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5000 BCE
First Towns
The Sumer Created their first Town/cities -
4000 BCE
City-States
The Sumer created powerful City-States with a temple in the middle -
3500 BCE
More City-States
Now there are city-states rising all around Mesopotamia like Ur, Uruk and a couple more -
3300 BCE
Sumarians create first writing
they use pictures on clay tablets -
3200 BCE
Sumerians create the wheel
they used the wheel on carts and vehichels -
Period: 3100 BCE to 30 BCE
Egypt
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3000 BCE
Sumarians start using math
the math they used had a base 60 system -
2700 BCE
The famous King Gilgamesh arose
He ruled the City-state Ur -
Period: 2575 BCE to 2150 BCE
old kingdom
early pyramids built -
2400 BCE
Sumaian Language replaced
The Sumerian language is replaced with Akkadian -
2330 BCE
Akkadian empire rises
The Akkadians Conquered all the Sumerian cities; the Akkadian empire rises -
2250 BCE
A new akkadian king will rule for 50 years
King Naram-Sin made Akkad the lagest state -
2150 BCE
old kingdom
early pyramids made -
2100 BCE
the Akkadian Empire falls
The Sumerians came to power; Ur is rebuilt -
2000 BCE
The Elamites Conquer Ur
The Elamites Conquer Ur -
Period: 1975 BCE to 1640 BCE
Middle Kingdom
The Egyptians started using irrigation from the Nile and move the royal tombs north near the city of memphis -
Period: 1520 BCE to 1075 BCE
New Kingdom
Egypt goes on a conquering spree and makes an empire -
Period: 1100 BCE to 300 BCE
Chronology of when various parts of the Bible were written, we think
(all in BCE)1100-1000: blessings and songs, such as the song of Miriam. 1000-600: the Torah -the J source; Ruth; Job; First Isaiah; some minor prophets; the first version of the history books of Deuteronomy. 586-539: second Isaiah; Jeremiah; Ezekiel; Deuteronomy is expanded; Psalms. 500-300: The rest of the Torah; third Isaiah; later prophets; chronicles re-writes sory of david
