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  • 4000 BCE

    The Domestication of Horses

    This is a result of Indo-European speaking pastorals.
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Beginnings of Egyptian Civilization

    One of the first civilizations; located in Egypt.
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Beginnings of Sumerian Civilization

    One of the first civilizations; was located in the southern reaches of Mesopotamia.
  • 3000 BCE

    Quipu in use in Norte Chico

  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Norte Chico Civilization

    The last of the first civilizations, located in the Americas.
  • Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    The high point of the pharaoh's power and pyramid building.
  • 2500 BCE

    Minoan Civilization

    It emerged on the island of Crete and shows evidence of Egyptian influence.
  • 2400 BCE

    Diminishing Power of the Pharaohs

  • Period: 2400 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Sharply Decreasing Crop Yields

  • Period: 2350 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Mesopotamia conquered Akkadians

  • Period: 2250 BCE to 1950 BCE

    A Period of Low Floods

    This resulted in sharply reduced agricultural output, large-scale starvation, the loss of livestock, and, social upheaval and political disruption.
  • 2200 BCE

    The Pharaoh was Severely Discredited

    This is a result of the Nile's repeated failure to flood properly.
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Beginnings of Chinese Civilization

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Beginnings of Civilization in Indus Valley/Central Asia

    (Oxus Vally)
  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Xia Dynasty

  • 2000 BCE

    Epic of Gilgamesh

  • 2000 BCE

    Flourishing of the cities of Mohenjo Dara and Harappa

  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Mesopotamia Conquered the Babylonians

  • 1775 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi

  • 1700 BCE

    Abandonment of Indus Valley and Central Asian cities

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1045

    Shang Dynasty

  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE

    New Kingdom

  • 1500 BCE

    Creation of Egyptian Empire

  • 1200 BCE

    Beginnings of Olmec Civilization

  • Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

  • 900 BCE

    Writing in Olmec Civilization

  • Period: 900 BCE to 610 BCE

    Mesopotamia conquered the Assyrians

  • Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

  • Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE

    Kush conquest of Egypt

  • 500 BCE

    Persian Empire Established