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religion was often based on location, with cities or entire countries selecting a deity, that would grant them preferences and advantages over their competitors. Worship involved the construction of representation of deities, and the granting of sacrifices. Sacrifices could be material goods, food, or in extreme cases human sacrifice to please a deity. New philosophies and religions arose in both east and west, particularly about the 6th century BC. Over time, a great variety of religions developed around the world, with some of the earliest major ones being Hinduism (around 2000 BC),
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were responsible for constructing such settlements. Around 300 BC, the region became more desiccated and the settlements began to decline, most likely relocating to Koumbi Saleh. From the type of architecture and pottery, it is believed that Tichit was related to the subsequent Ghana Empire. Old Jenne (Djenne) began to be settled around 300 BC, producing iron and with sizeable population, evidenced in crowded cemeteries. The inhabitants and creators of these settlements during these periods are thought to have been ancestors of the Soninke people.
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took power and ruled China for over four centuries with a brief interruption from AD 9 to 23. The Han dynasty promoted the spread of iron agricultural tools, which helped create a food surplus that led to a large growth of population during the Han period. Silk production also increased and the manufacture of paper was invented. Though the Han enjoyed great military and economic success, it was strained by the rise of aristocrats who disobeyed the central government. Public frustration provoked the
5423: 4916: 5332:. Monte Alban grew to around 25,000 residents in the period around AD 200, with the city having large stone temples and an expansive stone plaza. Like the Olmecs, they had a writing system and calendar. But by AD 900 Monte Alban was deserted for unknown reasons. Teotihuacan developed around AD 200 and centred on the city of Teotihuacan, which grew to perhaps as many as 200,000 inhabitants at its height. Teotihuacan lasted until around AD 700, when it was burned and vandalized. 2042: 3656: 4353: 4578: 4051: 4040: 110: 10736: 10719: 10753: 5518: 5028: 10702: 10662: 3101:(2900–2350 BC) periods. The surplus of storable foodstuffs created by this economy allowed the population to settle in one place instead of migrating after crops and herds. It also allowed for a much greater population density, and in turn required an extensive labour force and division of labour. This organization led to the necessity of record keeping and the development of writing. 4690:. Estimates for when this occurred vary from the 1st century CE, to as late as the 6th to 7th centuries CE. It is likely that the Austronesians that settled Madagascar followed a coastal route through South Asia and East Africa, rather than directly across the Indian Ocean. Genetic evidence suggests that some individuals of Austronesian descent reached Africa and the 2660:, with recorded history generally considered to begin with the Bronze Age. The start and end of the three ages vary between world regions. In many regions the Bronze Age is generally considered to begin a few centuries prior to 3000 BC, while the end of the Iron Age varies from the early first millennium BC in some regions to the late first millennium AD in others. 2675:, which was in full progress. While in 10,000 BC, the world population stood at 2 million, it rose to 45 million by 3000 BC. By the Iron Age in 1000 BC, the population had risen to 72 million. By the end of the ancient period in AD 500, the world population is thought to have stood at 209 million. In 10,500 years, the world population increased by 100 times. 5370:
that existed in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and was responsible for the creation of over 100 mound sites. The Mississippi River was a core area in the development of long-distance trade and culture. Following Poverty Point, successive complex cultures such as the Hopewell emerged in the Southeastern
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area. By AD 1000 these groups had spread throughout all of southern Africa south of the equator. Iron metallurgy and agriculture spread along with these peoples, with the cultivation of millet, oil palms, sorghum, and yams as well as the use of domesticated cattle, pigs, and sheep. These technologies
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in warfare. The Hittites introduced the casting of iron with molds and then hammering it which enabled weapons and tools to be made stronger and also cheaper. Although chariots had been used previously, the use of spoked wheels allowed the chariots to be much lighter and more maneuverable. In 1274 BC
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Ancient Egypt was a long-lived civilisation geographically located in north-eastern Africa. It was concentrated along the middle to lower reaches of the Nile River, reaching its greatest extent during the 2nd millennium BC, which is referred to as the New Kingdom period. It reached broadly from
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1.8 million years ago. Evidence for the use of fire has been dated as early as 1.8 million years ago, a date which is contested, with generally accepted evidence for the controlled use of fire dating to 780,000 years ago. Actual use of hearths first appears 400,000 years ago. Dates for the emergence
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The rise of civilisation corresponded with the institutional sponsorship of belief in gods, supernatural forces and the afterlife. During the Bronze Age, many civilisations adopted their own form of polytheism. Usually, polytheistic Gods manifested human personalities, strengths and failings. Early
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around 400 BC. These and other Olmec centres were groups of tombs, temples, and other ceremonial sites built of stone. Their construction testifies to the complexity of Olmec society, although the exact nature of how they were governed is not known. They also erected large stone sculptures of human
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were launched southward to annex Vietnam. The Qin period also saw the standardization of the Chinese writing system and the government unified the legal systems as well as setting standardized units of measurement throughout the empire. After the emperor's death rebellions began and the Han dynasty
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in Greece is generally considered to have lasted from around the 8th century BC to the invasion by Xerxes in 480 BC. This period saw the expansion of the Greek world around the Mediterranean, with the founding of Greek city-states as far afield as Sicily in the west and the Black Sea in the east.
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Dhar Tichitt and Oualata were prominent among the early urban centres, dated to 2000 BC, in present-day Mauritania. About 500 stone settlements littered the region in the former savannah of the Sahara. Its inhabitants fished and grew millet. It has been found that the Soninke of the Mandé peoples
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culture established a tradition of bronze production and the manufacture of evermore refined bronze and iron objects, such as plows, axes and sickles with shaft holes, socketed arrows and spearheads and small ornamented items. By about 500 BCE, large and delicately decorated bronze drums of
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After further political consolidation, seven prominent states remained by the end of the 5th century BC, and the years in which these few states battled each other is known as the Warring States period. Though there remained a nominal Zhou king until 256 BC, he was largely a figurehead and held
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around AD 320. Under his successors the empire spread to include much of India except for the Deccan Plateau and the very south of the peninsula. This was a period of relative peace, and the Gupta rulers generally left administration in local rulers. The Gupta Empire was weakened and ultimately
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Ancient technological progress began before the recording of history, with tools, use of fire, domestication of animals, and agriculture all predating recorded history. The use of metals and the ability to make metal alloys was foundational for later technologies to develop. Medical knowledge,
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are indicated by a set of artifacts and customs that lasted for thousands of years. The Egyptians invented and used many basic machines, such as the ramp and the lever, to aid construction processes. The Egyptians also played an important role in developing Mediterranean maritime technology,
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Territorial principalities in both Insular and Mainland Southeast Asia, characterized as "agrarian kingdoms", developed an economy by around 500 BCE based on surplus crop cultivation and moderate coastal trade of domestic natural products. Several states of the Malayan-Indonesian
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Ancient Andean civilisation began with the rise of organized fishing communities from 3500 BC onwards. Along with a sophisticated maritime society came the construction of large monuments, which likely existed as community centers. The peoples of this area grew beans, cotton,
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was a city and its surrounding region near Babylon. Akkad also became the capital of the Akkadian Empire. Despite an extensive search, the precise site has never been found. Akkad reached the height of its power between about 2330 and 2150 BC, following the conquests of King
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by 1000 CE; and New Zealand by 1200 CE. For a few centuries, the Polynesian islands were connected by bidirectional long-distance sailing, with the exception of Rapa Nui, which had limited further contact due to its isolated geographical location. Island groups like the
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including the use of herbs to treat illnesses and wounds as well as some surgical techniques, advanced during antiquity. An early very important development that allowed for further advancement was writing, which allowed humans to record information for later use.
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for 3,000 years from 2000 BCE to 1000 CE. The trade was established by links between the indigenous peoples of Taiwan and the Philippines, and later included parts of Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and other areas in Southeast Asia (known as the
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process. This industry of highly sophisticated metal processing was developed independent of Chinese or Indian influence. Historians relate these achievements to the presence of organized, centralized and hierarchical communities and a large population.
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4912:, near the Yellow River, but they would preside over a series of expansions into the Yangtze River valley. Zhou administration was decentralised, with local elites responsible for collecting tribute and providing military support to the Zhou rulers. 5350:, but Mayan civilisation was based on city-states which often were at war with each other. This seems not to have restricted trade, which went on between the cities. A priestly elite kept astronomical and calendrical knowledge, recording it with a 10203: 3588:
has been sparse; indigenous written sources are limited to the many inscriptions and coins from southern Arabia. Existing material consists primarily of written sources from other traditions (such as Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, Romans, etc.) and
4112:. Harappan civilization grew out of the earlier agricultural communities as they evolved into cities. These communities created and traded jewelry, figurines, and seals that appear widely scattered throughout Mesopotamia, Afghanistan, and Iran. 4873:. It was not until the later 20th century that many historians considered the Shang or Xia to be anything other than legendary. Little is yet known about the Xia, which appears to have begun around 2200 BC, and may have controlled parts of the 4343:
in an ideal climate enabled the farming communities to produce a regular crop surplus that was used by the ruling elite to raise, command and pay work forces for public construction and maintenance projects such as canals and fortifications.
