I. Human Beginnings.
A. Discovery of Early Humans in Africa.
1) Radiocarbon Dating.
2) Discovery of Lucy.
3) Australopithecus.
4) The Ice Ages.
5) The Stone Age.
6) Homo Habilis.
7) Homo Erectus.
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B. The Appearance of Homo Sapiens.
1) The Neanderthals.
2) Homo Sapiens Sapiens.
3) Cro-Magnons.
4) The Neolithic Revolution.
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C. Emergence of Civilization.
1) River Valley Civilizations.
2) The Bronze Age.
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II. Early Civilizations.
A. The Nile Valley.
1) King Narmer.
2) The Old Kingdom.
3) The Pyramids.
4) The Middle Kingdom.
5) The Theban Dynasty.
6) The Hyksos.
7) The New Kingdom.
8) Queen Hatshepsut.
9) Akhenaton.
10) Ramses II.
11) Polytheism.
12) Hieroglyphics.
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B. The Fertile Crescent.
1) Mesopotamia.
2) The Sumerians.
3) Cuneiform.
4) Gilgamesh.
5) Sargon I.
6) The Kingdom of Ebla.
7) Hammurabi.
8) Babylonians.
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C. Early South Asia.
1) The Indus Valley.
2) The Harappans.
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D. Early China.
1) Zhong Guo or "the Middle Kingdom."
2) The Shang Dynasty.
3) Oracle Bones.
4) The Zhou Dynasty.
5) The Mandate of Heaven.
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III. Kingdoms and Empires in the Middle East.
A. Trading Peoples.
1) The Aramaeans.
2) The Phoenicians.
3) The Lydians.
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B. Early Israelites.
1) Monotheism.
2) Canaan.
3) Abraham.
4) Moses.
5) Deborah.
6) Solomon.
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C. Empire Builders.
1) The Hittites.
2) The Assyrians.
3) The Chaldeans.
4) King Nebuchadnezzar.
5) The Hanging Gardens.
6) The Persians.
7) Cyrus II.
8) The Royal Road.
9) Zoroaster.
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