Sideny Polacek Ancient Civ. Timeline

By sidney.polacek
  • 4000 BCE

    M- first people

    people called the summer moved in and called it Mesopotamia, planted crops and began farming ,soft schools
  • 4000 BCE

    M- Sumer People

    They built temples for their Gods, and built large powerful cities, soft schools
  • Period: 4000 BCE to 100 BCE

    Ancient Civilization

  • 3600 BCE

    M- Ziggurats

    Summer built, complex temple usesd as a place of worship for their gods and used for shelter for floods, notes
  • 3500 BCE

    E- Nile settlers

    first farmers that moved to the nile, relied on the flooding which made crops grow swiftly and were able to set up their civilization
    Notes
  • 3300 BCE

    M- Cuneiform

    Cuneiform- the Mesopotamian script that was wedge shaped writing on a clay tablet with a blunt object, first known form of writing in history used for trade, notes
  • 3150 BCE

    E- Menes

    is the legendary first king of Egypt who united upper and Lower Egypt and founded the first dynasty, ancienthistoryencyclopedia.org
  • 3000 BCE

    M- Mathematics

    Made 60 min in an hour, 24 hour day, and 360 degree circle, notes
  • 2950 BCE

    E- Pryramids

    The first pyramid was built under the third dynasty king Zoser, datesandevents.org
  • 2700 BCE

    M- King Gilgamesh

    King took over Babylong, Epic of Gilgamesh, Famous piece of Mesopotamian literature that said the king slayed, dragons and monsters, notes
  • 2400 BCE

    E- Herogliphics

    ideograms for formal writing, wrote on paparus, notes
  • 2330 BCE

    M- New Rulers

    the sumeritian people were taken over by akadians, established akadian power, soft schools
  • 2200 BCE

    E-Old kingdom

    Time of great prosperity and the pyramids of Giza were built, notes
  • 1792 BCE

    M- Hammurabi Code

    One of the oldest deciphered writing in the world, eye for and eye, primitive constitution, notes
  • 1750 BCE

    M- Hammurabi Death

    The first babalonian empire begins to fall apart after Hammurabi's death, ducksters
  • 1539 BCE

    E- New Kingdom

    New kingdom begins, It was Egypt's most prosperous time and marked the peak of its power, datesandevents.org
  • 1500 BCE

    E- Hatshepsut

    Hatshepsut became first female pharaoh to keep family in royalty, notes
  • 1300 BCE

    E- King Tut

    Restore old religious practices in Egypt, only his tomb is intact ,notes
  • 1300 BCE

    I- Israelites Enter

    The Israelites have entered cannan, time maps
  • 1250 BCE

    M- Iron

    they started to make stronger machines and weapons with iron soft schools
  • 1213 BCE

    E- Rames

    Pharaoh during Israelites exodus, went on many military conquests to expand size of his empire, notes
  • 1070 BCE

    E- Fall of Egypt

    Egypt slowly strarted to become weaker and was ruled by several different people and was eventually completely taken over by the romans, notes
  • 1050 BCE

    I- Saul

    The Israelites establish their first Kingdom under Saul, time maps
  • 1010 BCE

    I- David

    David ruled united the 12 feuding tribes made Israel, notes
  • 970 BCE

    I- Soloman

    Davids son ruled, built a temple, became famous for his wisdom and understanding, notes
  • 931 BCE

    I- Israels Decline

    They started to become more vulnerable as a nation after the death of King Soloman they split into north (Israel) and south (Judah), time maps
  • 722 BCE

    I- Assryians

    The assryians captured Israel, notes
  • 620 BCE

    I- Judah Religion

    religious revival takes place in Judah, the south, time maps
  • 586 BCE

    I- Babalonians

    The Babalonias captured the Israel city of Judah, notes
  • 582 BCE

    I- Nebuchadnezzar

    Judah and Jerusalem are destroyed in a series of invasions by king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, notes
  • 539 BCE

    I- Persia

    Persia freed the Israelites, notes