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K. Klein Goldewijk, A. Beusen and P. Janssen, "HYDE 3.1: Long-term dynamic modeling of global population and built-up area in a spatially explicit way", from table on p. 2, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP), Bilthoven, The
5208:. These people left painted pottery depicting their society and culture with a wide range of varied subjects. Besides the Mochica, there were a number of other large states in the Andes after about AD 100. Included amongst these are the 8304:
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was a civilisation that grew out of the city-state of Rome, originating as a small agricultural community founded on the Italian peninsula in the 8th century BC, with influences from Greece and other Italian civilisations, such as the
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system which divided society into four broad castes, which were later elaborated. By the end of the Vedic period, this way of organizing society had become central to Indian society. Religion in the late Vedic period was evolving into
4979:. The final expansion in this period began during the reign of Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. His unification of the other six powers, and further annexations to the south and southeast by 213 BC enabled him to proclaim himself the 5556:. After Alexander's death, a series of wars between his successors eventually led to three large states being formed from parts of Alexander's conquests, each ruled by a dynasty founded by one of the successors. These were the 3211:
was a Hurrian empire in northern Mesopotamia founded around 1500 BC. The Mitanians conquered and controlled Assyria until the 14th century BC while contending with Egypt for control of parts of modern Syria. Its capital was
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and possibly the domestication of African rice. The site is believed to exceed 33 hectares (82 acres); however, this is yet to be confirmed with extensive survey work. With the help of archaeological excavations mainly by
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The Shang dynasty traditionally is dated to 1766 to 1122 BC. Bronze was central to Shang culture and technology, with chariots and bronze weapons helping to expand Shang control over northern China. The cities at Ao and
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People appear to have first entered Greece as hunter-gatherers from southwest Asia about 50,000 years... of Bronze Age culture and technology laid the foundations for the rise of Europe's first civilization, Minoan
4394:. Ceramic jar burial sites that included grave goods have been discovered at various sites along the entire territory. Among large, thin-walled terracotta jars, ornamented and colorized cooking pots, glass items, 3721:. The civilisation of ancient Egypt was characterised primarily by intensive agricultural use of the fertile Nile Valley; the use of the Nile itself for transportation; the development of writing systems – first 3347:
was an Iranian civilisation situated in the northeastern part of modern Iran. Their power was based on a combination of military power based on heavy cavalry with a decentralised governing structure based on a
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development of the first part of the Classical period. The period in Greek history from the death of Alexander the Great until the rise of the Roman empire and its conquest of Egypt in 30 BC is known as the
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first came to Anatolia about 1900 BC and during the period 1600-1500 they expanded into Mesopotamia where they adopted the cuneiform script to their Indo-European language. By 1200 their empire stretched to
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Greece was home to the earliest European civilizations, the Minoan civilization of Crete, which developed around 2000 BC, and the Mycenaean civilization on the Greek mainland, which emerged about 400 years
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is thought to have been highly advanced. The Nok civilisation was considered to be the earliest sub-Saharan producer of life-sized Terracotta which have been discovered by archaeologists. The Nok also used
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by controlling the trade in luxury aromatics and Buddhist artifacts from West Asia to a thriving Tang market. It emerged through the conquest and subjugation of neighboring thalassocracies. These included
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population who had inhabited the islands since about 23,000 years earlier. Over the next thousand years, Austronesian peoples migrated southeast to the rest of the Philippines, and into the islands of the
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script. The Mycenaeans gradually absorbed the Minoans, but collapsed violently around 1200 BC, along with several other civilizations in the eastern Mediterranean, during the regional event known as the
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were domesticated by about 4000 BC. All of these animals were used not only for food, but to carry and pull people and loads, greatly increasing human ability to do work. The invention of the simple
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around 1209 BC. This "Israel" was a cultural and probably political entity of the central highlands, well enough established to be perceived by the Egyptians as a possible challenge to their
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by around 900 to 800 BCE. This remained the furthest extent of the Austronesian expansion into Polynesia until around 700 CE, when there was another surge of island colonization. It reached the
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Qin Shi Huangdi ruled the unified China directly with absolute power. In contrast to the decentralized and feudal rule of earlier dynasties the Qin ruled directly. Nationwide the philosophy of
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emanating from Central Asia), and the empire broke up into smaller regional kingdoms by the end of the fifth century AD. India would remain fragmented into smaller states until the rise of the
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were related Iron Age kingdoms of the ancient Levant and had existed during the Iron Ages and the Neo-Babylonian, Persian and Hellenistic periods. The name Israel first appears in the
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civilization, the first distinctively Greek civilization later emerged on the mainland (1600–1100 BC), consisting of a network of palace-centered states and writing the earliest
5612:. Rome expanded through the Italian peninsula through a series of wars in the fifth through the third centuries BC. This expansion brought the Roman republic into conflict with 4943:. In each of the hundreds of states that eventually arose, local strongmen held most of the political power and continued their subservience to the Zhou kings in name only. The 5721:, Germanic and Christian traditions formed the cultural foundations of Europe. There has been attempt by scholars to connect European late antiquity to other areas in Eurasia. 5568:. These three kingdoms, along with smaller kingdoms, spread Greek culture and lifestyles into Asia and Egypt. These varying states eventually were conquered by Rome or the 8154:
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to legitimize their rule, a concept that would be influential for almost every successive dynasty. The Zhou initially established their capital in the west near modern
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artifacts are one of the notable archeological finds originating from the Maritime Jade Road. During the operation of the Maritime Jade Road, the Austronesian
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Politically, the Archaic period in Greece saw the collapse of the power of the old aristocracies, with democratic reforms in Athens and the development of
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by the first century AD. Throughout the first and second centuries AD, the Empire grew slightly while spreading Roman culture throughout its boundaries.
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did the same to Judah in 586. After both conquests, the conquering forces deported many of the inhabitants to other regions of their respective empires.
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from the city, spread and replaced the Sumerian language in Mesopotamia and eventually by 1450 BC was the main language of diplomacy in the Near East.
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developed separately in five different locations in human history: Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China, and Mesoamerica. By 3400 BC, "proto-literate"
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is the period before written history. Most of our knowledge of that period comes from the work of archaeologists. Prehistory is often known as the
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culture in Thu Bồn Valley (Reinecke et al. 2002, 153–216); 2) Lai Nghi is a prehistoric cemetery richly equipped with iron tools and weapons, ..."
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Organized societies, in the ancient United States or Canada, were often mound builder civilisations. One of the most significant of these was the
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was enforced and publications promoting rival ideas such as Confucianism were prohibited. In his reign unified China created the first continuous
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They also established early long-distance contacts with Africa, possibly as early as before 500 BCE, based on archaeological evidence like banana
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in the second century BC, and this rule led to cultural influences on both areas for many centuries to come. Wudi also faced a threat from the
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period, more than 80 Mayan sites were built, with temples, pyramids, and palaces the focal point of each centre. The most influential was
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migration was also unique in that it was the only Austronesian migration to the Pacific Islands to successfully retain rice cultivation.
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were kept for food. Longshan potters may have used the pottery wheel to produce their wares. Ancient Chinese traditions described three
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of the Nile. Extensions to the geographical range of ancient Egyptian civilisation included, at different times, areas of the southern
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based on the Olmec system of glyphs. History, poetry, and other records were recorded in books, most of which did not survive the
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was conquered by Egyptian rulers around 3100 BC, but by 2500 BC the Nubians had created a new kingdom further south, known as the
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script. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC – AD 500, ending with the
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were domesticated around 9000 BC in the Fertile Crescent, alongside the first evidence for agriculture. Other animals, such as
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was a city-state that ruled an empire through alliances and trade influence that stretched throughout North Africa and modern
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began when the Parthian Empire ended in AD 224. Their rulers claimed the Achaemenids as ancestors and set up their capital at
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with the concept of zero was developed in India, while modern forms of paper were invented in China in the first century AD.
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which built large tombs by AD 200. In the 300s, a kingdom formed in the Yamato plain, perhaps influenced by Korean refugees.
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valley is one of earliest civilisations in the world. Prior to the formation of civilisation, neolithic cultures such as the
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later recorded by Islamic scholars. A number of small kingdoms existed in Arabia from around AD 100 to perhaps about AD 400.
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helped increase population, and settled communities became common in sub-Saharan Africa except in deserts or heavy forests.
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by 330 BC, and after Alexander's death, much of the area previously ruled by the Cyrus and his successors was ruled by the
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including ships. The Babylonians and Egyptians were early astronomers who recorded their observations of the night sky.
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After the decline of the Olmecs, other civilisations in Mesoamerica either arose or emerged from the Olmec shadow - the
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as its capital. The Assyrian kings controlled a large kingdom at three different times in history. These are called the
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flourished long before. Towns similar to that at Djenne-Jeno also developed at the site of Dia, also in Mali along the
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period, Kush once more was conquered by Egypt. However, by 1100 BC a new kingdom of Kush had formed, with a capital at
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around 1550 BC. This period lasted until about 1000 BC, and saw Egypt expand its borders into Palestine and Syria. The
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and dogs — the lack of suitable large animals precluded the development of animals used for transportation or labour.
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and Silla alliance. Silla then drove out the Tang dynasty in 676 to control most of the Korean peninsula undisputed.
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jewelry and other Olmec objects are found throughout Mesoamerica, likely having travelled via trade networks. The
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Gold stag with eagle's head, and ten more heads in the antlers. Inspired by Siberian Altai mountain art, possibly
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Assimilation of Baltic and Aryan Peoples by Uralic Speakers in the Middle and Upper Volga Basin (Shaded Relief BG)
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The Cambridge Ancient History Volume III, Part 3: The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C
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of Chinese philosophy blossomed during this period, and such influential intellectual movements as Confucianism,
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Maurya, one of India's most legendary and famous emperors. During the reign of Ashoka, the four dynasties of
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were domesticated in addition to the earlier crops and animals. They developed their own writing system, the
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Following the fall of Babylon to the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great allowed the rebuilding of the temple at
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Langdon, Robert. The Bamboo Raft as a Key to the Introduction of the Sweet Potato in Prehistoric Polynesia,
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not to the force of law but to the power and example of tradition. Confucianism would later spread into the
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dating to 5000 BC produced sophisticated pottery, cultivated millet, and likely produced clothes woven from
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and Borneo. From southwestern Borneo, Austronesians spread further west in a single migration event to both
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Emberling, Geoff (2015). "Mesopotamian cities and urban process, 3500–1600 BCE". In Yoffee, Norman (ed.).
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The Roman Empire underwent considerable social, cultural and organizational change starting with reign of
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In the east, three schools of thought were to dominate Chinese thinking until the modern day. These were
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were a nomadic people who formed a large state in Eastern Europe by about AD 400, and under their leader
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Austronesian jade and spice trade networks in Southeast Asia connected with the maritime trade routes of
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Map of Alexander's short-lived empire (334–323 BC). After his death the lands were divided between the
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have been discovered in India dating to 200,000 years ago, and neolithic sites are known from near the
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The East Asian nations adjacent to China were all profoundly influenced by their interactions with
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empire at its maximum extent in the 8th to 11th centuries, showing their control of the straits of
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The Cambridge World History: Volume III: Early Cities in Comparative Perspective, 4000 BCE–1200 CE
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Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past Volume I: From the Beginning to 1500
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connection is controversial at best and is often disputed but is also not completely discredited.
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in Crete (2700–1500 BC). The Minoans built large palaces decorated with frescoes and wrote in the
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and is considered to be among the oldest urbanized centers and the best-known archaeology site in
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Bellina, Bérénice (2014). "Southeast Asia and the Early Maritime Silk Road". In Guy, John (ed.).
