Islam

Muhammad Ibn Abdullah was a major part of Islam culture. He was born in 570 in Mecca. Muhammad was powerful, and had an experience the only religion he knew well. People believed in the things he said about the religion. The Islam people believed in 5 pillars. There is no God but only Allah and Muhammad. Pray 5 times a day by facing down toward Mecca. Also to maintain the community and help people in need. No food, drink or sexual relations from the first light of dawn to sun down during the Islamic calender.

Christendom and Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire started in 527 C.E. the Emperor at that time was Justinian. He wanted to rule everything around the Mediterranean Sea but did not because of his short lived attempt to reconquer the empire. The Byzantine was a major force in the eastern part of Mediterranean.
The collapse of the Roman Empire in 476, the Germans took over the last of the Roman Empire in the West. Rome before had about one million people but it started to shrink and became 10,000 then people started to go their own ways. 

Golden Age of China

In 589 B.C China regained its unity under the Sui Dynasty. The emperors of China wanted to expand there civilization. They built canals that stretched 1200 miles in length to link northern and southern China to get boats, ships to trade. The Sui Dynasty collapsed in 618 B.C. Then two more dynasties came in after which is the Tang and the Song. The Tang dynasty was from (618-907), the Song dynasty was from (960-1279). The Tang dynasty expanded Chinese control deep into Central Asia. The Song Dynasty was attacked by Jurchen people and they took over and created Jin Empire which ruled parts of Northern China.

SILK ROADS, SAND ROADS, SEA ROADS

The silk road was a major part of civilization. The silk roads was invented by the Eurasian, to help different cultures to come together to trade their goods. The silk road stretched from Egypt to China. It also had many different roots so people can travel to other countries to trade. The sea road which is the Indian Ocean linked farther countries like Madagascar to trade with India and other countries. To use the sea road you would have to travel at certain times in the year. If you were traveling from India to Madagascar it would be good to leave that area around November through February because of the wind change. If you were coming from Madagascar going to India the beat time would be from April to September because the winds changes again. The sand road was from Sahara and linked from North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. The road transformed Western part of Africa by connecting to other countries which made them better as a civilization.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Andes people

Andes people lived around the deserts which was cut by different rivers that were coming from the mountain. The Pacific Ocean provided lots of food for the people like different fish and seabirds. They lived in the mountains and highland valleys of the coast.
The costal region of Peru made the first civilizations which is the Norte Chico going back to 3,000 B.C. Norte Chico or Inca developed no writing, historians, so the understanding was tough.

China's Civilization

In China's civilization the majority of people where considered as peasants. Most peasants owned some land to support their families others made money by selling what they grew in the local market. When peasants grew their food they always had to worry about insects, floods, flamines and that could happen at any time.
The state made a requirement of a month of labor to work on public projects. If you are an owner of a slave the slave does whatever you want it to do. The slave status is called "outsider" which means your at the bottom of the social hierarchy.

Confucius, Siddhartha

Confucius believed he had the key to solving China's problem of disorder. He wanted a political position because he had ideas that could help. Confucius never got what he wanted which was to have a political position. After Confucius died his students collected his teachings in a book called Analects. Confucius felt that human society had to be this way: the father was superior to the son; the husband to the wife; the older brother to the younger brother. Siddhartha Gautama was a prince from Northern Indian State. He taught a small group of people what he learned, then the group became a community which called him Buddha the Enlightened One.

The Persian Empire

The Persian Empire is the largest of all empires. The persian empire made their empire similar to Babylonian and Assyrian empire but theirs were much bigger and constructed better than any other. With good leadership by Cyrus and Darius the Persians reached from Egypt to India and expanded to 35 million people. The more people came the more languages, states, and different cultural traditions appear. When one of the kings died the Persians were to shave their hair in mourning for the king.

Mesopotamian, Egyptian Civilization

Mesopotamian civilization was located in the southern Tigris-Euphrates region of Sumer. They had many city-states and each city-state had their own king. Eighty percent of the Sumer people lived in the city-states. Sumerian people were vulnerable to outside forces and then other people from Northern Mesopotamia conquered them later. Egyptian civilization began around 3100 B.C. They had several earlier states which unified territory that stretched 1,000 miles along the Nile river. 

The need for water in Ancient Societies

In Ancient societies the need of water was very important for the growth of the population. They needed the water to supply food for the people. The importantance of water was to create there crops. The crops they grew were stored so they can produce a certain crop. They also had some problems with rain which made the water over follow. The solution for farmers was to build waterways to prevent the crop from getting drowning.

Biological Anthropology

The history of the universe started when the Big Bang (January 1st) created the earth.Then on March 20, the Galaxie formed, which made all the different stars in space. The sun is the key star which is in the middle of the universe. Then on September 2nd, the formation of our solar system was created. On September 14, the earth formed into a circle. On October 6, life was estalished on earth and the first fossils began to form. October 27, photosynthesis happened which meant the sun gave light to plants. During November 4, oxygen came to the earth which made different life form to the world. On the 14th of this month the complex cells which made germs on the plant formed. The 21st evidence of multicellular organisms gave life to under water species and other animals. Dinosaurs were on the plant as well, one of the first infact to roam the earth. Thousands of years later a big meteroid hit the earth and killed all the dinosaurs. Then 23 million years after, the first monkey was created, later that year the apes came. 5 million years after that the first direct human ancestors, stepped on to earth.