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3800 BCE
Uruk
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3200 BCE
First Extant Writing
Cuneiform -
3100 BCE
Unification of Egypt
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Period: 3100 BCE to 2100 BCE
Old Kingdom
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2500 BCE
Scribal Schools
-
2500 BCE
Bronze Age
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Period: 2300 BCE to 1600 BCE
Babylon (Empire)
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Period: 2300 BCE to 2100 BCE
Akkadian Empire
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2100 BCE
Drought
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Period: 2050 BCE to 1500 BCE
Middle Kingdom
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Period: 1800 BCE to 1570 BCE
Hyksos
-
1755 BCE
Hammurabi's Law Code
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1500 BCE
Thera
-
1500 BCE
Zoastrianism Founded
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Period: 1450 BCE to 1200 BCE
New Kingdom
Empire -
1150 BCE
Bronze Age Collapse
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Period: 1100 BCE to 700 BCE
Phoenicians
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Period: 1025 BCE to 900 BCE
Hebrews
Saul, David, Solomon -
Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE
Assyria
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Period: 900 BCE to 722 BCE
Israel
Ended by Assyrians -
Period: 900 BCE to 587 BCE
Judah
Ended by Babylonian Captivity -
727 BCE
Kush Starts
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722 BCE
Hebrews Split
Judah and Israel -
653 BCE
End of Egypt
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600 BCE
Zoroastrianism Gains Prominence
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Period: 600 BCE to 650
Zoastrianism
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Period: 587 BCE to 538 BCE
Babylonian Captivity
Ended by Cyrus the Great -
Period: 550 BCE to 1 BCE
Persian Empire
Satraps - Collected Taxes
Capital - Persepolis