-
40,000 BCE
Homo sapiens Expand
Human populations expand in Africa and Begin to Emigrate Into Europe and Asia -
Period: 15,000 BCE to 11,000 BCE
Paleolithic Age
Also Known As The Old Stone Age
Started at 2 Million B.C.E. -
11,500 BCE
Humans Learn How to Preserve and Store Food
-
11,000 BCE
Neolithic Revolution Begins
-
11,000 BCE
Climate Changes
Climate warms and species change as glaciers melt. This allows wild grains to flourish. -
Period: 11,000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Neolithic Age
Also Known As The New Stone Age -
Period: 9000 BCE to 5000 BCE
Local Trading Networks Established
-
Period: 7500 BCE to 3500 BCE
Growth of New Settlements
-
Period: 7500 BCE to 5700 BCE
Çatalhöyük Flourishes
-
Period: 6800 BCE to 3000 BCE
Jericho Flourishes
-
5900 BCE
First Settlements in Mesopotamia
Founded by the Ubaid peoples. -
Period: 4300 BCE to 2900 BCE
The Rise of Uruk in Sumer
-
4000 BCE
Priest and Scribes Use Clay Tokens For Record Keeping
-
Period: 3500 BCE to 3300 BCE
The White Temple At Uruk Was Built
-
3300 BCE
Switch to Clay Tablets For Record Keeping
-
3100 BCE
King Narmer Unites Upper and Lower Egypt
-
3100 BCE
Stylus For Writing Is Invented
Used for Cuneiform -
Period: 2900 BCE to 2500 BCE
Early Dynastic Period in Sumer
-
2700 BCE
Reign of Gilgamesh
The Epic Of Gilgamesh Is Written - First Literary Monument In World History -
Period: 2686 BCE to 2160 BCE
Old Kingdom of Egypt
-
2650 BCE
Imhotep Engineers the Step Pyramid for King Djoser
-
2500 BCE
Writing Is Now Used For Religious, Political, and Artistic Purposes
-
2350 BCE
Sargon Conquers Sumer
-
Period: 2160 BCE to 2055 BCE
1st Intermediate Period in Egypt
-
Period: 2100 BCE to 2000 BCE
Ziggurat of Ur Constructed
-
Period: 2100 BCE to 1800 BCE
The Dynasty of Ur and Amorites
-
Period: 2055 BCE to 1650 BCE
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
-
Period: 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE
Reign of Hammurabi