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After the decline of Chavin culture, a number of cities formed after about 200 BC. The cities at
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remarkable quality, weighing more than 70 kg (150 lb), were produced in the laborious
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dating to around 8000 BC. Agriculture began in the Indus Valley around 7000 BC, and reached the
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and were mostly pastoralists with a tradition of horse archery. The Medes established their own
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Well-known ancient artworks, each representing a certain civilisation. From left to right: the
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The Classical Greek world was dominated throughout the 5th century BC by the major powers of
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which could be used to carry loads further and easier than with human or animal power alone.
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little power. As neighboring territories of these warring states, including areas of modern
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traders also sailed the western parts of the routes. It allowed the exchange of goods from
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and the coastal regions of southern Vietnam, becoming the ancestors of the speakers of the
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The earliest known evidence of copper and bronze production in Southeast Asia was found at
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In pre-Columbian times, several large, centralized ancient civilisations developed in the
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The civilisation of Djenné-Djenno was located in the Niger River Valley in the country of
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Ancient Egyptian technology and Innovation: Transformations in Pharaonic Material Culture
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began to spread throughout southern Africa, and by 2000 BC they were expanding past the
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were peoples who had appeared in the Iranian plateau around 1500 BC. Both peoples spoke
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developed independently throughout the world, with fired pots appearing first among the
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rose to prominence under a number of dynasties that peaked in power under the reign of
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after AD 476, the traditional date for the "fall of Rome" and subsequent onset of the
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was founded, which remained the centre of Olmec civilisation until around 800 BC when
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dating to the period 1600 to 1100 BC. Writing in Mesoamerica dates to 600 BC with the
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Adelaar, Alexander (June 2012). "Malagasy Phonological History and Bantu Influence".
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sometime in the early 1st millennium BC spread from there slowly west- and eastward.
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around 1650 BC. The Hyksos were expelled from Egypt and the land was reunited in the
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disrupted Roman rule from the late 4th century onwards, culminating in the eventual
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21st-Century Narratives of World History: Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives
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Lost Kingdoms of Early Southeast Asia: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture 5th to 8th century
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Bellwood, Peter (1991). "The Austronesian Dispersal and the Origin of Languages".
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Lewis, D.M.; Boardman, John; Davies, J.K.; et al., eds. (1992). "Preface".
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The Social Evolution of Indonesia: The Asiatic Mode of Production and Its Legacy
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Greece is home to the first advanced civilizations in Europe beginning with the
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records negus Ezana's conversion to Christianity and conquests of his neighbors.
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in Western Africa perhaps dates to the same time period. Cultivation of millet,
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Sulistiyono, Singgih Tri; Masruroh, Noor Naelil; Rochwulaningsih, Yety (2018).
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earrings and metal objects were deposited near the rivers and along the coast.
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was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa centered in present-day
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began around 2000 BC with the reunification of Egypt under pharoes ruling from
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Ancient Egyptian history is divided across various periods, beginning with the
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in the AD 630s is not known in great detail. Archaeological exploration in the
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Israel had emerged by the middle of the 9th century BC, when the Assyrian King
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The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe Ca. 1200 BC
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Indo-European speaking peoples began to spread into India about 1500 BC. The
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by the 6th century BC, having defeated the Neo-Assyrian Empire with the
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Roman Empire AD 117. The Senatorial provinces were acquired first under the
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valley to the west. The Zhou rulers at this time invoked the concept of the
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and historic (Maritime Silk Road) maritime trade network in the Indian Ocean
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period, named for the site in present-day Austria). By the later Iron Age (
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dominated the East Asia region at the beginning of the first millennium AD
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that sustained a dense and organised population that produced an elaborate
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around 1000 BC and mysteriously vanished around AD 200. The civilisation's
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in Mesopotamia. Their period of greatest military expansion occurred under
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Israel in Transition: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIa (c. 1250–850 B.C.E.)
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in 682 CE, rose to dominate the trade in the region around the straits of
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primarily fueled this migration. These first settlers settled in northern
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Towards the end of the 2nd millennium BC, the Shang were overrun by the
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under the figure of a (semi)-divine ruler from a succession of ruling
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religious tradition that included elaborate funeral customs including
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period), Celts had expanded over wide range of lands: as far west as
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formed in Japan before 500 BC and under Chinese influence became the
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in the world. Agricultural communities emerged in the area with the
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Migration of Germanic peoples to Britain from what is now northern
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created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of
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Decoding Ancient History: A Toolkit for the Historian as Detective
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Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture
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Soon after reaching the Philippines, Austronesians colonized the
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began around 9500 BC and may have the world's oldest temple. The
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Franck Billé; Sanjyot Mehendale; James W. Lankton, eds. (2022).
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by 1500 BCE or even earlier, becoming the first humans to reach
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In the west, the Greek philosophical tradition, represented by
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Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World
