First Civilizations

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  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Beginnings of Egyptian Civilization

  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Beginnings of Sumerian Civilization

  • 3000 BCE

    Quipu in use in Norte Chico

  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Norte Chico Civilization

  • Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE

    Old Kingdom; High Point of Pharaoh's power and pyramid building

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Beginnings of Chinese Civilization

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Beginnings of Civilization in Indus Valley and Oxus Valley

  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Xia Dynasty

  • 2000 BCE

    Epic of Gilgamesh

  • 2000 BCE

    Mohenjo Daro and Harappa

  • 1775 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi

  • 1700 BCE

    Abandonment of Indus Valley and Central Asian Cities

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    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 612 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

  • Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE

    Kush Conquest of Egypt

  • 500 BCE

    Persian Empire Established