-
4000 BCE
Early Chinese Civilization
Neolithic agricultural villages -
3500 BCE
Mesopotamian Civilization
Development of Sumerian Cities -
Period: 3100 BCE to 2700 BCE
Egyptian Civilization
Early dynastic period -
Period: 2800 BCE to 2370 BCE
Mesopotamian Civilization
Early dynastic period of Sumerian city-states -
Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE
Egyptian civilization
Old Kingdom period -
2370 BCE
Mesopotamian Civilization
Sargon establishes Akkadian dynasty and empire -
Period: 2250 BCE to 1750 BCE
Indus Civilization
Indus civilization -
Period: 2200 BCE to 2025 BCE
Egyptian Civilization
First Intermediate Period -
Period: 2125 BCE to 2027 BCE
Mesopotamian Civilization
Third dynasty of Ur -
Period: 2025 BCE to 1630 BCE
Egyptian History
Middle Kingdom period -
Period: 2000 BCE to 1800 BCE
Mesopotamian Civilization
Establishment of Amorites in Mesopotamia -
Period: 1800 BCE to 1500 BCE
Vedic Aryan
Aryan peoples invade northwestern India -
Period: 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE
Mesopotamian Civilization
Reign of Hammurabi -
1766 BCE
Early Chinese Civilization
Bronze age city-states, aristocratic charioteers, pictographic writing -
Period: 1630 BCE to 1550 BCE
Egyptian Civilization
Second intermediate period -
1550 BCE
Mesopotamian Civilization
Establishment of Kassite dynasty at Babylon -
Period: 1550 BCE to 1075 BCE
Egyptian Civilization
New Kingdom -
Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE
Vedic Aryan Civilization
Rig-Vedic period, composition of hymns, Punjab is center of Indo-Aryan civilizatiom -
Period: 1000 BCE to 500 BCE
Vedic Aryan Civilization
Late Vedic Period with Doab as center of civilization -
Period: 1000 BCE to 961 BCE
Hebrew Civilization
Reign of King David -
Period: 961 BCE to 922 BCE
Hebrew Civilization
Reign of King Solomon -
Period: 800 BCE to 500 BCE
Vedic Aryan Civilization
Compositions of major Upanishads, probable reintroduction of writing -
771 BCE
Early Chinese Civilization
Iron age territorial states -
722 BCE
Hebrew Civilization
Assyrian conquest of Israel (Northern Kingdom) -
586 BCE
Hebrew Civilization
Destruction of Jerusalem and fall of Judah, Babylonian captivity -
539 BCE
Hebrew Civilization
Restoration of temple, return of exiles -
500 BCE
Early Chinese Civilization
Age of philosphers -
Period: 400 BCE to 200 BCE
Vedic Aryan Civilization
Composition of great epics, the Mahabharata and Ramayana -
221 BCE
Early Chinese Civilization
China is unified