Chapter 3- HIST-151

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1. TERRITORIAL STATES AND MICROSOCIETIES HIST-151 | Chapter 3
2. TODAY’S THINGS • What changed around 2000 BCE? • Nomads and Migration • New States • Microsocieties: what does this even mean?
3. COLLAPSE • Around 2000 BCE • Famine • Food Shortages • Threats from Nomadic clans
5. NOMADS • From the Afro-Eurasian Steppe • Horses & Chariots
10. TERRITORIAL STATES • Transition after 1600 BCE • Use of chariots • Larger, more powerful states
11. MIDDLE KINGDOM EGYPT • 2040-1640 BCE • Religious changes: Amun-Re • Represented by the Pharaoh • Invasion & Conquest • The Hyksos, around 1640 BCE
12. NEW KINGDOM EGYPT • 1550-1069 BCE • Hyksos driven out • Expansion and conquest
14. MESOPOTAMIA • Rise of kingdoms like Babylon • Gilgamesh • The Code of Hammurapi • 1595 BCE- conquered by the Hittites • Kassites- 1475-1125 BCE
16. THE VEDIC MIGRATIONS • Arrive in the Indus valley around 1500 BCE • Blending of cultures and ways of life • The Vedas—sacred texts
18. SHANG CHINA • 1600-1045 BCE • Centralized political system • Metal working • Pottery • Divination • Walled villages and towns • Expansionist