Ancient life Bruh

By Pipsqeak
  • 5000 BCE

    Cities

    The Sumerians make the first towns and cities. They use irrigation to farm large areas of land.
  • 4000 BCE

    Temples

    The Sumerians establish powerful city-states building large ziggurats at the center of their cities as temples to their gods.
  • 3500 BCE

    Lower Mesopotamia

    A lot of lower Mesopotamia is inhabited by multiple Sumer city-states such as Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur.
  • 3300 BCE

    Early writing

    The Sumerians invent the first writing. They use pictures for words and write them on clay tablets.
  • 3200 BCE

    wheels

    The Sumerians started using wheels on their vehicles.
  • 3000 BCE

    Mathematics

    The Sumerians start to evolve mathematics using a number system with the base 60.
  • 2700 BCE

    Sumerian King

    The famous Sumerian King Gilgamesh rules the city-state of Ur.
  • Period: 2700 BCE to 2055 BCE

    Old Kingdom

  • 2400 BCE

    Language

    The Sumerian language is replaced by the Akkadian language as the primary spoken language in Mesopotamia.
  • 2300 BCE

    Empire

    Sargon I of the Akkadians takes over most of the Sumerian city states and creates the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.
  • 2250 BCE

    Ruler of Akkadians

    King Naram-Sin of the Akkadians expands the empire to its largest state. He will rule for 50 years.
  • 2100 BCE

    Sumerians gain power

    After the Akkadian Empire crumbles, the Sumerians once again gain power. The city of Ur is rebuilt.
  • Period: 2050 BCE to 1550 BCE

    Middle Kindom

  • 2000 BCE

    Elamanites

    The Elamites capture Ur.
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1069 BCE

    New Kingdom

  • Period: 1100 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Songs

    Blessing and songs such as The Song of Miriam
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 600 BCE

    The Torah

    The torah -the J source, Ruth; Job; First Isaiah; some minor prophets; first version of history books of Deuteronomy.
  • Period: 800 BCE to 500

    Ancient Greece

  • Period: 586 BCE to 539 BCE

    Deuteronomy Exended

    Second Isaiah; Jeremiah; Ezekiel; Deuteronomy is Extended; Psalms
  • Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE

    Finish Torah

    The rest of the Torah; Third Isaiah; later prophets; Chronicles re-writes story of David to make it sound nicer.