Timeline: Ancient civilization Timeline By Sydney Vaughn

Period: 3000 BCE to 350 BCE

Western civilization

Developments and Accomplishments

2686 BCE

Inscriptions, papyri, and art

The Works from the Old kingdom tells us about the great household of the Third dynasty.

2650 BCE

Step pyramid of Djoser

Resting place of Djoser. Built to express his power as a pharaoh, histories first building entirely made of dressed stone. Over 200 feet tall and served two purposes. The first to provided Djoser’s force of life, while the other, a place of eternal rest. Prototype to Pyramids at Giza.

2600 BCE

Chariots and military technology

Gave the warriors advantage of their enemies on foot, also increasing Sumerians productivity of the workforce. The chariots were guided by donkeys because horses weren’t known to the region til 2000 and 1700 B.C.E.

2560 BCE

Pyramids at Giza

Structure dedicated to the power of Pharos exemplifying Human Resources and wealth of the Egyptian society. Made of limestone and topped off by a gilded capstone. Biggest pyramid built for pharaoh Khufu, while the others are for his successors.

2100 BCE

The Ziggurat of Ur

Located in Nasiriyah, and is the best well preserved building of its type. According to archaeological research its most sacred part of the temple. Is the central shrine. To get to the center you had to go through four sets of stairs, going through a portal.

1900 BCE

Trade network

Assyrians became “Caravan merchants” with a trade system that went across Mesopotamia and Anatolia.

1450 BCE

Linear B Tablet From Knossos

Provides history of Ancient Greece. The characters were made using wedge shaped tips of reeds, used a tipped stylus that made precise fine lines in soft stone and clay.

1200 BCE

Bronze Age- Smelting iron

Bronze was the strongest metal know to man kind at the time. Easy and fast to shape. Bronze was Made of bronze till the Sumerians developed the technique of iron smelting.

1100 BCE

Writing system

Phoenicians were able to refine the writing student down to twenty two characters.

438 BCE

Parthenon of Athens

Finest example of the Greeks impression of harmony. Started construction in 447 B.C.E. The surviving development was built after the win of Athenians over the Persians in 490 B.C.E., built over the place of an older temple. Rebuilt after the Persians attacked Athens.

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