Timeline Project

1700 BC

INSTITUTIONS

Pyramid at the site Cerro Sechin begins to be built

Joseph leads Hebrews into Egypt

Canaanites moved into Egyptian Delta

In Untice Culture, flat burials with no mounds, bodies were burried arranged according to gender, towards points on compass

Minoan palaces were destroyed by earthquake, many treasures were stolen

Judaism founded by Abraham

In India, Vedic Civilization formed the basis of Hinduism and the Indian culture

Possibility that stories from the Bible were written in 1700 BC, in Aramaic and Hebrew

Human sacrifice took place in Minoan Crete

In Cleveland, people bury the deceased in circular mounds of earth, sometimes with pottery


GOVERNANCE

Period of the Shang Dynasty in China

Ay ruled in Egypt’s 13th Dynasty

Nubians (of Nubia, known as the Kingdom of Kush in the Bible) is an advanced, developing culture

Bronze age settlement on the site of the Trojan War, Troy VI

Hittite empire founded in Anatolia (Turkey)

Early Minoan Crete were destroyed

Canaanites established the Hyksos dynasty, after they moved into the Egyptian Delta

The end of the Indus Valley Civilization

Stela of Hammurabi (collection of Babylonian laws) was created

Minoan civil war


COMMERCE

In Wales, the mining for copper is intensified

Decline in the demand of jewelry in Scotland

Deveril-Rimbury Bucket Urns were being produced in eastern England

Dramatic expanse in bronze production in England

The Fat’janovo peoples remain in constant contact with the less civilized hunter-fisher cultures

King Woden-lithi traveled from Scandinavia to trade with natives in America

Minoan trading posts were built along the Cycladic Islands

Merchant vessels kept trade routes with Egypt and Crete

Agricultural trade occurred in palaces in Minoan Civilizations

Metal silver or bronze objects were a usual form of curreny



TECHNOLOGY

Greeks use new bronze armor, swords and spears

Linear A was the earliest Cretan script made by Minoans

The first written record of the brain’s general anatomy on papyrus, author unknown

Minoans perfected the bathtub

Fat’janovo farmers knowledgeable in bronze working create villages, also with farmland
Windmills were invented in Persia

Mature Harappan Phase in India saw the design of sewage systems, and city planning

First true Chinese writing of symbols on tortoise shells and oracle bones

An alphabet was created in Phoenicia

Hittites (Turkey) started to use iron


1700 AD

INSTITUTIONS

Playwright William Congreve published “The Way of The World”

Construction of Castle Howard in England designed by Sir John Vanbrugh had begun

Modern bullfighting was introduced in Spain

Muslim revolutions lead to formation of theocratic states

Poor house is built after Exeter experiences a severe slump

Yale University – then known as Collegiate School of Connecticut – was chartered in New Haven

School for slaves was built in New York

A villa consisting of 35 families was founded in Spain

First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia was built

St. Paul’s Cathedral in London was completed designed by Sir Christopher Wren


GOVERNANCE

Augustus II (Saxony) and King of Poland attacked Swedish controlled Riga; Began Great Northern War

In truce with Ottoman Empire, Russia gave up it’s Black Sea Fleet

Thule abandoned Ellesmere Island for Greenland

William Penn held monthly meetings to free Blacks

Greater social control is gained in Spain

Portuguese are expelled from region north of Cape Delgado by the Omanis

Karl XII invaded Denmark and occupied Copenhagen

Fredrick III became King of Persia

Augustus II and the Czar of Russia signed a treaty

War of Spanish Succession begins


COMMERCE

Senegal female slave traders carried out business with English men

Chinese porcelain is traded along major rivers, as well as other goods

Production of silver in Per increases, some is exported

Bristol, England is the leading importer of colonial commodities (tobacco, rum, cotton and sugar)

Production of steam engines began the transportation of people and goods

French silver set the standard for artistic silver through Europe

English traders open a dock in Burma to promote trade with other countries

Descriptions of the techniques used in making ceramics are traded from China to the West

Around this time the first paper form of currency was being used in the Western World

Scotland had attempted and failed to set up trade with Panama


TECHNOLOGY

Horse-drawn mechanical drill was created to plant seeds in a row around this time

Keyboard made that can regulate volume just by how forcefully keys are struck (Bartolomeo Cristofori)

Ndop* royal portrait carving in the Kingdom of Kuba were introduced

Oldest surviving Parisian silver teapot was completed

Outstanding centerpieces, mirrors and chandeliers were made by Giuseppe Lorenzo Briati for the wealthy

First English newspaper, the Daily Courant was published

First successful Newspaper in US, The Boston News-Letter, was created

The first steam engine was built

“Hot pressing” method was invented by John Baskerville

Johann Bottger invented the Meissen hard-paste porcelain

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*An ndop is a royal portrait made while the king of Kuba was still living and ruling over the kingdom. It is a carved wooden sculpture of the king seated on the throne covered with several accessories which hold royal status. ( http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/aprt_3/hd_aprt_3.htm )

OPUS 1

Every piece of art or architecture has a story to tell. It may be a painting intended to portray the terrible lives of slaves in the US, or a statue erected of a king in order to worship him. The story explains who was affected, why a specific person may have been important, or even what was going on at that time in the culture from which it was made. Every person has their own story to tell and it may be expressed in many ways. The fact that some civilizations were advanced enough to make buildings using beams and lintels is very impressive, and we can see it by what remains of their civilizations. (Roth, 29)

Although we try to understand other cultures and civilizations, through anthropology for example, many things can be lost in translation. In order for civilizations rituals and practices to be understood, and anthropologist must spend months or years with the people. (Bates & Franklin, p. 21, Cultural Anthropology)

A vernacular structure, such as a teepee can be interpreted in multiple views. The people who live in the teepee may see it as useful in that it provides shelter from the weather, and safety from the outside. Other more civilized cultures, however, may view the teepee as a small, perhaps dirty space without many uses.

An ancient artifact, say a piece of pottery for instance, has the ability to open up new ideas about a culture. The artifact may have pictures on it, depicting a popular fable, or words to tell a story. We can also find when the artifact was used, what its uses were, and perhaps who used it. (Bates & Franklin, p. 29, Cultural Anthropology)

The cycle of the Earths seasons greatly affects architecture everywhere. In places where it is cold most of the time, they may use more insulation, or have fewer openings to the outside. In other places, however, where it is often warm, they may create many structures that, for example, don’t have walls at all, but the roofs are held by columns alone. (Roth, 98 - Temple of Zeus)

Artifacts have the ability to tell a new story to those willing to research the time and place the artifact comes from. While the translation of the story may be misunderstood through multiple views that different researchers hold, all of whom have seperate beliefs and backgrounds, the story can still be told.