Ancient Times

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  • Period: 6500 BCE to 332 BCE

    entirety of ancient Egypt

  • 5000 BCE

    cities

    cities
    • The Sumerian people make the first towns and cities. They use irrigation to farm large areas of land.
  • 4000 BCE

    temple/ziggurat

    temple/ziggurat
    • The Sumerians establish powerful city-states, building large temples at the center of their cities.
  • 3500 BCE

    lower city-states

    lower city-states
    • Much of lower Mesopotamia is inhabited by many Sumerian city-states such as Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur.
  • 3300 BCE

    writing

    writing
    The Sumerians invented the first writing! They use pictures for words and wrote them on clay tablets.
  • 3200 BCE

    wheels!!!!!!!!

    wheels!!!!!!!!
    The Sumerians begin to use the wheels and veechles.
  • 3000 BCE

    math

    math
    The Sumerians start to implement mathematics using a number system with the base 60.
  • 2700 BCE

    king of Ur

    king of Ur
    The famous Sumerian King, Gilgamesh, rules over Ur.
  • Period: 2575 BCE to 2150 BCE

    old kingdom

  • 2400 BCE

    akkadian language

    akkadian language
    The Sumerian language is replaced by the Akkadian language as the primary spoken language in Mesopotamia.
    aka
    bye-bye, Sumerian language, hello akkadian language!!!!!
  • 2330 BCE

    akkadian empire

    akkadian empire
    Sargon I of the Akkadians conquers most of the Sumerian city states and creates the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.
  • 2250 BCE

    king Naram-Sin

    king Naram-Sin
    King Naram-Sin rules for 50 years and expands the empire
  • 2100 BCE

    Ur again

    Ur again
    After the Akkadian Empire crumbles, the Sumerians once again gain power. The city of Ur is rebuilt.
  • 2000 BCE

    Elamites

    Elamites
    The Elamites capture Ur.
    aka
    bye again Ur
  • Period: 1975 BCE to 1640 BCE

    middle kingdom

  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1070 BCE

    new kingdom

  • Period: 1100 BCE to 1000 BCE

    blessings and songs

    The Song Of Miriam
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 50

    Ancient Greece

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 600 BCE

    The Torah

    the J source; Ruth; Job; First Isaiah; some minor prophets; first version of the history books of Deuteronomy
  • Period: 586 BCE to 539 BCE

    Deuteronomy is expanded

    Second Isaiah; Jeremiah; Ezekiel; Psalms
  • Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE

    the rest of the Torah

    Third Isaiah; later prophets; Chronicles re-writes story of David to make it sound nicer