Ancient Timeline

By Wornick_Girl
  • 5000 BCE

    Sumer's Beginning

    Sumer's Beginning
    Sumer formed the first towns and cities. They used irrigation to farm large areas of land.
  • Period: 5000 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Mespotamia

    https://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/timeline.php
  • 4000 BCE

    Sumer's city-states

    Sumer's city-states
    Sumer established powerful city-states building large ziggurats at the center of their cities as temples to their gods.
  • 3500 BCE

    Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur

    Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur
    Much of lower Mesopotamia was inhabited by numerous Sumer city-states for example, Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur.
  • 3300 BCE

    Sumer's writing

    Sumer's writing
    Sumerians invented the first writing. They used pictures for words and wrote them on clay tablets.
  • 3200 BCE

    Sumer's wheels

    Sumer's wheels
    Sumerians begin to use put wheels on vehicles
  • Period: 3100 BCE to 30 BCE

    Entirety of Ancient Egypt

  • 3000 BCE

    Sumer's math

    Sumer's math
    Sumerians start to implement mathematics using a number system with the base 60.
  • 2700 BCE

    King Gilgamesh

    King Gilgamesh
    Famous Sumerian King Gilgamesh rules the city-state of Ur.
  • Period: 2686 BCE to 2134 BCE

    Old Kingdom (Egypt)

  • 2400 BCE

    Akkadian Language

    Akkadian Language
    Sumerian language is replaced by Akkadian language as the primary spoken language in Mesopotamia
  • 2330 BCE

    Sargon One of the Akkadians

    Sargon One of the Akkadians
    Sargon One of the Akkadians conquers most of the Sumerian city-states and creates the world's first empire (Akkadian Empire)
  • 2250 BCE

    King Naram-Sin of the Akkadians

    King Naram-Sin of the Akkadians
    King Naram-Sin of the Akkadians expands the empire to its largest. Rules for 50 years.
  • 2100 BCE

    Sumer's return

    Sumer's return
    Akkadian Empire crumbles, Sumerians gain power again. City of Ur rebuilt.
  • Period: 2030 BCE to 1650 BCE

    Middle Kingdom (Egypt)

  • 2000 BCE

    Elamites

    Elamites
    Elamites capture Ur
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1050 BCE

    Shang Dynasty (China)

  • Period: 1550 BCE to 712 BCE

    New Kingdom (Egypt)

  • Period: 1100 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Blessings and Songs

    Such as The Song of Miriam
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 500

    Ancient Greece

  • Period: 1046 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty (China)

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 600 BCE

    The Torah

    The J source; Ruth; Job; First Isaiah; some minor prophets; first version of the history books of Deuteronomy
  • Period: 586 BCE to 539 BCE

    Second Isaiah

    Second Isaiah; Jeremiah; Ezekial; Deuteronomy is expanded; Psalms
  • Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE

    The Rest of the Torah

    The Rest of the Torah; Third Isaiah; later prophets; Chronicles re-writes the story of David to make it sound nicer
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin

  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty (China)