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5000 BCE
The Sumer
They formed the first set of cities -
4000 BCE
The Sumer
The Sumer establish powerful city-states -
3500 BCE
Mesopotamian Cities
Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish -
3300 BCE
The Sumerians invent the first writing
They inscribed clay tablets with words and pictures to use as a source of dialog and communication -
3200 BCE
The Sumerians begin to use the wheel
They started inventing the wheel to move heavy objects, (such as people,) more efficiently. -
Period: 3100 BCE to 322 BCE
Ancient Egypt Time Span
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3000 BCE
The Sumerians learn the number system
They started counting and keeping track of amounts on clay tablets using their visual for 1,2,3,etc. -
Period: 2700 BCE to 2055 BCE
Old Kingdom of Egypt
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2400 BCE
The Sumerian language is replaced for the Akkadian language
The Akkadian language became the primary language for the local people. -
2330 BCE
Sargon I creates the first empire
He conquered most of the Sumerian city-states, and then created the Akkadian Empire! -
2250 BCE
King Naram-Sin expands the Akkadian Empire
He conquers more and then rules for 50 years. -
2100 BCE
The Akkadian Empire Falls (the Sumerians gain power again)
After the empire falls the Sumerians gain power again. The Sumerians rebuild the city of Ur -
Period: 2030 BCE to 1650 BCE
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
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2000 BCE
The Elamites captures Ur
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1900 BCE
The Assyrians Rise
They rule northern Mesopotamia -
1750 BCE
The Assyrians Empire falls
The Empire is taken over by the Babylonians. -
1750 BCE
The Babylonians Empire Falls
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Period: 1600 BCE to 1050 BCE
Shang Dynasty
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Period: 1550 BCE to 712 BCE
New Kingdom of Egypt
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1360 BCE
The Assyrians Rise Again
They take over -
1250 BCE
The Assyrians begin to use iron and chariots
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1225 BCE
The Assyrians take over the city of Babylon
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Period: 1100 BCE to 1000 BCE
The Blessings and Songs
An example of this is, The Song of Miriam. -
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 the history books of Deuteronomy
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Period: 800 BCE to 500
Ancient Greece Time Span
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626 BCE
Assyria Falls
The nation begins to fall -
616 BCE
The neo-Babylonian Empire rises
Nabopolassar takes control of Babylon back from the Assyrians and crowns himself king. -
Period: 586 BCE to 539 BCE
Second Isaiah; Jeremiah; Ezekiel; Deuteronomy is expanded; Psalms
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550 BCE
The Persian Empire Begins
It is lead by Cyrus the Great -
539 BCE
Cyrus the Great takes the city of Babylon
He lets the jewish people return to Israel. -
522 BCE
The empire turns into states
each state is lead by a governor or satrap -
Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE
The Rest of The Torah
Third Isaiah; later prophets; Chronicles re-write story of David to make it sound nicer -
490 BCE
The empire battles the Greeks
They are defeated. -
480 BCE
Then a new leader tries to conquer the Greeks
They turn back as they are defeated -
333 BCE
Alexander the Great takes control of the Persian Empire
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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin Dynasty
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Period: 206 BCE to 220
Han Dynasty
