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2000 BCE
Pottery
Pottery is the first artifical material ever made by humans. Pottery is made of clay that have been fashioned into a desire shape, dried, and either fired or baked to fix their form. This oldest site of pottery was found in Japan around 16,500 years ago. -
1900 BCE
Mycenaean civilization
Mycenaean civilization was introduced in Greece and the Aegean. -
1750 BCE
Elamite invasion
Elamite invasion and Amorite migration ends the Sumerian civilization. -
1500 BCE
The Gandhara Civilization flourishes
The Gandhara Civilization flourishes in what is today the northern portion of Pakistan and Afghanistan -
1400 BCE
The Cyclades Culture is influenced
Culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by the Mycenaean civilization of mainland Greece. -
1400 BCE
Rhodes makes contact
Rhodes has significant contact with the Mycenaean civilization. -
1200 BCE
The Olmec Civilization appears
The Olmec civilization springs from the grouping of ancient villages along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. -
1000 BCE
Greek civilization flourishes
Ancient Greek civilization in Greece and the Mediterranean. -
900 BCE
The Urartu become present
The Urartu civilization flourishes in ancient Armenia, eastern Turkey and western Iran. -
75 BCE
Kushan Rule
Kushan rule in the Gandhara region, arguably the golden era of the Gandhara civilization in which art, architecture and the propagation of the Buddhist religion excelled.