Ancient Civilizations The Rise of Ancient Civilizations

Each Civilizations grew when the people learned to grow a staple crop; usually a grain 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 Barley Soy Beans Wheat Millet Corn Rice Potatoes

Northern China Shang Dynasty – 1750 BCE – 1045 BCE Zou Dynasty – 1045 BCE – 600 BCE Qin Dynasty – 221 BCE - 206 BCE Han Dynasty – 202 BCE – 220 CE

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

Indus River Valley Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro: 3000 BCE – 1500 BCE Aryan Rule – 1500 BCE – 400 BCE Mauryan Empire – 324 BCE – 183 BCE Gupta Empire – 320 CE – 400+ CE

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

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