Neolithic Revolution 10,000 BCE
   The Neolithic revolution is a revolution of agriculture in the domestication of plants 
   and animals, of permanent settlement, and agricultural farming. The Neolithic 
   revolution brought kingdoms and towns because of the fact of permanent 
   settlement. But this permanent settlement was mostly because of the large food 
   surplus towns and villages were now having. Before having to search miles and miles 
   to find food, now they were just growing it and led to where we are today as a post 
   industrialized world. 
   This relates to multiple AP World Themes but mostly to AP World Theme #1 
   Interaction between humans and the environment because of the patterns of 
   technology and settlement in the world at this time. Major settlements were created 
   because of the technology of farming and building secure structures. It also relates to 
   AP World Theme #4 Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems 
   because this revolution brought agricultural production in the form of a huge food 
   surplus. This food surplus brought settlement and made populations to get bigger to 
   make new technologies and for more revolution to emerge and the starting of the 
   world we know today.
   Bronze Age 3000 BCE
    The “Bronze Age” gets its name because of the new abundant weage of 
    bronze, in many regions. It was a period of extensive use of metal and 
    developing trade world wide. According to findings by modern 
    archaeologists, evidence has been discovered about the culture in 
    Mesopotamia and Egypt developed the earliest writing systems.
    The bronze age relates to multiple AP World Themes. One of the AP World Themes that it 
    applies too is #4 Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems, because of the 
    fact it brought economies and countries together to share their ideas and goods that they 
    had. This brought “industrialization” in a bronze perspective by making more advanced 
    and goods which brought trading to life. Another theme that it applies too is AP World 
    Theme number #1interaction between humans and the environments  because by the 
    development and the new technologies the bronze age brought the more stable and 
    permanent settlement there was. Lastly this applies to AP World Theme #2 Development 
    and interaction of cultures, because by trading and the spreading of weapons and ideas 
    cultures interacted and changed forever because of all the advances and the fact that arts 
    with literature were being invented in all these ideas.
   Hammurabi’s Code 18th CBCE
   Hammurabi’s code was created by the 6th Century Babylonian King, Hammurabi. 
   The code contains 282 laws with scaled punishments. Many of the punishments 
   severity dependent on social status. Nearly half of the code dealt with matters 
   of contract. Other provisions were laws concerning transaction (Example: 
   liability of a builder for a house that collapses). One third of the code dealt with 
   issues concerning household issues. Discovered in 1901, by modern 
   archaeologists, it is the oldest deciphered writing in the world. This was a major 
   political development, one for the oldest recorded pieces of laws.  
   This applies multiple  AP World Theme and mostly too #3 State-building and forms of 
   government, because this is one of the first ever written laws in government. This set a 
   standard on how kingdoms, empires, and civilizations should be run with a set of codes 
   and laws which kept everything in place. It shows political structures and forms of 
   governance. Because of the time period this also applies to AP Theme #1 Interaction 
   between humans and the environment because this code of laws showed that the 
   Babylonian kingdom is settled and because all of the advancements that had already 
   happened led to the fact these laws were set in stone because of the settlement they have 
   built over the years.
   Shang Dynasty 1600 BCE - 1046 BCE
    The Shang Dynasty made many cultural advances.  They industrialized bronze 
    castings.  This was due to advances in technology at the time.
    The Shang Dynasty was also the first dynasty of China that created their own stable 
    government.
    The Shang Dynasty relates to multiple AP World Themes.  It relates to AP World 
    Theme 1, Interaction between humans and the environment, and AP World Theme 3, 
    State-building and forms of government.  This is due to the technological advances 
    that lead to the progressions in bronze castings at this time.   Lastly, this  relates to 
    AP World Theme 3 because the Shang Dynasty was the first Dynasty of China that 
    created a stable government.
   Iron Age 1300 BCE
    The Iron Age is a period in the prehistory of the Old World, when iron became the dominant 
    tool- making material. Iron had not become popular until the widespread ability to smelt 
    iron ore ( removing impurities and to regulate carbon). The Iron Age brought new weapons 
    like crossbows and better iron swords. By smelting products swords and weapons got 
    deadlier and houses and other settlements got stronger. It was the end of the stone-bronze 
    age because there was only a bright future ahead because of what Iron could do. Iron also 
    led for people to trade more and explore for more iron and other sources which would 
    make swords and weapons and civilization even better.
    The Iron Age applies to multiple themes the first being AP Word theme #1 Interaction 
    between humans and the environment because of the fact iron from Mother Nature 
    changed the path of the world. This brought new technologies and more advanced 
    technologies to the world which enhanced life and civilization and settlement was even 
    more permanent. This also applies to AP World Theme #2 Development and interaction of 
    cultures, because of the fact that all of these bright ideas and advancements were passed 
    from culture to culture and all the philosophies. Also the fact that architecture changed 
    with iron now being the base to some important buildings and the art of the building being 
    decorated in Iron.