Early Civilizations

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  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Beginning of Egyptian Civilization

    Would be known for its pharaohs and pyramids. Unified territorial states in which cities were rather less prominent.
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Emergence of Sumerian Civilization

    The "cradle" of Middle Eastern civilization. Present day Iraq. Would later be absorbed into larger empires such as the Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria.
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE

    The Norte Chico Civilization

    There was less evidence of economic specialization. It was an extremely rich fishing industry. They did not rest on grain based farming. Could be considered not as developed as others.
  • Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE

    Egypt's Old Kingdom

    Constructed the amazing pyramids. Lead to the belief of afterlife for all.
  • 2500 BCE

    Minoan Civilization

    Emerged on the island of Crete
  • 2400 BCE

    Pharaoh Power Loss

    Pharaohs no longer had the power they used to basically diminished due to local officials and nobles assuming greater power.
  • Period: 2400 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Decreased Crop Yields

    Deforestation had led to crop yields in Sumer
  • Period: 2350 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Akkadins

  • Period: 2250 BCE to 1950 BCE

    Sharply Reduced Agriculture Output

    Due to low floods.
  • 2200 BCE

    Improper Nile Flooding

    Weather had led to improper flooding from the Nile.
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Chinese Civilization Arises

    Xia Dynasty - Zhou Dynasty
    Organized flood control projects. Had a specific Chinese political ideology that had emerged. There is an impressive continuity of identity.
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Rise of civilization in Indus Valley and Oxus Civilization

    Known for its architecture, ceramics, burial techniques, seals, etc. "Eurasian-wide system of intellectual and commercial exchange". It had a brief history, had faded by 1700 B.C.E.
  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Xia Dynasty

  • 2000 BCE

    Flourishing of the cities Mohenjo Daro and Harappa

  • 2000 BCE

    Epic of Gilgamesh

    Ancient poem describing the city of Uruk.
  • 2000 BCE

    Power Restoration

    Pharaohs had taken power back but not as much as they once had.
  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Babylonians

  • 1775 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi

    Some form of laws or rules/punishments for breaking.
  • 1700 BCE

    Abandonment of Indus Valley and Central Asian cities

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

  • 1500 BCE

    Creation of Egyptian Empire

  • 1200 BCE

    Olmec Civilization Appears

    A final civilization. Arose from a series of competing chiefdoms. May have created the first written language.
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

  • Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE

    Assyrians

  • 760 BCE

    Nubian Kingdom of Kush Invades Egypt

    They would rule for about 100 years.
  • Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE

    Kush Conquest of Egypt

  • 500 BCE

    Persian Empire Established