HI 207 Powers - Exam I By erlitty Period: 2900 BCE to 2300 BCE Sumer 2600 BCE Beginning of the Old Kingdom in Egypt Period: 2600 BCE to 2150 BCE The Old Kingdom in Egypt Period: 2300 BCE to 2150 BCE Akkadian Empire Period: 2150 BCE to 2000 BCE The First Intermediate Period in Egypt Period: 2100 BCE to 2000 BCE Third Dynasty of Ur Period: 2025 BCE to 1754 BCE Old Assyrian Empire Period: 2000 BCE to 1600 BCE The Middle Kingdom in Egypt Period: 1800 BCE to 1600 BCE Old Babylonian Empire Amorite Dynasty is the first dynasty of Babylon. They do not assimilate to Babylonian culture. Notable figures: Hammurabi. Period: 1800 BCE to 1550 BCE Second Intermediate Period in Egypt Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE Hittite Empire Period: 1600 BCE to 1155 BCE Kassite Dynasty Babylon Period: 1500 BCE to 1300 BCE Mitanni Kingdom Period: 1365 BCE to 900 BCE Middle Assyrian Empire 1200 BCE Late Bronze Age Collapse 750 BCE Archaic Period begins in Greece Period: 750 BCE to 609 BCE Neo-Assyrian Empire Period: 678 BCE to 549 BCE Medean Empire Period: 605 BCE to 539 BCE Neo-Babylonian Empire Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE Achaemenid Persia 480 BCE Second Persian Invasion 323 BCE Death of Alexander the Great 146 BCE Destruction of Corinth and Carthage