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were all likely over 10,000 residents. From about AD 300, the
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did not exist in the region until the arrival of traders from
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In the 8th century BC, power became decentralized during the
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between the period of 1550 to 300 BC. One Phoenician colony,
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was an ancient civilisation centered in the north of ancient
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spread in the Middle East. Egypt developed its own system of
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was invented. By 3000 BC, the pottery wheel was adapted into
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Archaeology and Language III: Artefacts languages, and texts
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cultivation starting around 8000 BC and agricultural use of
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eventually settling in Italy before being conquered by the
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as architectural embellishments of its capital at Babylon.
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formed, Christianity spread through the Roman world.
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The exact reason for this decline is not known. 3633:, which led to a series of conflicts known as the 8147: 8121: 7991: 7678: 7635:"The Origins of the Bronze Age of Southeast Asia" 5249:Agricultural cultivation began around 8000 BC in 4825:The Chinese civilisation that emerged within the 2968:were independently developed in China during the 10770: 10518: 10120:Aksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity 7999:Easter Island: Archaeology, Ecology and Culture. 7195: 4058:, including notable cities, such as the capital 3205:(9th to 7th centuries BC) kingdoms, or periods. 2783:emerges in about 9000 BC in what is now eastern 9908: 9882: 9589: 9319: 9307: 8387:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 7767: 4242: 3428:the Hittites clashed with the Egyptians at the 2663:During the time period of ancient history, the 10461: 9827: 9799: 9679: 9667: 9160: 9100: 9088: 9064: 9052: 9006: 8958: 8946: 8892: 8880: 8868: 8856: 8820: 8808: 8784: 8757: 8745: 8706: 8694: 8682: 8670: 8658: 8001:Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press 7889: 7826: 7824: 7416: 7404: 7341: 7329: 7317: 7305: 7281: 7242: 7225: 7213: 7165: 7153: 7105: 7093: 7081: 7057: 7045: 7033: 7021: 6967: 6899: 6875: 6851: 6791: 6779: 6767: 6752: 6740: 6728: 6716: 6701: 6641: 6611: 5724: 4737:and Southeast Asia on one end, all the way to 4491:Another important migration branch was by the 4488:were settled by separate voyages by 1000 BCE. 4465:branches of the Austronesian language family. 4004:Peoples speaking precursors to the modern-day 3871:to Arabia. The capital city of the empire was 3823:, centred on the upper Nile with a capital at 10589:Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman world 10318: 10226: 8844: 8769: 8721: 8299: 8297: 8087:: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024 ( 7858: 7856: 7854: 7852: 7551:: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of March 2024 ( 7459:Perfect Order: Recognizing Complexity in Bali 6955: 6943: 6887: 6863: 6626: 6596: 6581: 6533: 6521: 6497: 6385: 6358: 6327: 6315: 6291: 6249: 6234: 6198: 6121: 5673:in Europe was deeply detrimental to the late 4663:. An Austronesian group, originally from the 4265:was characterized by several migrations into 3838: 2764:about the same time, southeastern Europe and 2588: 2071: 10175:(Second ed.). Oxford University Press. 9914:The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila 8583: 8537:"The Maritime Silk Road: History of an Idea" 8172: 8017: 7485: 5817:is attested from the 5th century. Groups of 5697:the empire and established a new capital at 5631:. The western half of the empire, including 4390:flourished along the south-central coast of 3915:that may have been independently developed. 3111:state in lower Mesopotamia (modern southern 10344: 9193: 8338: 8336: 8229: 8227: 8095: 8004: 7968: 7966: 7821: 7435:. Cambridge University Press. p. 102. 7392: 6167:History Database of the Global Environment. 4784:, as well as maritime trade-routes between 4386:Between 1000 BCE and 100 CE, the 3974: 10349:. Kotte: Participatory Development Forum. 10275:Nigeria: Its Archaeology and Early History 10163: 10049: 9811: 9775: 9751: 9739: 9727: 9715: 9703: 9691: 9655: 9640: 9628: 9478: 9463: 9439: 9415: 9379: 9367: 9343: 8646: 8294: 8199: 8127: 8046: 7849: 7462:. Princeton University Press. p. 22. 7177: 7117: 7069: 7009: 6689: 6677: 6557: 6470: 6455: 6443: 6431: 6373: 6264: 6222: 6210: 5841: 5490:, from which written records are absent. 5324:. The Zapotecs began around 500 BC in the 4893:, of which over 100,000 are still extant. 4659:and remains of Neolithic chicken bones in 4503:and other parts of coastal New Guinea and 4370:of northern Vietnam around 2000 BCE. 4347: 4152:, which spread throughout Southeast Asia. 2595: 2581: 2078: 2064: 10525:. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. 10227:Roberts, J. M.; Westad, Odd Arne (2013). 10117: 9980: 9514: 9287:. Princeton University Press. p. 3. 8607: 8555: 8553: 8501: 8416: 8406: 8364: 8277: 8267: 8185:. Yale University Press. pp. 22–25. 7882:10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011718-012440 7880: 7865:"The Austronesian Homeland and Dispersal" 7575:. Anthropology.hawaii.edu. Archived from 7481: 7479: 7189: 6569: 5992: 4507:by 1200 BCE. They reached the islands of 4062:, and site of the Buddha's enlightenment. 10539: 10462:Hodges, Henry; Newcomer, Judith (1992). 10298:The Oxford History of the Biblical World 9018: 8530: 8528: 8373: 8333: 8224: 7977:. Taylor & Francis. pp. 54–57. 7963: 7932: 7895: 7564: 7562: 5893: 5664: 5627:A number of factors led to the eventual 5579: 5516: 5486:. This ushered in a period known as the 5421: 5233: 5150:, and in the continental United States. 5026: 4985: 4914: 4853:that predated the unification under the 4810: 4603:in Island Southeast Asia, including the 4576: 4562: 4411: 4351: 4049: 4038: 3893: 3842: 3799: 3654: 3492:the Israelite" among his enemies at the 3453: 3390: 3335: 3309:conquered Egypt, while a later emperor, 3260: 3044: 2999:The ancient Near East is considered the 2934:. Sometime between 5000 and 4000 BC the 9960: 9861:Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia 9857: 9172: 8475: 8433: 8342: 8178: 8023: 7972: 7428: 6665: 6653: 6414: 6127: 5821:migrated into western Europe, with the 5269:began to be grown, and soon after this 5153: 3093:(4000–3100 BC) and expanded during the 2910:use dates to between 6000 and 5000 BC. 14: 10771: 10393: 10363: 10295: 10201: 10140: 10098: 10026: 10003: 9787: 9616: 9604: 9577: 9565: 9553: 9502: 9490: 9451: 9427: 9403: 9391: 9355: 9200:Frucht, Richard C (31 December 2004). 9199: 9148: 9136: 9124: 9112: 9076: 8994: 8982: 8970: 8904: 8832: 8796: 8733: 8634: 8622: 8550: 8101: 8032:. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 51–76. 7830: 7512: 7506: 7476: 7380: 7368: 7356: 7293: 7266: 7254: 7141: 7129: 6997: 6982: 6928: 6916: 6839: 6815: 6803: 6545: 6509: 6482: 6402: 6339: 6303: 6276: 6186: 5604:. Traditionally Rome was founded as a 5022: 4599:Austronesians established prehistoric 3617:Carthage was founded around 814 BC by 3601: 3049:The core territory of 15th century BC 10519:Thomas, Carol G.; D. P. Wick (1994). 10484: 10204:"Design Systems in Early Chinese Art" 9934: 9277: 8596:Journal of Marine and Island Cultures 8525: 8205: 8052: 7862: 7559: 6827: 6149: 5338:began to emerge around AD 300 in the 4366:in north-east Thailand and among the 3878: 3175:was originally a region on the Upper 2871:were domesticated around 7000 BC and 2760:about 45,000 years ago, southwestern 2748:respectively. Some 50,000 years ago, 10691: 10272: 10249: 10055:History: The Definitive Visual Guide 9763: 8928:from the original on 14 January 2021 8910: 8534: 7679:Daryl Worthington (1 October 2015). 7201: 6005:History of science in early cultures 5305:was mainly used for recording their 4845:. Rice was also farmed and pigs and 4747:, an Austronesian polity founded at 4717:, becoming what is now known as the 3768:, which lasted about 100 years. The 3507:, and some of the exiles from Judah 3089:around 6000 BC. Cities began in the 2983: 2648:periodizes ancient history into the 10491:. Claremont, Calif.: Regina Books. 10173:The Oxford Companion to Archaeology 9021:"Proyecto ArqueolĂłgico Norte Chico" 8128:Everington, K. (6 September 2017). 7938: 7614:from the original on 9 October 2022 5717:. The resultant cultural fusion of 5689:halves ruled by multiple emperors. 5361: 5292:took over before losing primacy to 4697:By around the 2nd century BCE, the 3450:History of Ancient Israel and Judah 3023:and empires, as well as displaying 1412:Western Mexico Shaft Tomb Tradition 24: 10515:Web edition is constantly updated. 10420: 9517:"Late Antiquity and World History" 7951:from the original on 13 April 2019 5862:Religions of the ancient Near East 5739:The Celts were a diverse group of 5713:in 476, replaced by the so-called 5711:collapse of the empire in the West 4632:networks were also established by 4558:Indigenous peoples of the Americas 3993: 3219: 2890:Metal use in the form of hammered 25: 10795: 10552: 10189:from the original on 30 July 2022 10171:. In Neil Asher Silberman (ed.). 