WHAP Master 2014-15
Hunting & Gathering to Civilizations 2.5 million- 1,000 BCE
Chapter 1
Period 1
Mesolithic (Middle Stone) Age
Approx. 12,000 BCE - Approx. 8,000 BCENeolithic Revolution
Approx. 10,200 BCE - Approx. 2,000 BCENotice these dates are approximate, this period began at different times in different parts of the world. It is a very gradual revolution.
Rise of Catal Huyuk
Approx. 7,000 BCENeolithic Village in southern Turkey. By 3000 BCE it had become part of a civiliztion
First potters wheel
Approx. 6000 BCESumer Civilization
Approx. 3500 BCE - Approx. 1800 BCEAgricultural development reaches west Africa
2000 BCEAfter possibly beginning in the Middle East around 10,000 BCE, agriculture spread to other parts of the world during the Neolithic Revolution.
Shang Dynasty
Approx. 1756 BCE - Approx. 1046 BCE
The Classical Period, 1000 BCE-500 CE
The Classical Period
Approx. 1000 BCE - Approx. 500 CEHuang di's death
210 BCE