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Explore how ancient civilizations flourished by cultivating staple crops like barley, corn, soybeans, and more. Discover the rise of civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, South America, China, and Southeast Asia. Uncover the legacies of dynasties and kingdoms from the Shang to Mauryan Empires.
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The Rise of Ancient Civilizations
Each Civilizations grew when the people learned to grow a staple crop; usually a grain Barley Soy Beans Wheat Millet 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 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