10099:Mendis, Ranjan Chinthaka (1999). 10006:A History of Chinese Civilization 7918:10.1038/scientificamerican0791-88 7863:Blust, Robert (14 January 2019). 6084:plateau and possibly also in the 5890:Decline of Greco-Roman polytheism 5654: 4741:and eastern Africa on the other. 4444:, intermingling with the earlier 3199:(14th to 11th centuries BC), and 2956:by about 3200 BC. By 2800 BC the 2831:dates to about 7000 BC also with 10751: 10734: 10717: 10700: 10672: 10660: 10229:The Penguin History of the World 9508: 9271: 9166: 9012: 8469: 7742: 7731:, Geok Yian Goh, Sue O Connor – 7722: 7695: 7672: 7626: 7594: 7449: 7422: 4195:were ruling in the South, while 4092:developed around 3000 BC in the 3923: 3898:Nok sculpture of a seated person 3741:with surrounding regions; and a 3729:and other derived scripts – and 3065:and downstream of the states of 2894:items predates the discovery of 2041: 2040: 813:Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans 137: 128: 119: 108: 99: 90: 79: 70: 61: 36:Ancient history (disambiguation) 10466:Technology in the Ancient World 10400:(2nd ed.). Santa Barbara: 10027:Grabbe, Lester L., ed. (2008). 8918:"Shaanxi History Museum notice" 8307:Molecular Biology and Evolution 5836: 5356:Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica 5071:were brought under Han rule by 5006:with the use of forced labour. 3558:, the forerunner of the modern 3554:. The Phoenicians invented the 3360:, which by around 155 BC under 3146:. This empire also created the 2930:of Japan and in West Africa at 2772:about 30,000 years ago. Humans 10594: 10546:. University of Chicago Press. 10540:Toffteen, Olaf Alfred (1907). 10145:(Revised ed.). New York: 9831:; Ziegler, Herbert F. (2006). 8569:. Amsterdam University Press. 8012:The Journal of Pacific History 5223: 4933:, named after the influential 4401: 4341:Intensive wet-rice cultivation 3883: 3686:in the north, as far south as 3030: 2964:, which remains undeciphered. 13: 1: 10394:Wright, David Curtis (2011). 8024:Manguin, Pierre-Yves (2016). 7749:Ian Glover; Nguyễn Kim Dung. 7668:– via Researchgate.net. 6110: 5987:Bronze and Iron Age religions 4108:in the Pakistani province of 4044:Standing Buddha from Gandhara 4020: 3671: 3313:, expanded the empire to the 3271: 3195:(20th to 18th centuries BC), 2768:around 40,000 years ago, and 2678: 10451:Resources in other libraries 10324:Concise History of the World 10231:(Sixth ed.). New York: 9019:jseagard (2 February 2011). 8482:Genome Biology and Evolution 7997:Van Tilburg, Jo Anne. 1994. 7869:Annual Review of Linguistics 7513:Carter, Alison Kyra (2010). 6115: 6080:which likely emerged on the 5500:Sparta's unique constitution 5035:, unearthed at Nalinggaotu, 4795: 4440:, in the archipelago of the 4243:Southeast Asia & Oceania 3902:The Nok culture appeared in 3875:, now in northern Ethiopia. 3522: 3053:, with its two major cities 2988: 7: 10584:The Perseus digital library 10557: 10347:A Concise Sinhala Mahavamsa 9320:Boardman & Hammond 1970 9308:Boardman & Hammond 1970 8028:. In Campbell, Gwyn (ed.). 7973:Freeman, Donald B. (2013). 7703:"history of Southeast Asia" 7639:Journal of World Prehistory 7607:. Anthropology.hawaii.edu. 7456:J. Stephen Lansing (2012). 6098: 6093:Hindu–Arabic numeral system 6070:ancient Egyptian technology 5725:Nomads and Iron Age peoples 5629:decline of the Roman Empire 5115: 4644:by around 1000 to 600 BCE. 3971:, from around 900 BC. 3949:Susan and Roderick McIntosh 3606: 3386: 2839:perhaps sharing that date. 10: 10800: 10579:Ancient history sourcebook 10564:World History Encyclopedia 10328:Cambridge University Press 10124:Edinburgh University Press 10118:Munro-Hay, Stuart (1991). 10082:Cambridge University Press 10010:Cambridge University Press 9987:Cambridge University Press 9974:W. W. Norton & Company 9918:Cambridge University Press 9890:, eds. (1970). "Preface". 9820: 9800:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 9680:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 9668:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 9176:Ancient Greek civilization 9161:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 9101:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 9089:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 9065:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 9053:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 9007:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8959:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8947:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8893:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8881:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8869:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8857:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8821:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8809:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8785:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8758:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8746:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8707:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8695:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8683:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8671:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8659:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 8609:10.21463/jmic.2018.07.2.05 8240:Royal Society Open Science 8102:Turton, M. (17 May 2021). 8069:(inactive 12 April 2024). 7429:Tarling, Nicholas (1999). 7417:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7405:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7342:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7330:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7318:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7306:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7282:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7243:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7226:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7214:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7166:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7154:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7106:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7094:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7082:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7058:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7046:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7034:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 7022:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6968:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6900:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6876:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6852:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6792:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6780:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6768:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6753:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6741:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6729:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6717:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6702:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6642:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6612:Bentley & Ziegler 2006 6105:Outline of ancient history 6002: 5996: 5859: 5845: 5728: 5658: 5415: 5401: 5382: 5297:heads and other subjects. 5227: 5157: 5119: 4945:Hundred Schools of Thought 4861:dynasties. These were the 4799: 4405: 4249:Peopling of Southeast Asia 4246: 4024: 3997: 3978: 3927: 3887: 3839:Aksum and ancient Ethiopia 3648: 3610: 3569: 3447: 3223: 3148:Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3034: 2992: 2700:, and is divided into the 2682: 181:Sarcophagus of the Spouses 40: 29: 10639: 10632: 10624: 10616:Ancient History Resources 10485:Kinzl, Konrad H. (1998). 10446:Resources in your library 10103:. Kotte: Lakshmi Mendis. 10101:The Story of Anuradhapura 9858:Bertram, Stephen (2003). 9521:Studies in Late Antiquity 9206:. ABC-CLIO. p. 847. 8845:Roberts & Westad 2013 8770:Roberts & Westad 2013 8722:Roberts & Westad 2013 8067:10.7152/bippa.v20i0.11751 7651:10.1007/s10963-011-9054-6 6956:Roberts & Westad 2013 6944:Roberts & Westad 2013 6888:Roberts & Westad 2013 6864:Roberts & Westad 2013 6627:Roberts & Westad 2013 6597:Roberts & Westad 2013 6534:Roberts & Westad 2013 6386:Roberts & Westad 2013 6199:Roberts & Westad 2013 5870:Historical Vedic religion 5866:Ancient Egyptian religion 5616:, leading to a series of 5397: 5378: 5280:Around 1200 BC the first 4634:Islander Southeast Asians 4253:History of Southeast Asia 4100:river valleys of eastern 4090:Indus Valley civilization 3786:Third Intermediate Period 3766:First Intermediate Period 3596: 3565: 3443: 3364:had mostly conquered the 2958:Indus Valley civilization 1202:Indus Valley Civilisation 10345:Wijesooriya, S. (2006). 10202:Rawson, Jessica (1999). 10004:Gernet, Jacques (1996). 9910:de la VaissiĂšre, Étienne 9839:(3rd ed.). Boston: 9515:Humphries, Mark (2017). 8535:Guan, Kwa Chong (2016). 