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ERVC Part 2 - Empires Timeline
Directions: Create a timeline on your own using either Microsoft Word or draw one. If you choose Microsoft Word, please click on Insert – SmartArt – pick an
option listed and plug in the dates and events below. Please place the following items in the correct places along the timeline. Color code the events according to
the civilization it belongs to (China, Egypt, Indus, or Mesopotamia (Sumer). Then, choose 5 events and use the chart to DRAW a picture and WRITE in COMPLETE
SENTENCES an explanation of the item/event on. An example has been done for you.
 1570 BCE the New Kingdom arises
 221 BCE Shi Huangdi becomes
 1100 BCE the Phoenicians begin to
Emperor
dominate Mediterranean Trade
 850 BCE Assyria builds an Empire
 1500 BCE the Aryans invade India,
 2000 BCE Abraham moves the
 751 BCE Kushite king Piankhi
introducing the Caste System
Hebrew people to Canaan from
conquers Egypt
Mesopotamia

202
BCE
Han
Dynasty
replaces
Qin
 2000 BCE the Hittites migrate to
Dynasty
 321 BCE Chandragupta Maurya
Anatolia
found the Mauryan Empire
 320 CE the Gupta Empire forms in
 479 BCE Confucius dies
India and encourages a renewal of
 500 BCE Laozi began practicing
 250 BCE Meroe is at its height
Hindu faith
the Chinese philosophy of Daoism
3500
BCE
1500
BCE
0 CE
500 CE
Event
Ex: 221 BCE Shi
Huangdi becomes
emperor
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Explanation
After years of turmoil known as the Warring
States Period, Shi Huangdi came into power,
establishing the short-lived Qin Dynasty and
ruling using the Chinese philosophy of Legalism.
Drawing