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Unit: Era 3 - Cities, Societies, and Empires (6,000 BCE to 700 CE)

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3.0: Era 3 Overview

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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Era 3 Overview
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WATCH: Era 3 Overview
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READ: Era 3 Overview
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Frames in Era 3
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WATCH: Frames in Era 3
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3.1: Village Networks

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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Rethinking Civilization
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Rethinking Civilization
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READ: Village Networks
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READ: Pastoralists, Nomads, and Foragers
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3.2: Long Distance Trade

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READ: Regional Trade Networks, 1000 BCE–1 CE
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: The Silk Road and Ancient Trade
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The Silk Road and Ancient Trade
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READ: Phoenicians - Masters of the Sea
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READ: The Iron Age
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READ: The Hittites and Ancient Anatolia
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3.3: Comparing Early Agrarian Societies

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READ: Introduction to Agrarian Societies
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READ: Growth of Cities
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia
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READ: Shang Dynasty China
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READ: Nubia and Ancient Egypt
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READ: The Olmec and Chavín
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READ: Aksum
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READ: Nok Society
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READ: Indus River Valley
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3.4 What is a State

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READ: Teotihuacan and Classic Mesoamerica
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READ: Pre-contact Americas
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: First States
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WATCH: First States
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READ: First States
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3.5: Development of Portable Belief Systems

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READ: Overview of Belief Systems
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READ: Confucianism
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READ: Daoism
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READ: Buddhism
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READ: Legalism
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READ: Why do Belief Systems Spread? How China Made Buddhism its Own
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Christianity from Judaism to Constantine
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Christianity from Judaism to Constantine
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars
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Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars
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READ: Judaism
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READ: Christianity
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READ: Hinduism
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READ: Islam
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READ: Syncretism
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Cultural Syncretism in Central Asia
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Cultural Syncretism in Central Asia
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3.6: The Growth of Empires

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READ: What is an Empire
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READ: Authority and Control in Ancient Empires
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READ: Rise of Empires — Akkadians and Assyrians
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: The Persians & Greeks
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WATCH: The Persians & Greeks
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READ: The Persian Empire
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READ: The Macedonian Empire
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READ: The Ptolemaic Dynasty
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READ: The Mauryan and Gupta Empires
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READ: Zhou and Qin Dynasty — China
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3.7: Comparing the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty

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BEFORE YOU WATCH: The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?
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The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?
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READ: The Roman Empire
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READ: Han Dynasty
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‎BEFORE YOU WATCH: 2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius
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‎WATCH: 2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius
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READ: Women and Families in Classical Society
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Comparative Roles of Women in Rome and Han China
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Comparative roles of women in Rome and Han China
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Like farming, the idea of a “city” is another one that’s been around so long, we forget something caused the first cities to appear. The consequences? Class differences, portable belief systems, and shopping, to name a few.