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10,000 BCE
Start of the Neolithic Revolution
The Neolithic Revolution is the known as the time when humans went from hunters and gatherers to settled agricultural societies. This change allowed human to create large and complex societies than later on would cause, social distinctions, gender inequality, social classes and many technological advancements such as metallurgy, pottery, textile production and many others. -
8000 BCE
Emergence of Agricultural Villages and Towns
Arduo 8000 BCE, agricultural villages and towns started to emerge all around the globe, each with their own kinds of domesticated animals and plants. This almost simultaneous event shows that humans have an inclination to start agriculture which allows them to build large and complex civilizations. -
Period: 7500 BCE to 5400 BCE
Catal Huyuk Settlements (South Central Anatolia)
Catal Huyuk was a small neolithic village that grew into a bustling town of about 5000 people. Thanks to its proximity to a large obsidian deposit it became a significant village that probably traded obsidian tools for metal tools, wood carvings, carpets, beads, and jewelry among other products. -
7000 BCE
Emergente of Pottery
Pottery was one of the first craft industries to emerge along with agricultural societies. Before agriculture, humans didn't store any kind of food for long times of period, and even had to walk large distances to get their food and water resources. However it was until the surge of pottery that humans were able to store food and even liquids for long periods of time. Later on people would discover how to ad shapes and colors to their pots causing the creation of this to become a form of art. -
6000 BCE
Earliest evidence of Textile Production
The early evidence of textile production show how humans were able to domesticate animals and use their skins and natural fibers to create textile products. While the new textile would allow humans to resist the winter, travel places with extremely cold climates, making it one of themes important enterprises in agricultural societies. -
Period: 6000 BCE to 5000 BCE
Emergence of Metalworking
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5000 BCE
Climatic Change
After 5000 BCE, the climate around Africa, started to become much hotter and drier which later on forced human kind and other animal species to move towards more habitable areas like the remaining bodies of Lake Chad or the valley of the Nile river. -
Period: 5000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Yangshao society
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Period: 3200 BCE to 2350 BCE
Sumerian Civilization in Mesopotamia
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3100 BCE
Unification of Egypt
On the following years after the great climate change that created the sahara desert, Egyptian and Nubian societies started to emerge around the nile river. However it was until 3100 that the Egyptian rulers took control over all the territory between the Nile delta and the river’s first cataract to form much larger and powerful kingdom than any other Nubian state. -
Period: 3100 BCE to 2660 BCE
Egypts Archaic Period
On the archaic period Egypt was separated into two lands: Upper(south) and Lower(north) Egypt, each with its own king. One account tells of a king of Upper Egypt named Menes who sent an army down the Nile and defeated the king of Lower Egypt in battle to united the two kingdoms. Menes became the first pharaoh and the creator of an unified Egypt. -
3000 BCE
Beginnings of agriculture in South America
In its earliest days agriculture in south america allowed the chain cult and many other civilizations to rise. Unlike other early agricultures this wasn't found in lower land river valley, but instead it was found at the top. The Chavin ideated a way to use the water of the upper parts to irrigate all their potatoes, quinoa, and maize through small platforms that allowed the water to slowly pass as it went down. -
3000 BCE
Austronesian Migrations to New Guinea
The Austronesian were people that foraged for food like many other, however due to their ability to create sailing boats an shipping over great distances, they were able to establish themsefs in New Guinea. -
Period: 3000 BCE to 1850 BCE
Chinook Society
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Period: 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE
Indo-European Migrations
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Period: 2660 BCE to 2160 BCE
Egyptian Old Kingdom
Kingdom periods in ancient Egyptian history were times when the people of Lower and Upper Egypt were unified under the rule of a single pharaoh. The most enduring symbols of their authority and divine status are the massive pyramids constructed during the Old Kingdom which shows the ability of the pharaohs’ ability to marshal Egyptian resources. -
Period: 2500 BCE to 1450 BCE
Early Kingdom of Kush
During the Archaic Period, tension was built between the Egyptian and the Nubian, but since Egypt gained great power with its unification Nubians people seemed forced to move their last forces towards lower Nubia, where they established a kingdom called Kush.
Although it wasn't as powerful as united Egypt, the kingdom of Kush was a formidable and wealthy state that dominated the upper reaches of the Nile and even threatened southern Egypt. Late on both Kingdoms started to mix their cultures. -
Period: 2500 BCE to 1900 BCE
Harappan Society in South Asia
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Period: 2350 BCE to 1600 BCE
Babylonian Dominance in Mesopotamia
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Period: 2200 BCE to 1766 BCE
Xia Dynasty
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2000 BCE
Beginning of Bantu Migrations
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Period: 1766 BCE to 1122 BCE
Shang Dynasty
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Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE
Hittite Dominance in Anatolia
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1674 BCE
The Hyksos and Capture of Memphis (Old Egypt's Capital)
The Hyksos were horse riding nomads that used their technological advantages taken from the Hittites and Mesopotamians to conquer Memphis, the capital of Old Egypt. The Hyksos didn't only conquer Egypt, but they also brought new advancements and ideas to it such as Bronze metallurgy, horses and war chariots which would later be used to push them out of Thebes and Memphis to create a much more powerful Egypt (New Egypt). -
Period: 1550 BCE to 1070 BCE
Egyptian New Kingdom
This kingdom grow a lot larger an powerful thanks to the new technological advantages that the Hyksos had brought. Pharaohs of the New Kingdom presided over a prosperous and productive society. Agricultural surpluses supported a population of perhaps four million people as well as an army and an elaborate bureaucracy that divided responsibilities among different offices. Instead of building huge pyramids they builded multiple temples for their multiple gods. -
1500 BCE
Beginning of Aryan Migrations to India
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Period: 1500 BCE to 500 BCE
Vedic Age
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Period: 1500 BCE to Sep 23, 700
Austronesian Migrations to Pacific Islands
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Period: 1500 BCE to 500 BCE
Lapita Society
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Period: 1200 BCE to 100 BCE
Olmec Society
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Period: 1122 BCE to 256 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
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1000 BCE
Early Aryan Migrations into the Ganges River Valley
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Period: 1000 BCE to 612 BCE
Assyrian Dominance in Mesopotamia
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Period: 1000 BCE to 300 BCE
Chavin Cult
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900 BCE
Invention of Iron Metallurgy in Sub-Sahara Africa
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Period: 800 BCE to 400 BCE
Composition of the principal Upanishads
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Period: 600 BCE to 550 BCE
New Babylonian Empire
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Period: 403 BCE to 221 BCE
Warring States Period