8443:Human Molecular Genetics 7533:(inactive 27 March 2024) 7531:10.7152/bippa.v30i0.9966 6172:27 February 2018 at the 6161:10 December 2019 at the 5829:. A related people, the 5643:, is referred to as the 5484:Late Bronze Age collapse 5453:around 3200 BC, and the 5430:, a temple dedicated to 5160:Norte Chico civilization 4936:Spring and Autumn Annals 4931:Spring and Autumn period 4806: 4759:and the South China Sea 4470:Northern Mariana Islands 4199:(250–210 BC) controlled 3975:Dhar Tichitt and Oualata 3918: 3795: 3706:(focused on the several 3644: 3576:Ancient history of Yemen 3540:maritime trading culture 3473:of the Egyptian pharaoh 3269:at its greatest extent, 3150:and the still-surviving 3005:coherent writing systems 2819:began around 7000 BC in 2776:about 15,000 years ago. 2774:migrated to the Americas 2669:exponentially increasing 1983:Ancient Maritime History 207:warrior in Keiko Armor ( 50:Ancient (disambiguation) 10377:Oxford University Press 10320:Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. 10302:Oxford University Press 10273:Shaw, Thurstan (1978). 10256:Bristol Classical Press 10141:Parker, Philip (2017). 9866:Oxford University Press 9173:Sansone, David (2011). 8408:10.1073/pnas.1321860111 7799:10.1126/science.1166858 7708:EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica 6068:The characteristics of 5842:Religion and philosophy 5783:), and as far north as 5575: 5506:, after the reforms of 5412:Culture of ancient Rome 5122:History of the Americas 5084:three kingdoms in Korea 5013:Yellow Turban Rebellion 4601:maritime trade networks 4348:Mainland Southeast Asia 4227:ruined by the raids of 4218:was reunited under the 4054:A political map of the 3811:The Ta-Seti kingdom in 3542:that spread across the 3436:was sacked, ending the 3248:Indo-European languages 3017:centralized governments 3011:and then the vehicular 2787:and spread through the 2644:in late antiquity. The 189:Augustus of Prima Porta 10643:Post-classical history 10470:. Barnes & Noble. 9533:10.1525/sla.2017.1.1.8 8922:Shaanxi History Museum 8563:The Maritime Silk Road 8014:, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2001 6009:History of mathematics 5993:Science and technology 5939:trace their origin to 5919:(5th century BC), and 5911: 5878:Hellenistic philosophy 5874:Ancient Greek religion 5751:culture formed in the 5678: 5593: 5528: 5449:on the islands of the 5442: 5246: 5056: 5053:Shaanxi History Museum 4995: 4926: 4822: 4596: 4574: 4426:Austronesian expansion 4417: 4359: 4063: 4047: 3953:Great Mosque of DjennĂ© 3899: 3852: 3808: 3678: 3637:. After the third and 3459: 3403: 3341: 3321:failed to expand into 3278: 3074: 3001:cradle of civilization 2914:metallurgy began with 2717:early human migrations 2052:Post-classical History 2028:Cradle of Civilization 1087:Greco-Bactrian Kingdom 788:Massylii Confederation 195:), a soldier from the 48:. For other uses, see 34:. For other uses, see 10569:Ancient Civilizations 9243:World and Its Peoples 8319:10.1093/molbev/msp120 7486:F. Tichelman (2012). 6003:Further information: 5897: 5860:Further information: 5852:History of philosophy 5729:Further information: 5693:began the process of 5691:Constantine the Great 5668: 5583: 5520: 5447:Cycladic civilization 5425: 5373:Early Woodland period 5371:United States in the 5368:Poverty Point culture 5237: 5228:Further information: 5158:Further information: 5120:Further information: 5030: 4989: 4918: 4814: 4624:Interaction Sphere). 4580: 4566: 4415: 4355: 4271:Island Southeast Asia 4053: 4042: 4027:History of South Asia 3897: 3846: 3803: 3658: 3498:Neo-Babylonian Empire 3457: 3395:Largest expansion of 3394: 3339: 3264: 3224:Further information: 3132:Neo-Babylonian Empire 3048: 3035:Further information: 3025:social stratification 2845:domestication of dogs 2183:Age of the human race 798:Kingdom of Mauretania 10397:The History of China 10379:. pp. 285–318. 10210:: 52. Archived from 9989:. pp. 253–278. 9920:. pp. 175–192. 9590:de la VaissiĂšre 2015 9334:, pp. xiii–xiv. 9179:. Wiley. p. 5. 8476:Brucato, N. (2019). 8357:10.1353/ol.2012.0003 7582:on 23 September 2015 5923:(6th century BC) in 5303:Olmec writing system 5177:to their crops. The 5154:Andean civilisations 5061:Chinese civilisation 4802:History of East Asia 4408:Austronesian peoples 4368:PhĂčng NguyĂȘn culture 3829:Egyptian New Kingdom 3668:Great Sphinx of Giza 3562:still in use today. 3015:, created the first 2978:Zapotec civilization 2918:in about 3500 BC in 2841:Animal domestication 2689:Neolithic Revolution 2673:Neolithic Revolution 2616:beginning of writing 1636:Senegambia Megaliths 888:Proto-Indo-Europeans 828:Kingdom of the AurĂšs 808:Kingdom of Ouarsenis 10505:on 15 February 2010 9790:, pp. 292–293. 9766:, pp. 117–119. 9694:, pp. 130–131. 9658:, pp. 144–147. 9643:, pp. 142–143. 9493:, pp. 110–111. 9481:, pp. 150–151. 9466:, pp. 198–199. 9442:, pp. 110–113. 9430:, pp. 104–105. 9418:, pp. 110–111. 9406:, pp. 102–103. 9382:, pp. 106–107. 9163:, pp. 137–141. 9115:, pp. 128–129. 9103:, pp. 136–138. 9067:, pp. 147–148. 9055:, pp. 146–147. 8961:, pp. 196–197. 8949:, pp. 195–196. 8895:, pp. 200–203. 8883:, pp. 197–198. 8871:, pp. 193–194. 8859:, pp. 190–192. 8787:, pp. 182–189. 8772:, pp. 133–135. 8724:, pp. 132–133. 8709:, pp. 115–116. 8697:, pp. 121–125. 8685:, pp. 113–114. 8455:10.1093/hmg/ddab018 8399:2014PNAS..111..936P 8345:Oceanic Linguistics 8260:10.1098/rsos.160787 8252:2017RSOS....460787H 7910:1991SciAm.265a..88B 7898:Scientific American 7791:2009Sci...323..479G 6958:, pp. 212–213. 6890:, pp. 248–249. 6842:, pp. 225–226. 6719:, pp. 160–161. 6572:, pp. 256–257. 6030:Egyptian technology 5937:Abrahamic religions 5882:Roman imperial cult 5856:History of religion 5608:that then became a 5588:and were under the 5510:and the tyranny of 5459:undeciphered script 5455:Minoan civilization 5418:Classical antiquity 5181:, based around the 5023:Neighbours of China 4983:(Qin Shi Huangdi). 4920:Terracotta Warriors 4446:Australo-Melanesian 4118:Indus Valley script 3944:long-distance trade 3677:or perhaps earlier) 3602:Afro-Asiatic Africa 3556:Phoenician alphabet 3327:Alexander the Great 3097:(3100–2900 BC) and 2972:in the form of the 2258:Classical antiquity 1272:Ancestral Puebloans 783:Kingdom of Blemmyes 478:Aegean Civilization 157:Mask of Tutankhamun 10543:Ancient Chronology 10369:Oleson, John Peter 10250:Shaw, Ian (2012). 10214:on 18 October 2020 8494:10.1093/gbe/evz028 6582:Wiesner-Hanks 2015 6522:Wiesner-Hanks 2015 6498:Wiesner-Hanks 2015 6359:Wiesner-Hanks 2015 6328:Wiesner-Hanks 2015 6316:Wiesner-Hanks 2015 6292:Wiesner-Hanks 2015 6250:Wiesner-Hanks 2015 6235:Wiesner-Hanks 2015 6055:Iranian technology 6040:Chinese technology 6019:Ancient technology 5999:Ancient technology 5943:, around 1700 BC. 5912: 5886:Early Christianity 5715:barbarian kingdoms 5679: 5594: 5554:Hellenistic period 5529: 5443: 5247: 5136:Western Hemisphere 5057: 4996: 4927: 4823: 4816:Oracle bone script 4719:Maritime Silk Road 4605:Maritime Jade Road 4597: 4575: 4418: 4360: 4154:Siddhartha Gautama 4064: 4048: 3940:sub-Saharan Africa 3900: 3879:Niger-Congo Africa 3853: 3809: 3679: 3572:Pre-Islamic Arabia 3460: 3404: 3401:Tigranes the Great 3397:Kingdom of Armenia 3342: 3279: 3075: 3061:, was upstream of 2974:Oracle Bone Script 2966:Chinese Characters 2960:had developed its 2018:Ancient Literature 1567:Indigenous Peoples 1227:Satavahana Dynasty 833:Kingdom of Makuria 803:Kingdom of Nobatia 793:Kingdom of Numidia 773:Nasamones Chiefdom 768:Garamantes Kingdom 553:Barbarian Kingdoms 10649: 10648: 10640:Succeeded by 10635:History by period 10532:978-0-13-200205-9 10498:978-0-941690-87-4 10477:978-0-88029-893-3 10427:Library resources 10411:978-0-313-37748-8 10386:978-0-19-973485-6 10356:978-955-9140-31-3 10337:978-1-107-69453-8 10311:978-0-19-513937-2 10288:978-0-500-02086-9 10279:Thames and Hudson 10265:978-1-4725-1959-7 10242:978-1-84614-443-1 10182:978-0-19-973921-9 10165:Phillipson, David 10156:978-1-4654-6240-4 10133:978-0-7486-0106-6 10110:978-955-96704-0-7 10091:978-0-521-23347-7 10068:978-0-7566-7609-4 10042:978-0-567-02726-9 10019:978-0-521-49781-7 9996:978-0-521-19008-4 9953:978-0-8028-0975-9 9927:978-1-107-63388-9 9901:978-0-521-23447-4 9888:Hammond, N. 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L. 9875:978-0-19-518364-1 9850:978-0-07-299827-6 9829:Bentley, Jerry H. 9754:, pp. 62–63. 9742:, pp. 52–53. 9730:, pp. 42–43. 9718:, pp. 36–37. 9706:, pp. 24–29. 9631:, pp. 40–41. 9370:, pp. 98–99. 9332:Lewis et al. 1992 9253:978-0-7614-7902-4 9213:978-1-57607-800-6 8799:, pp. 62–63. 8576:978-90-4855-242-9 8544:NSC Working Paper 8165:978-971-94292-0-3 7842:978-1-902937-20-5 7499:978-94-009-8896-5 7469:978-0-691-15626-2 7442:978-0-521-66369-4 7344:, pp. 96–97. 7228:, pp. 82–83. 7168:, pp. 67–69. 7156:, pp. 64–66. 7120:, pp. 56–57. 7108:, pp. 70–71. 7096:, pp. 77–78. 7084:, pp. 73–74. 7072:, pp. 72–73. 7000:, pp. 68–69. 6985:, pp. 62–63. 6902:, pp. 48–49. 6794:, pp. 53–54. 6512:, pp. 55–56. 6485:, pp. 54–55. 6473:, pp. 54–55. 6446:, pp. 60–61. 6405:, pp. 60–61. 6388:, pp. 59–60. 6361:, pp. 55–56. 6318:, pp. 48–49. 6294:, pp. 45–46. 6279:, pp. 36–37. 6201:, pp. 22–31. 