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6th Grade Review
Key People
Topic
explanation of why each one
is important
5 significant
achievements
explanation of why
each one is significant
Government and
Economic
Systems
Social Hierarchy and
name and explain the
type of government
Religions
explain the main
religion(s) and how
they affected society
Early Man
Mesopotamia (Sumerians,
Hittites, Babylonians,
Assyrians)
Assyrians
 King Abgar- Was the
first Christian king in
history
• Thaddeus of Edessawas the man who
made King Abgar a
Christian.
• Sargon of Akkad- He
was known because
for his conquest of
Sumerian cities.
• Tiglath-Pileser IIIHis conquest led to the
establishment of the
Neo- Assyrian
Kingdom.
• Shamshi-Adad I- He
carved out the empire
that encompassed
Mesopotamia.
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Sumerian
• Ur-Nammu- A great
king who crafted a
giant ziggurat
• Sargon- was a great
military leader, and he
was the first leader to
unite all of
Mesopotamia under
one ruler.
Babylonians: great
mathematics and science
achievements
Assyrians:
 The Assyrians
founded the first
university in the
world.
• The Assyrians
were the first
people to make
aqueducts.
• They had very
advanced studies
of medicine.
• First people to
have their
religion
Christianity.
• Made the first
church in the
world.
Sumerian
• They discovered
may tools that
we use now days
such as the
wheel, arch,
saw, and lever.
• They created the
first system of a
calendar
Assyrians: traded with
smaller colonies
Sumerians:
The economic system in
Mesopotamia was much
like the feudal system.
The feudal system was
first officially established
during the middle ages in
Europe much later, but
the Mesopotamians
traded materials unlike
land, for other materials
and or services. There
were unofficial but still
evident classes such as
middle and lower class,
where middle often dealt
with trading.
Babylonians: they were
Jews
Assyrians: Ashurism
Summary
1 paragraph that
summarizes all of the
information to the left
and adds any missing
points
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Ancient Egypt / Kush
Ancient India
Ur-Nina- took the
throne after Meselim
and created a new
dynasty in Lagash
Nebuchadnezzarwas the king of
Babylonia who
opposed Egyptians
Shulgi- started the
reorganization of
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Pharaoh
Vizier
Nobles
Scribes
Soldiers
Craftsmen
Farmers
Servants and slaves
All of these were important in
Ancient Egypt
 Ashoka the Great: one of
the main leaders of
Mauyra Dynasty
 Siddhartha Gautama: First
one “enlightened” to
Buddhism
 Panini: Sanskrit
grammarian
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They invented
the sundial.
They created the
first system for
irrigation
They invented
the sailboats
Made pyramids
Had surgeons
Made wine and beer
First large monuments
Invented curved sword
Pharaoh
Vizier
Nobles
Scribes
Soldiers
Craftsmen
Farmers
Servants and
slaves(social structure)
Polytheism
Ayurveda was the earliest
medicine school known
to man
Spinning wheel spun
wool easily
Made a fundamental
structure in sentences
Had a judicial, legislative
and executive branch.
Had small republics that
had some democracy
Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
They made gun powder,
paper from papyrus, the
sun dial, to keep track of
time, a compass, and the
Gr eat Wall of China
King
General
Merchants
Slaves/peasants
Buddhism
Taoism
Confucianism
Confucius created
Confucianism because he
believed china didn’t believe in
old traditions
Ancient China
Laozi was a Daoist teacher who
created Daoism, he thought that
Dao was the creator of the
universe and that everyone
should live in peace and
harmony.
Shi Huangdi’s real name was
Ying Zheng, and he was
responsible for bringing most of
china together
Shang Dynasty was the first
dynasty ever, the Xia Dynasty
wasn’t sure to have even
existed, Shang ruled the Huang
He Valley.
In 206 BC, the Han dynasty
started taking over and
reconstructing bond between
china after a civil war break out
Abraham- he was important
because father of Jewish tribe.
Moses- was important because
he is the leader of the Israelites
and he helped the Jews escape
from Egypt.
Hebrews/Israelites
Ancient Greece
Moses and Abraham lead
Hebrews to Egypt
Rameses- he was important
because he is Moses’s brother
but he was the one who wanted
to kill his brother.
Hebrews grew
Tzipporah- was important
because he gave faith to Moses
during escaping Egypt.
Hebrews became slaves
Miriam- was important because
she also gave faith to Moses’s
and told him to never give up.
 Aristotle was friends with
King Amynte of
Masedonia. His parents
died so he was sent to a P
latoacademy where he
became a teacher for 20
years
 Alexander the great was a
military soldier who took
over Persia and continued
to Syria
 Pericles was thought to be
the best democratic leader
Athens had, he ruled
Athens for 31 years
Pharaoh worried that they
would take over
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Made Olympics
Their stories
involved legends,
folktales, and myths
Invented scrolls
Had courts but
wasn’t very
organized
Made theaters, but
only men could act
Islam had a king and the
Hebrews were slaves, so
it must have been a
republic or kingdom
Judaism was very similar
to Christianity
Greeks had traders,
sailors, or soldiers, that
determined how much
money they earned
Greeks were polytheistic
which means they
believe in many gods.
They also believed that
natural occurrences were
cause by these gods
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Peisistratus was
considered a tyrant and
over threw the Greek
government but made
peace and developed new
policies
 Archimedes was a great
mathematician that was
often compared to King
Hiero 2nd
Julius Cesar helped change
Rome and stopped the civil war
from happening in Rome
Ciceo was one of the
philosophers and was an orator
Ancient Rome
Augustus made the army more
professional and recreated the
population that was lost in the
civil war
Gaius Marius made better
formations for the army and
changed the way the Rome
governed
Marcus Aurelius was a wellknown emperor and changed
many good things that his son
ruined when he came to throne
Farming
Grew wheat, olives, and
grapes
Traded slaves
Mined and processed ore
Spain had gold and silver
England had lead iron
and tin
Italy had marble
Had kings
Had branch governments
Very religious
Polytheistic
Had shrines for their
gods
Disagreements between
Christianity and roman
religion