Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

c. 7000 BC - Agriculture first develops in Mesopotamia

Jan 1, 700

Mesopotamia for kidsAgriculture first develops in Mesopotamia

c. 1000 BC - Phoenicians trade all around the Mediterranean.

Jan 1, 1000

The Phoenicians

c. 1500 BC - The Shang dynasty is established in China.

Jan 1, 1500

Britanica

c. 1770 BC - Hammurabi of Babylon issues a written code of laws.

Jan 1, 1770

Hammurabi, King of Babylon

c. 965 - Solomon becomes king of Israel.

Mar 2, 2022

Britanica

c. 2300 BC - The Harappan civilization rises in the Indus Valley.

Jan 1, 2300

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/history/harappa.htm

c. 2350 - 2330 BC Sargon of Akkad conquers Mesopotamia and forms the world's first empire.

Jan 1, 2350

Akkad and Sargon The Great

c. 3100 BC - Menes becomes the first pharaoh of Egypt

Jan 1, 3100

Britannica - Menes