Phineaus Ellegood -The Emergence of Human Communities {2500 B.C.E. - 250 B.C.E.}

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  • 4500 BCE

    Early agriculture in Nubia (red)

  • 2600 BCE

    Beginning of Indus Valley civilization (green)

  • Period: 2575 BCE to 2134 BCE

    Old Kingdom (red)

  • Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE

    Akkadian (Semitic) (yellow)

  • Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE

    Third Dynasty of Ur (Sumerian) (yellow)

  • Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE

    Middle Kingdom reigns in Egypt (red)

  • 2000 BCE

    Rise of Minoan civilization on Crete; early Greeks arrive in Greece (blue)

  • 2000 BCE

    Horses in use spreads all over western Asia (green)

  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Old Babylonian (Semitic) (yellow)

  • 1800 BCE

    Abraham migrated to Canaan (pink)

  • Period: 1705 BCE to 1045 BCE

    Shang dynasty (green) (asia)

  • Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Hittites dominant in Anatolia (blue)

  • Period: 1640 BCE to 1532 BCE

    Hyksos dominate northern Egypt (red)

  • 1600 BCE

    Rise of Mycenaean civilization in Greece (blue)

  • 1532 BCE

    Beginning of New Kingdom (red)

  • 1500 BCE

    Hittites develop iron metallurgy (yellow)

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1150 BCE

    Kassite ruled in Mesopotamian (yellow)

  • 1450 BCE

    Destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete (blue)

  • Period: 1250 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Israelite occupation of Canaan (pink)

  • 1200 BCE

    Destruction of Hittite kingdom (yellow)

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 1150 BCE

    Destruction of Mycenaean centers in Greece (purple)

  • 1150 BCE

    Philistines settle southern coast of Israel (pink)

  • Period: 1045 BCE to 221 BCE

    Zhou dynasty [green (China)]

  • 1000 BCE

    Initial development of pastoral nomadism (green)

  • 1000 BCE

    Jerusalem made Israelite capital (pink)

  • 1000 BCE

    Iron metallurgy reaches the Mediterranean (blue)

  • 1000 BCE

    Origin of Celtic culture in Central Europe (purple)

  • 969 BCE

    Hiram of Tyre comes to power (pink)

  • 960 BCE

    Solomon builds First Temple (pink)

  • 920 BCE

    Division into two kingdoms of Israel and Judah

  • 911 BCE

    Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire (yellow)

  • 814 BCE

    Foundation of Carthage (blue)

  • 750 BCE

    Kings of Kush control Egypt (red)

  • 721 BCE

    Assyrian conquest of northern kingdom (yellow)

  • Period: 712 BCE to 660 BCE

    Nubian kings rule Egypt (red)

  • 701 BCE

    Assyrian humiliation of Tyre (yellow and pink)

  • 701 BCE

    Assyrian humiliation of Tyre (yellow)

  • 700 BCE

    Scythians drive out Cimmerians and settle area north of Black Sea (green)

  • 671 BCE

    Assyrian conquest of Egypt (yellow and red)

  • Period: 629 BCE to 539 BCE

    Neo- Babylonian kingdom

  • 612 BCE

    Fall of Assyria (yellow)

  • 600 BCE

    Iron metallurgy in China (green)

  • 587 BCE

    Capture of Jerusalem (pink)

  • Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE

    Life of Confucius (green) (china)

  • Period: 550 BCE to 300 BCE

    Rivalry of Carthaginians and Greeks in the western Mediterranean (blue)

  • 515 BCE

    Deportees from Babylon return to Jerusalem (yellow)

  • 500 BCE

    Celtic elites trade for Mediterranean goods (blue)

  • Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE

    Migrations across Europe (purple)

  • 450 BCE

    Hanno the Phoenician explores West Africa (red)

  • 450 BCE

    Completion of Hebrew Bible (yellow)

  • 440 BCE

    Greek historian Herodotus reports on nomadic Scythians (blue)

  • Period: 356 BCE to 338 BCE

    Lord Shang brings Legalist reforms to Qin state (green)

  • 300 BCE

    Ruler of Chinese state of Zhao equips troops like nomad horsemen (green) (china)

  • Period: 300 BCE to 350

    Kingdom of Meroë (red)

  • 290 BCE

    Celts sack Rome (purple)