC
Asoka dies. Empire begins to decline
Chandra Gupta forms Gupta Dynasty
320 AD
335 AD
Samudra Gupta becomes king
375 AD
Chandra Gupta II becomes king
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Indus River Valley Civilization(Harappan
Civilization)
Vocabulary

• Subcontinent
• Monsoons
• Harappan Civilization
• Aryans
• Vedas
• Brahmins
• Castes
• Magadha
• Mahabharata
• Reincarnation
• Karma
• Siddhartha Gautama

• Buddhism
• Nirvana
• Chandragupta
• Mauryan Empire
• Asoka
• Religious Toleration
• Andhra Dynasty
• Tamil
• Gupta Empire
• Patriarchal
• Matriarchal

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River Dynasties in China
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5000 BC
Neolithic Culture
ANCIENT CHINA
First Chinese Cities Xia Dynasty Formed
2000 BC
Shang Dynasty Formed
1700 BC
Zhou Dynasty overthrows Shang Dynasty
1027 BC
Birth of Confucius
551 BC
Zhou Dynasty Ends. Replaced by Qin Dynasty
256BC
Shi Huangdi becomes Qin Emperor
221 BC
Han Dynasty replaces Qin. Liu Bang becomes emperor
202 BC
195 BC
Death of Liu Bang. Empress Lu rules
Wudi begins 54 year reign
141 BC
Former Han Dynasty Ends
9 AD
25 AD
Later Han Dynasty Begins
Paper Invented
105 AD
220 AD
Later Han Dynasty Ends
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Ancient Chinese Civilization
Vocabulary

• Yin and Yang
• Qin Dynasty
• Shi Huangdi
• Autocracy
• Han Dynasty
• Liu Bang
• Centralized Government
• Empress Li
• Wudi
• Civil Service
• Assimilation
• Wang Mang

• Loess
• Anyang
• Shang Dynasty
• Oracle Bones
• Mandate of Heave
• Dynastic Cycle
• Feudalism
• Zhou Dynasty
• Confucius
• Filial Piety
• Daoism
• Legalism

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Indus River Valley Civilization
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Aryan Invasions of India
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Spread of Hinduism and Buddhism
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India under Mauryan Dynasty
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Ancient Chinese Civilization
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China Under the Han Dynasty