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Period: 5000 BCE to 2000 BCE
First cities and towns
The Sumer form the first towns and cities. They use irrigation to farm large areas of land. -
4000 BCE
4000 BCE
The Sumer created powerful cities and states by building large ziggurats at the center of their cities as temples to their gods. -
3500 BCE
3500 BCE
Much of lower Mesopotamia is inhabited by a lot of Sumer city-states like Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur. -
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
The Sumerians invented the first writing. They used pictures for words and wrote them on clay tablets. -
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
The Sumerians began to use wheels on vehicles. -
Period: 3100 BCE to 332 BCE
All of Ancient Eygpt
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3000 BCE
3000 BCE
The Sumerians start to invent math using a number system with the base 60. -
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
The famous Sumerian King Gilgamesh ruled the city/state of Ur. -
Period: 2686 BCE to 2134 BCE
Old Kingdom
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2400 BCE
2400 BCE
The Sumerian language is replaced by Akkadian as the most spoken language in Mesopotamia. -
Period: 2050 BCE to 1652 BCE
Middle Kingdom
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Period: 1600 BCE to 1050 BCE
Shang Dynasty
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Period: 1570 BCE to 1070 BCE
New Kingdom
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Period: 1100 BCE to 1000 BCE
Blessing and songs
Blessings and songs, such as the song of Miriam -
Period: 1100 BCE to 500
Ancient Greece
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Period: 1046 BCE to 256 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
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Period: 1000 BCE to 600 BCE
The Torah
The J source; Ruth; Job; First Isaiah; some minor prophets; first version of history books of Deuteronomy. -
Period: 586 BCE to 539 BCE
Other Torah
Second Isaiah; Jeremiah; Ezekiel; Deuteronomy is expanded; Plsams -
Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE
Other, Other Torah
The rest of the Torah; Third Isaiah; Later Prophets; Chronicles re-writes story of David to make it sound nicer -
Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin Dynasty
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Period: 206 BCE to 220
Han Dynasty