section c

dings

associated with shang burials

millet

yellow river 6000 BC

rice

yangtze river 10 000 - 6000 BC

erlitou

2100-1600 BC associated with xia palace bronze elite goods

anyang

capital of later shang dynasty + location of lady Fu Haos tomb

oracle bones

lead to discovery of anyang. divination/record cattle scapula or turtle shell written on

bonze jue

social stratification + specialization. erlitou ceremonial drinking vessel

yamato state

250-710

nara

710-794

rosetta stone

pierre-françois bouchard helped translate hieroglyphics from greek + demotic

pyramid of giza

2560 burial of khufu/cheops

akhenaten

1353-1338 18th dynasty. amun to aten + individualised statues

thutmois III

8th dynasty new kingdom son of hatshepsut

tutankhamen

1336-1327 18th dynasty first intact tomb

toji

kyoto 796 AD just before capital moved from nara to kyoto

todaiji

nara indian style

angkor wat

cambodia 1150 religious monument. hindu/buddhist

narmer palette

3100 unification of upper + lower nile

jean-francios champollion

figure out hieroglyphics using rosetta stone

flinders petrie

1853-1942 dating sites through pottery deposits

horus

falcon god pharaohs as incarnation in old kingdom

re

sun god pharaohs deeds in accordance with him as father

amun ra

combination of amun and re in the new kingdom

china state creation

xia dynasty

zhengzhou

early shang capital

anyang

later shang capital

lady fu hao

concubine of shang emperor wu ding. tomb in anyang with impressive goods

xin zhui

217-168 BC mummy

battle of muge

1045 BC end of shang

shiqiang pan

bronze with writing from king wen to king gong during western zhou

qin shi huangdi

founder of qin 221-206 BC unified china

liu bang

han dynasty rebelled against qin

xian

old han capital and beginning of silk road

oc eo

brick indian inspired

jayavarma II

802 AD crowned supreme leader of angkor + founded new river up mecon river. ruled 45 years

mahidharapura

1080-1336 dynasty including suryavarman II

suryavarman II

mahidharapura dynasty built angkor wat

jayovarman VII

1181 angkor thom converted angkor from hinduism to buddhism

rain season

april to november

dry season

november to march

tokaido

33000 tokyo suburb discovered by oda

dotaku

associated with yayoi

bronze + iron

introduced 300 BC from china

queen himiko

yayoi period gained control and sent envoys to wei emperor

introduction of buddhism

530-680

state formation

during the asuka period

empress suiko

593 - 628 ad assassinated her predecessor

kosipe

50 000 years ago south wester papua new guinea

pandanus

tree with fruit cultivated

lapita papua to solomon islands

3300 years ago

new caledonia and vanuatu

3100 years ago

fiji and tuvalu

2900 years ago

samoa

2800 years ago

tonga

2900-2800 years ago

fish hook

3300 years ago

nan madol

800-400 bp ponope micronesia