6142:978-3-319-62077-0 6129:Stearns, Peter N. 6086:Arabian peninsula 6062: 6061: 6035:Indian technology 5775:, as far east as 5773:Iberian Peninsula 5671:Age of Migrations 5545:Peloponnesian War 5434:, located on the 5389:Bronze Age Europe 5340:Yucatan Peninsula 5148:Marajoara culture 5126:Pre-Columbian era 4922:from the time of 4906:Mandate of Heaven 4851:ancient dynasties 4692:Arabian Peninsula 4686:populations from 4434:Population growth 4329:, as part of the 4327:Hồng BĂ ng dynasty 4321:around the lower 4231:(a branch of the 4197:Devanampiya Tissa 4067:Paleolithic tools 4046:, 1st century AD. 3586:Arabian peninsula 3509:returned to Judea 3283:Achaemenid Empire 3267:Achaemenid Empire 3230:Achaemenid Empire 3140:Nebuchadnezzar II 2995:Ancient Near East 2984:History by region 2797:Nile River Valley 2721:Lower Paleolithic 2605: 2604: 2557: 2556: 2549:Political history 2174: 2162: 2132: 2128:Pleistocene epoch 2088: 2087: 1666:Sahelian Kingdoms 1641:Pre-Imperial Mali 1317:St. Johns culture 858:Kingdom of Altava 853:Kingdom of Alodia 823:Kingdom of Masuna 818:Kingdom of Capsus 668:Kingdom of Simien 423:Achaemenid Empire 44:The Ancient World 16:(Redirected from 10791: 10764: 10756: 10755: 10754: 10747: 10739: 10738: 10737: 10730: 10722: 10721: 10720: 10713: 10705: 10704: 10703: 10693: 10677: 10676: 10665: 10664: 10663: 10656: 10625:Preceded by 10622: 10621: 10547: 10536: 10514: 10512: 10510: 10501:. Archived from 10481: 10469: 10415: 10390: 10360: 10341: 10315: 10292: 10269: 10246: 10223: 10221: 10219: 10198: 10196: 10194: 10160: 10137: 10114: 10095: 10072: 10051:Hart-Davis, Adam 10046: 10023: 10000: 9977: 9971: 9957: 9945: 9931: 9905: 9879: 9854: 9838: 9815: 9809: 9803: 9797: 9791: 9785: 9779: 9773: 9767: 9761: 9755: 9749: 9743: 9737: 9731: 9725: 9719: 9713: 9707: 9701: 9695: 9689: 9683: 9677: 9671: 9665: 9659: 9653: 9644: 9638: 9632: 9626: 9620: 9614: 9608: 9602: 9593: 9587: 9581: 9575: 9569: 9563: 9557: 9551: 9545: 9544: 9512: 9506: 9500: 9494: 9488: 9482: 9476: 9467: 9461: 9455: 9449: 9443: 9437: 9431: 9425: 9419: 9413: 9407: 9401: 9395: 9389: 9383: 9377: 9371: 9365: 9359: 9353: 9347: 9341: 9335: 9329: 9323: 9317: 9311: 9305: 9299: 9298: 9275: 9269: 9268: 9262: 9260: 9238: 9229: 9228: 9222: 9220: 9197: 9191: 9190: 9170: 9164: 9158: 9152: 9146: 9140: 9134: 9128: 9122: 9116: 9110: 9104: 9098: 9092: 9086: 9080: 9074: 9068: 9062: 9056: 9050: 9041: 9040: 9038: 9036: 9031:on 10 March 2020 9027:. Archived from 9016: 9010: 9004: 8998: 8992: 8986: 8980: 8974: 8968: 8962: 8956: 8950: 8944: 8938: 8937: 8935: 8933: 8914: 8908: 8902: 8896: 8890: 8884: 8878: 8872: 8866: 8860: 8854: 8848: 8842: 8836: 8830: 8824: 8818: 8812: 8806: 8800: 8794: 8788: 8782: 8773: 8767: 8761: 8755: 8749: 8743: 8737: 8731: 8725: 8719: 8710: 8704: 8698: 8692: 8686: 8680: 8674: 8668: 8662: 8656: 8650: 8644: 8638: 8632: 8626: 8620: 8614: 8613: 8611: 8587: 8581: 8580: 8568: 8557: 8548: 8547: 8541: 8532: 8523: 8522: 8520: 8518: 8505: 8473: 8467: 8466: 8437: 8431: 8430: 8420: 8410: 8377: 8371: 8370: 8368: 8340: 8331: 8330: 8313:(9): 2109–2124. 8301: 8292: 8291: 8281: 8271: 8231: 8222: 8221: 8203: 8197: 8196: 8176: 8170: 8169: 8151: 8145: 8144: 8142: 8140: 8125: 8119: 8118: 8116: 8114: 8099: 8093: 8092: 8086: 8078: 8050: 8044: 8043: 8021: 8015: 8008: 8002: 7995: 7989: 7988: 7970: 7961: 7960: 7958: 7956: 7936: 7930: 7929: 7893: 7887: 7886: 7884: 7860: 7847: 7846: 7828: 7819: 7818: 7785:(5913): 479–83. 7774: 7765: 7764: 7762: 7760: 7746: 7740: 7726: 7720: 7719: 7717: 7715: 7699: 7693: 7692: 7690: 7688: 7676: 7670: 7669: 7667: 7665: 7630: 7624: 7623: 7621: 7619: 7613: 7606: 7598: 7592: 7591: 7589: 7587: 7581: 7574: 7566: 7557: 7556: 7550: 7542: 7540: 7538: 7510: 7504: 7503: 7483: 7474: 7473: 7453: 7447: 7446: 7426: 7420: 7414: 7408: 7402: 7396: 7393:Wijesooriya 2006 7390: 7384: 7378: 7372: 7366: 7360: 7354: 7345: 7339: 7333: 7327: 7321: 7315: 7309: 7303: 7297: 7291: 7285: 7279: 7270: 7264: 7258: 7252: 7246: 7240: 7229: 7223: 7217: 7211: 7205: 7199: 7193: 7187: 7181: 7175: 7169: 7163: 7157: 7151: 7145: 7139: 7133: 7127: 7121: 7115: 7109: 7103: 7097: 7091: 7085: 7079: 7073: 7067: 7061: 7055: 7049: 7043: 7037: 7031: 7025: 7019: 7013: 7007: 7001: 6995: 6986: 6980: 6971: 6965: 6959: 6953: 6947: 6941: 6932: 6931:, p. 49–51. 6926: 6920: 6914: 6903: 6897: 6891: 6885: 6879: 6873: 6867: 6861: 6855: 6849: 6843: 6837: 6831: 6825: 6819: 6813: 6807: 6801: 6795: 6789: 6783: 6777: 6771: 6765: 6756: 6750: 6744: 6738: 6732: 6726: 6720: 6714: 6705: 6699: 6693: 6687: 6681: 6675: 6669: 6663: 6657: 6651: 6645: 6639: 6630: 6624: 6615: 6609: 6600: 6594: 6585: 6584:, p. 79-80. 6579: 6573: 6567: 6561: 6555: 6549: 6543: 6537: 6531: 6525: 6519: 6513: 6507: 6501: 6495: 6486: 6480: 6474: 6468: 6459: 6453: 6447: 6441: 6435: 6429: 6418: 6412: 6406: 6400: 6389: 6383: 6377: 6371: 6362: 6356: 6343: 6337: 6331: 6325: 6319: 6313: 6307: 6301: 6295: 6289: 6280: 6274: 6268: 6262: 6253: 6247: 6238: 6232: 6226: 6220: 6214: 6208: 6202: 6196: 6190: 6184: 6178: 6153: 6147: 6146: 6125: 6050:Roman technology 6045:Greek technology 6013: 6012: 5964:Korean peninsula 5741:tribal societies 5645:Byzantine Empire 5547:, was the major 5504:Classical Period 5385:Neolithic Europe 5362:Northern America 5204:arose along the 4725:ships, although 4546:Kermadec Islands 4505:Island Melanesia 4388:Sa Huỳnh culture 4380:lost-wax casting 4331:ĐÎng SÆĄn culture 4311:Văn Lang kingdom 4222:beginning under 4031:History of India 3857:Kingdom of Aksum 3815:to the south of 3676: 3673: 3660:Khafre's Pyramid 3623:Ancient Carthage 3513:Maccabean revolt 3494:battle of Qarqar 3430:Battle of Kadesh 3350:federated system 3331:Seleucid dynasty 3311:Darius the Great 3277: 3276: 3273: 2940:wheeled vehicles 2799:has evidence of 2791:. Settlement at 2789:Fertile Crescent 2752:migrated out of 2665:world population 2646:three-age system 2628:recorded history 2597: 2590: 2583: 2572: 2566: 2527:Age of Discovery 2434: 2433: 2202:Earliest records 2188:Recorded history 2164: 2152: 2124: 2122: 2111: 2090: 2089: 2080: 2073: 2066: 2044: 2043: 1686:African Kingdoms 1537:Ortoiroid People 1250:Northern America 1073:Bactria–Margiana 868:African Kingdoms 843:Nemencha Kingdom 838:Kingdom of Hodna 743:African Kingdoms 643:Kingdom of Kerma 548:Migration Period 388:Israel and Judah 225: 224: 141: 132: 123: 112: 103: 94: 83: 74: 65: 21: 10799: 10798: 10794: 10793: 10792: 10790: 10789: 10788: 10784:Historical eras 10779:Ancient history 10769: 10768: 10767: 10757: 10752: 10750: 10740: 10735: 10733: 10723: 10718: 10716: 10706: 10701: 10699: 10696: 10692:sister projects 10689:at Knowledge's 10687:Ancient history 10683: 10671: 10661: 10659: 10651: 10645: 10630: 10610:Ancient History 10601:Ancient_history 10597: 10560: 10555: 10550: 10533: 10508: 10506: 10499: 10478: 10457: 10456: 10455: 10435: 10434: 10432:Ancient history 10430: 10423: 10421:Further reading 10418: 10412: 10387: 10357: 10338: 10312: 10289: 10266: 10243: 10217: 10215: 10192: 10190: 10183: 10157: 10134: 10111: 10092: 10069: 10043: 10035:International. 10020: 9997: 9954: 9928: 9902: 9876: 9851: 9823: 9818: 9812:Hart-Davis 2012 9810: 9806: 9798: 9794: 9786: 9782: 9776:Hart-Davis 2012 9774: 9770: 9762: 9758: 9752:Hart-Davis 2012 9750: 9746: 9740:Hart-Davis 2012 9738: 9734: 9728:Hart-Davis 2012 9726: 9722: 9716:Hart-Davis 2012 9714: 9710: 9704:Hart-Davis 2012 9702: 9698: 9692:Hart-Davis 2012 9690: 9686: 9678: 9674: 9666: 9662: 9656:Hart-Davis 2012 9654: 9647: 9641:Hart-Davis 2012 9639: 9635: 9629:Hart-Davis 2012 9627: 9623: 9615: 9611: 9603: 9596: 9588: 9584: 9576: 9572: 9564: 9560: 9552: 9548: 9513: 9509: 9501: 9497: 9489: 9485: 9479:Hart-Davis 2012 9477: 9470: 9464:Hart-Davis 2012 9462: 9458: 9450: 9446: 9440:Hart-Davis 2012 9438: 9434: 9426: 9422: 9416:Hart-Davis 2012 9414: 9410: 9402: 9398: 9390: 9386: 9380:Hart-Davis 2012 9378: 9374: 9368:Hart-Davis 2012 9366: 9362: 9354: 9350: 9344:Hart-Davis 2012 9342: 9338: 9330: 9326: 9318: 9314: 9310:, p. xiii. 9306: 9302: 9295: 9276: 9272: 9258: 9256: 9254: 9240: 9239: 9232: 9218: 9216: 9214: 9198: 9194: 9187: 9171: 9167: 9159: 9155: 9147: 9143: 9135: 9131: 9123: 9119: 9111: 9107: 9099: 9095: 9087: 9083: 9075: 9071: 9063: 9059: 9051: 9044: 9034: 9032: 9017: 9013: 9005: 9001: 8993: 8989: 8981: 8977: 8969: 8965: 8957: 8953: 8945: 8941: 8931: 8929: 8916: 8915: 8911: 8903: 8899: 8891: 8887: 8879: 8875: 8867: 8863: 8855: 8851: 8847:, p. 313-. 8843: 8839: 8831: 8827: 8819: 8815: 8807: 8803: 8795: 8791: 8783: 8776: 8768: 8764: 8756: 8752: 8744: 8740: 8732: 8728: 8720: 8713: 8705: 8701: 8693: 8689: 8681: 8677: 8669: 8665: 8657: 8653: 8647:Hart-Davis 2012 8645: 8641: 8633: 8629: 8621: 8617: 8588: 8584: 8577: 8566: 8558: 8551: 8539: 8533: 8526: 8516: 8514: 8474: 8470: 8449:(R1): R72–R78. 8438: 8434: 8378: 8374: 8341: 8334: 8302: 8295: 8232: 8225: 8218: 8204: 8200: 8193: 8177: 8173: 8166: 8158:. 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(2012). 10047: 10041: 10024: 10018: 10001: 9995: 9978: 9962:Diamond, Jared 9958: 9952: 9936:Dever, William 9932: 9926: 9906: 9900: 9884:Boardman, John 9880: 9874: 9855: 9849: 9824: 9822: 9819: 9817: 9816: 9814:, p. 129. 9804: 9802:, p. 225. 9792: 9780: 9778:, p. 104. 9768: 9756: 9744: 9732: 9720: 9708: 9696: 9684: 9682:, p. 397. 9672: 9670:, p. 396. 9660: 9645: 9633: 9621: 9619:, p. 162. 9609: 9607:, p. 163. 9594: 9592:, p. 188. 9582: 9570: 9568:, p. 111. 9558: 9556:, p. 114. 9546: 9507: 9505:, p. 112. 9495: 9483: 9468: 9456: 9454:, p. 113. 9444: 9432: 9420: 9408: 9396: 9394:, p. 101. 9384: 9372: 9360: 9348: 9336: 9324: 9312: 9300: 9293: 9270: 9252: 9230: 9212: 9192: 9185: 9165: 9153: 9151:, p. 130. 9141: 9139:, p. 128. 9129: 9127:, p. 129. 9117: 9105: 9093: 9091:, p. 135. 