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3200 BCE
Mesopotamia
The first Sumerian cities emerged in the southern part of Mesopotamia. (Text book) -
3000 BCE
India
Harappa Civilization -
Period: 3000 BCE to 2600 BCE
India
Harappa Civilization was formed. (Text book) -
2700 BCE
Egypt
Old Kingdom begins and rulers build huge pyramids to serve as their tombs. (Text book) -
2500 BCE
India
First civilization of India emerged in the Indus River valley, in present day Pakistan. (Text book) -
2300 BCE
Egypt
Sargon and Akkad build the worlds first known empire.
(Text book) -
2000 BCE
Mesopotamia
A man named Abraham lived in Ur Mesopotamia. His family migrated their sheep and goats into the region called Canaan. Abraham is considered the founder of Israelite nation. (Text book) -
1800 BCE
Mesopotamia
First known civilization in the Fertile Crescent was discovered in 1800 in Mesopotamia. (Text book) -
1790 BCE
Egypt
Hammurabi issues the world's first written legal code.
He is the king of Babylon. (Text book) -
1790 BCE
Mesopotamia
Hammurabi, king of Babylon, brought much of Mesopotamia under his control. (Text book) -
1750 BCE
India
The quality of life starts to decline in the Indus River valley. (Text book) -
1650 BCE
China
The Shang dynasty of China emerges. (Text book) -
1500 BCE
India
Deathblow fell on the Indus River valley when nomadic people arrived from the north. (Text book) -
Period: 1500 BCE to 500 BCE
India
The Aryan Civilizations were formed. Aryan priests memorized and recited Vedas thousands of years before they were wrote down. That is why this period is often called the Vedic age. (Text book) -
1290 BCE
Egypt
Ramses ll ruled Egypt. -
Period: 1290 BCE to 1224 BCE
Egypt
Ramses ll was the most powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom. He pushed Egyptian rule northward as far as Syria. (Text book) -
1100 BCE
Mesopotamia
The Assyrian expand across Mesopotamia. This huge winged bull guards the palace of an Assyrian emperor. (Text book) -
1100 BCE
Mesopotamia
The Assyrians, who lived on upper Tigris, began expanding across Mesopotamia. (Textbook) -
1027 BCE
China
The Shang dynasty dominated northern China. (Text book) -
1027 BCE
China
Zhou people overthrow the Shang. (Text book) -
771 BCE
China
Feudal lords exercised the real power and profited from the lands worked by peasants within their domains. (Text book) -
750 BCE
Egypt
As Egypt declined, Nubia regained its independence. Nubia king marches north, adding Egypt to their own lands. (Text book) -
650 BCE
Egypt
Nubian's ruled Egypt like earlier pharaohs, respecting ancient traditions, but soon Assyrian, armed with iron weapons, descended on Egypt. (Text book) -
500 BCE
India
A new civilization had emerged mixed with many rival kingdoms. (Text book) -
500 BCE
China
Knowledge of iron working reached China. (Text book) -
500 BCE
India
The Aryan Civilizations were formed. -
256 BCE
China
Zhou set up their dynasty in China. (Text book)
