The Rise of Ancient Civilizations

Egypt – Barley Mesopotamia – Barley Mesoamerica – Corn South America – Corn and Potatoes Indus River – Wheat and Barley Northern China – Wheat, Soy Beans and Millet Southern China - Rice Each Civilizations grew when the people learned to grow a staple crop; usually a grain

Shang Dynasty – 1750 BCE – 1045 BCE Zou Dynasty – 1045 BCE – 600 BCE Qin Dynasty – 221 BCE BCE Han Dynasty – 202 BCE – 220 CE

Khmer, Funan, Angkor - 100CE – 1500s CE Vietnam - Champa kingdom 192CE – 1700CE Nanzhao kingdom 729 CE – 1253CE (Yunnan) Pyu kingdoms 100BCE- 840CE (Myanmar)

Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro BCE – 1500 BCE Aryan Rule – 1500 BCE – 400 BCE Mauryan Empire – 324 BCE – 183 BCE Gupta Empire – 320 CE – 400+ CE

Sumeria / Akkad – 3000 BCE – 2100 BCE Babylon – 1792 BCE BCE Hittites – 1600 BCE – 1200 BCE Assyria – 700 BCE – 612 BCE Phoenicians – 1200 BCE - ? Persia – 539 BCE – 330 BCE

Old Kingdom – 2700 BCE – 1800 BCE Middle Kingdom – 1652 BCE – 1567 BCE New Knigdom – 1567 – 1085 BCE