-
6000 BCE
Invention of the 1st Potter's Wheel
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4000 BCE
Emergence of Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
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4000 BCE
Beginning of River Valley Civilizations
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3500 BCE
The Emergence of Cuneiform
in the Middle East by Sumerians -
3000 BCE
Emergence of Egyptian Civilization
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3000 BCE
Metalworking Becomes a Common Practice
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2700 BCE
Pyramids are Built
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2500 BCE
Emergence of Indus River Valley
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1600 BCE
Shang Dynasty
1600-1050BCE -
1200 BCE
Decline of River Valley Civilizations
-
1200 BCE
Jews Settle near the Mediterranean; First Monotheistic Religion
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1000 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
1029-258 BCE -
1000 BCE
Consistent Spread of Civilizations Begins
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400 BCE
Era of the Warring States
402-201 -
221 BCE
Qin Dynasty
221-202 BCE -
200 BCE
Han Dynasty
202 BCE- 220 CE -
580
Sui Dynasty
581-618 CE -
Feb 16, 618
Tang Dynasty
618-907 CE -
Nov 29, 960
Song Dynasty
960-1279 CE -
Jun 5, 1271
Yuan Dynasty
1271-1368 CE -
Jan 26, 1368
Ming Dynasty
1368-1644 CE -
Qing Dynasty
1644-1911 CE