9081: 9079:, p. 131. 9069: 9057: 9042: 9011: 9009:, p. 548. 8999: 8987: 8985:, p. 144. 8975: 8973:, p. 150. 8963: 8951: 8939: 8909: 8897: 8885: 8873: 8861: 8849: 8837: 8835:, p. 106. 8825: 8823:, p. 190. 8813: 8811:, p. 119. 8801: 8789: 8774: 8762: 8760:, p. 118. 8750: 8748:, p. 128. 8738: 8726: 8711: 8699: 8687: 8675: 8673:, p. 112. 8663: 8661:, p. 111. 8651: 8639: 8627: 8615: 8582: 8575: 8549: 8524: 8488:(3): 748–758. 8468: 8432: 8393:(3): 936–941. 8372: 8351:(1): 123–159. 8332: 8293: 8223: 8217:978-0415100540 8216: 8198: 8191: 8171: 8164: 8146: 8120: 8094: 8045: 8038: 8016: 8003: 7990: 7983: 7962: 7939:Gibbons, Ann. 7931: 7888: 7875:(1): 417–434. 7848: 7841: 7820: 7766: 7755:. 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Miksic 7721: 7694: 7671: 7645:(4): 227–274. 7625: 7593: 7558: 7505: 7498: 7475: 7468: 7448: 7441: 7421: 7419:, p. 213. 7409: 7407:, p. 212. 7397: 7385: 7373: 7371:, p. 123. 7361: 7359:, p. 122. 7346: 7334: 7322: 7310: 7298: 7286: 7271: 7259: 7247: 7230: 7218: 7206: 7194: 7190:Munro-Hay 1991 7182: 7170: 7158: 7146: 7134: 7122: 7110: 7098: 7086: 7074: 7062: 7050: 7038: 7026: 7014: 7002: 6987: 6972: 6970:, p. 264. 6960: 6948: 6946:, p. 338. 6933: 6921: 6904: 6892: 6880: 6868: 6866:, p. 156. 6856: 6844: 6832: 6830:, p. 206. 6820: 6808: 6796: 6784: 6782:, p. 168. 6772: 6770:, p. 167. 6757: 6755:, p. 166. 6745: 6743:, p. 165. 6733: 6731:, p. 162. 6721: 6706: 6694: 6682: 6670: 6658: 6656:, p. 143. 6646: 6631: 6629:, p. 110. 6616: 6601: 6586: 6574: 6570:Emberling 2015 6562: 6550: 6538: 6526: 6514: 6502: 6487: 6475: 6460: 6448: 6436: 6419: 6417:, p. 218. 6407: 6390: 6378: 6363: 6344: 6332: 6320: 6308: 6296: 6281: 6269: 6254: 6239: 6227: 6215: 6203: 6191: 6179: 6148: 6141: 6119: 6117: 6114: 6112: 6109: 6108: 6107: 6100: 6097: 6060: 6059: 6058: 6057: 6052: 6047: 6042: 6037: 6032: 6024: 6023: 6022: 6021: 5997:Main article: 5994: 5991: 5929:Zoroastrianism 5902:of ram-horned 5843: 5840: 5838: 5835: 5757:Central Europe 5753:Early Iron Age 5726: 5723: 5699:Constantinople 5695:Christianizing 5661:Late antiquity 5659:Main article: 5656: 5655:Late antiquity 5653: 5641:Constantinople 5586:Roman Republic 5577: 5574: 5539:. 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Cambridge: 9915: 9911: 9907: 9903: 9897: 9893: 9889: 9885: 9881: 9877: 9871: 9867: 9863: 9862: 9856: 9852: 9846: 9842: 9837: 9836: 9830: 9826: 9825: 9813: 9808: 9801: 9796: 9789: 9784: 9777: 9772: 9765: 9760: 9753: 9748: 9741: 9736: 9729: 9724: 9717: 9712: 9705: 9700: 9693: 9688: 9681: 9676: 9669: 9664: 9657: 9652: 9650: 9642: 9637: 9630: 9625: 9618: 9613: 9606: 9601: 9599: 9591: 9586: 9580:, p. 60. 9579: 9574: 9567: 9562: 9555: 9550: 9542: 9538: 9534: 9530: 9526: 9522: 9518: 9511: 9504: 9499: 9492: 9487: 9480: 9475: 9473: 9465: 9460: 9453: 9448: 9441: 9436: 9429: 9424: 9417: 9412: 9405: 9400: 9393: 9388: 9381: 9376: 9369: 9364: 9358:, p. 98. 9357: 9352: 9346:, p. 99. 9345: 9340: 9333: 9328: 9322:, p. xv. 9321: 9316: 9309: 9304: 9296: 9290: 9286: 9285: 9280: 9279:Drews, Robert 9274: 9267: 9255: 9249: 9245: 9244: 9237: 9235: 9227: 9215: 9209: 9205: 9204: 9196: 9188: 9186:9781444358773 9182: 9178: 9177: 9169: 9162: 9157: 9150: 9145: 9138: 9133: 9126: 9121: 9114: 9109: 9102: 9097: 9090: 9085: 9078: 9073: 9066: 9061: 9054: 9049: 9047: 9030: 9026: 9022: 9015: 9008: 9003: 8997:, p. 78. 8996: 8991: 8984: 8979: 8972: 8967: 8960: 8955: 8948: 8943: 8927: 8923: 8919: 8913: 8906: 8901: 8894: 8889: 8882: 8877: 8870: 8865: 8858: 8853: 8846: 8841: 8834: 8829: 8822: 8817: 8810: 8805: 8798: 8793: 8786: 8781: 8779: 8771: 8766: 8759: 8754: 8747: 8742: 8736:, p. 53. 8735: 8730: 8723: 8718: 8716: 8708: 8703: 8696: 8691: 8684: 8679: 8672: 8667: 8660: 8655: 8649:, p. 60. 8648: 8643: 8637:, p. 76. 8636: 8631: 8625:, p. 52. 8624: 8619: 8610: 8605: 8601: 8597: 8593: 8586: 8578: 8572: 8565: 8564: 8556: 8554: 8545: 8538: 8531: 8529: 8513: 8509: 8504: 8499: 8495: 8491: 8487: 8483: 8479: 8472: 8464: 8460: 8456: 8452: 8448: 8444: 8436: 8428: 8424: 8419: 8414: 8409: 8404: 8400: 8396: 8392: 8388: 8384: 8376: 8367: 8362: 8358: 8354: 8350: 8346: 8339: 8337: 8328: 8324: 8320: 8316: 8312: 8308: 8300: 8298: 8289: 8285: 8280: 8275: 8270: 8265: 8261: 8257: 8253: 8249: 8246:(3): 160787. 8245: 8241: 8237: 8230: 8228: 8219: 8213: 8209: 8202: 8194: 8192:9781588395245 8188: 8184: 8183: 8175: 8167: 8161: 8157: 8150: 8135: 8131: 8124: 8109: 8105: 8098: 8090: 8084: 8076: 8072: 8068: 8064: 8060: 8056: 8049: 8041: 8039:9783319338224 8035: 8031: 8027: 8020: 8013: 8007: 8000: 7994: 7986: 7984:9781136604157 7980: 7976: 7969: 7967: 7950: 7946: 7942: 7935: 7927: 7923: 7919: 7915: 7911: 7907: 7903: 7899: 7892: 7883: 7878: 7874: 7870: 7866: 7859: 7857: 7855: 7853: 7844: 7838: 7834: 7827: 7825: 7816: 7812: 7808: 7804: 7800: 7796: 7792: 7788: 7784: 7780: 7773: 7771: 7754: 7753: 7745: 7738: 7734: 7730: 7725: 7710: 7709: 7704: 7698: 7682: 7675: 7660: 7656: 7652: 7648: 7644: 7640: 7636: 7629: 7610: 7603: 7597: 7578: 7571: 7565: 7563: 7554: 7548: 7532: 7528: 7524: 7520: 7516: 7509: 7501: 7495: 7491: 7490: 7482: 7480: 7471: 7465: 7461: 7460: 7452: 7444: 7438: 7434: 7433: 7425: 7418: 7413: 7406: 7401: 7395:, p. 34. 7394: 7389: 7383:, p. 11. 7382: 7377: 7370: 7365: 7358: 7353: 7351: 7343: 7338: 7332:, p. 95. 7331: 7326: 7320:, p. 94. 7319: 7314: 7308:, p. 92. 7307: 7302: 7296:, p. 75. 7295: 7290: 7284:, p. 89. 7283: 7278: 7276: 7269:, p. 74. 7268: 7263: 7257:, p. 43. 7256: 7251: 7245:, p. 87. 7244: 7239: 7237: 7235: 7227: 7222: 7216:, p. 81. 7215: 7210: 7203: 7198: 7192:, p. 57. 7191: 7186: 7180:, p. 48. 7179: 7174: 7167: 7162: 7155: 7150: 7144:, p. 66. 7143: 7138: 7132:, p. 62. 7131: 7126: 7119: 7114: 7107: 7102: 7095: 7090: 7083: 7078: 7071: 7066: 7060:, p. 75. 7059: 7054: 7048:, p. 73. 7047: 7042: 7036:, p. 62. 7035: 7030: 7024:, p. 63. 7023: 7018: 7012:, p. 64. 7011: 7006: 6999: 6994: 6992: 6984: 6979: 6977: 6969: 6964: 6957: 6952: 6945: 6940: 6938: 6930: 6925: 6919:, p. 58. 6918: 6913: 6911: 6909: 6901: 6896: 6889: 6884: 6878:, p. 48. 6877: 6872: 6865: 6860: 6854:, p. 47. 6853: 6848: 6841: 6836: 6829: 6824: 6818:, p. 91. 6817: 6812: 6806:, p. 57. 6805: 6800: 6793: 6788: 6781: 6776: 6769: 6764: 6762: 6754: 6749: 6742: 6737: 6730: 6725: 6718: 6713: 6711: 6704:, p. 55. 6703: 6698: 6692:, p. 78. 6691: 6686: 6680:, p. 80. 6679: 6674: 6668:, p. 10. 6667: 6662: 6655: 6650: 6644:, p. 36. 6643: 6638: 6636: 6628: 6623: 6621: 6614:, p. 38. 6613: 6608: 6606: 6599:, p. 63. 6598: 6593: 6591: 6583: 6578: 6571: 6566: 6560:, p. 54. 6559: 6554: 6548:, p. 54. 6547: 6542: 6536:, p. 65. 6535: 6530: 6524:, p. 73. 6523: 6518: 6511: 6506: 6500:, p. 74. 6499: 6494: 6492: 6484: 6479: 6472: 6467: 6465: 6458:, p. 63. 6457: 6452: 6445: 6440: 6434:, p. 58. 6433: 6428: 6426: 6424: 6416: 6411: 6404: 6399: 6397: 6395: 6387: 6382: 6376:, p. 38. 6375: 6370: 6368: 6360: 6355: 6353: 6351: 6349: 6342:, p. 45. 6341: 6336: 6330:, p. 54. 6329: 6324: 6317: 6312: 6306:, p. 44. 6305: 6300: 6293: 6288: 6286: 6278: 6273: 6267:, p. 19. 6266: 6261: 6259: 6252:, p. 26. 6251: 6246: 6244: 6237:, p. 19. 6236: 6231: 6225:, p. 17. 6224: 6219: 6213:, p. 18. 6212: 6207: 6200: 6195: 6189:, p. 16. 6188: 6183: 6175: 6171: 6168: 6164: 6160: 6157: 6152: 6144: 6138: 6134: 6130: 6124: 6120: 6106: 6103: 6102: 6096: 6094: 6089: 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River 4872: 4868: 4864: 4860: 4856: 4852: 4848: 4847:water buffalo 4844: 4840: 4836: 4832: 4828: 4821: 4820:Shang dynasty 4817: 4813: 4803: 4793: 4791: 4787: 4783: 4782:Spice Islands 4779: 4775: 4771: 4767: 4762: 4758: 4754: 4750: 4746: 4742: 4740: 4736: 4732: 4728: 4724: 4720: 4716: 4715:Mediterranean 4712: 4708: 4704: 4700: 4695: 4693: 4689: 4685: 4681: 4678: 4675:, eventually 4674: 4670: 4666: 4662: 4658: 4654: 4650: 4645: 4643: 4639: 4635: 4631: 4627: 4623: 4619: 4614: 4610: 4606: 4602: 4595: 4591: 4587: 4584: 4579: 4572: 4569: 4565: 4561: 4559: 4555: 4551: 4547: 4543: 4538: 4534: 4530: 4526: 4522: 4518: 4514: 4510: 4506: 4502: 4499:and into the 4498: 4494: 4489: 4487: 4483: 4479: 4475: 4471: 4466: 4464: 4460: 4456: 4452: 4447: 4443: 4439: 4435: 4431: 4427: 4423: 4422:Austronesians 4414: 4409: 4399: 4397: 4393: 4389: 4384: 4381: 4376: 4371: 4369: 4365: 4358: 4357:ĐÎng SÆĄn drum 4354: 4345: 4342: 4338: 4336: 4332: 4328: 4324: 4320: 4316: 4312: 4308: 4304: 4300: 4294: 4292: 4288: 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Cyrus' son 3304: 3300: 3296: 3292: 3288: 3284: 3275: 500 BC 3268: 3263: 3259: 3257: 3253: 3252:Median Empire 3249: 3245: 3241: 3235: 3231: 3227: 3217: 3215: 3210: 3206: 3204: 3203: 3198: 3194: 3190: 3186: 3182: 3178: 3174: 3170: 3168: 3164: 3159: 3155: 3153: 3149: 3145: 3141: 3137: 3133: 3128: 3126: 3122: 3118: 3114: 3110: 3106: 3102: 3100: 3096: 3092: 3088: 3084: 3083:Halaf culture 3080: 3079:civilisations 3072: 3068: 3064: 3060: 3056: 3052: 3047: 3042: 3038: 3028: 3026: 3022: 3018: 3014: 3010: 3006: 3002: 2996: 2981: 2979: 2975: 2971: 2970:Shang dynasty 2967: 2963: 2959: 2955: 2951: 2947: 2943: 2941: 2937: 2933: 2929: 2925: 2921: 2917: 2913: 2909: 2905: 2901: 2897: 2893: 2888: 2886: 2882: 2878: 2874: 2870: 2869:water buffalo 2866: 2862: 2858: 2854: 2850: 2846: 2842: 2838: 2834: 2830: 2826: 2822: 2818: 2814: 2810: 2806: 2802: 2798: 2794: 2790: 2786: 2782: 2779:Evidence for 2777: 2775: 2771: 2767: 2763: 2759: 2755: 2751: 2747: 2743: 2739: 2738: 2732: 2728: 2727: 2722: 2718: 2713: 2711: 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