Most Important Events In Development Of Civilization

The Bronze Age

3000 BCE

The Bronze age began in 3000 BCE when the process of combining time and copper created bronze. Bronze was a valuable resource because it made strong tools.

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Period: 3000 BCE to 200 BCE

From 3000-200 BCE the region of Egypt and surrounding states built an empire on agriculture and trade. The abundance of resources allowed for growth and innovation of what would latter be The Bronze and Iron Age. Through the rise and fall of multiple empires strong record keeping and stories keep the history alive. Surviving Hieroglyphics, syllabic texts, and large monuments help to tell the important events of this time.

Agriculture and The Nile River

2660 BCE

From 2660 BCE- 2400BCE was a time span of 250 years know as "The Old Kingdom Egypt". The rise of The Old Kingdom of Egypt was heavily reliant on the abundance of harvests. The location and weather patterns allowed for the Nile River to flood every year, creating rich fertile soil. This allowed agriculture to be predicted and mass produced at a much superior rate in comparison to nearby states.

Decline of The Bronze Age

1200 BCE

The New Kingdom Egypt (1550-1150) empires were subject to series of environmental disasters and foreign invasions over multiple decades. The trade routes and available resources for bronze heavily impacted the stability of these Bronze Age Empires leading to rapid decline.

Beginning of the Iron age

1100 BCE

The end of The Bronze Age happened simply to the lack of available trade and resources. Civilizations could more conveniently access iron in. Through a long, tedious process iron ore could be refined into tools; not as strong as Bronze in Israel and slowly spread outward.

The Iron Age continued

Period: 1000 BCE to 500 BCE

The spread of using iron smithing spread slow, did not make strong weapons or armor, for five centuries. A number of Civilizations rose from in The Iron Age when iron became weaponized and trade routes became reestablished; allowing for resources to make bronze again later.

The Assyrian Empire

800 BCE

The Assyrian Empires' strong focus on military allowed them to survive Bronze age collapse on area of Mesopotamia in 800 bc ( The bronze age decline and rise of (The Iron Age happened in this region happened simultaneously). With the innovation of ironworks The Assyrians military focused government began a series of conquests later capturing all of Egypt.

Lydians

650 BCE

The Lydians have idea to use weighted metals as currency. Latter created first coins "Sheckels"

Phoenicians And Communication

600 BCE

The Phoenician Civilization rose in 600BCE creating the Phonecian alphabet/language: The first known alphabet to use characters to represent verbal sounds.

Phoenicians and Trade

600 BCE

Coinciding with a syllabic written language, Phoenicians mastered sailing. The Phoenicians use of sailing and syllabic language allowed for a strong economy through regrowth of trade.

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Manetho

300

Egyptian priest who kept recorded history of Egypt (not influenced by pharaohs). Manetho birthed the concept of referring to Egypt in different timespans as The Old Kingdom 2680-2220 BCE, Middle Kingdom 2200-2040 BCE, and New Age Kingdom 1550- 1150 BCE. This method is used today.