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Period: 2575 BCE to 2134 BCE
Old Kingdom
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2500 BCE
2500 BCE
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Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE
Akkadian
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Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE
Third Dynasty of Ur (Sumerian)
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Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE
Middle Kingdom Reigns
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2000 BCE
Horses in use spreads all over Western Asia
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2000 BCE
Rise of Minoan civilization on Crete; early Greeks arrive in Greece
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2000 BCE
2000 B.C.E
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Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE
Old Babylonian (Semitic)
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1800 BCE
Abraham migrated to Canaan
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Period: 1750 BCE to 1045 BCE
Shang dynasty
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Period: 1712 BCE to 660 BCE
Nubian kings rule
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Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE
Hittites dominant in Anatolia
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Period: 1640 BCE to 1532 BCE
Hyksos dominate northern Egypt
Red -
1600 BCE
Rise of Mycenaean civilization in Greece
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1532 BCE
Beginning of New Kingdom
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1500 BCE
Hittites develop iron metallurgy
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1500 BCE
1500 B.C.E.
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Period: 1500 BCE to 1150 BCE
Kassite rule in Mesopotamian
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1450 BCE
Destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete
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Period: 1250 BCE to 1200 BCE
Israelite occupation of Canaan
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1200 BCE
Destruction of Hittite kingdom
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Period: 1200 BCE to 1150 BCE
Destruction Of Mycenaean centers in Greece
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1150 BCE
Philistines settle southern coast of Israel
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Period: 1045 BCE to 221 BCE
Zhou dynasty
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1000 BCE
Origin of Celtic culture in Central Europe
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1000 BCE
Jerusalem made Israelite capital
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1000 BCE
Initial development of pastoral nomadism
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1000 BCE
1000 BCE
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1000 BCE
Iron metallurgy reaches the Mediterranean
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969 BCE
Hiram of Tyre comes to power
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960 BCE
Solomon builds First Temple
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920 BCE
Division into two kingdoms of Israel an Judah
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911 BCE
Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire
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814 BCE
Foundation of Carthage
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750 BCE
Kings of Kush control Egypt
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721 BCE
Assyrian conquest of northern kingdom
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701 BCE
Assyrian conquest of Tyre
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701 BCE
Assyrian humiliation of Tyre
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700 BCE
Scythians drive out Cimmerians and settle area north of Black Sea
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671 BCE
Assyrian conquest of Egypt
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Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE
Neo-Babylonian Kingdom
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612 BCE
Fall of Assyria
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600 BCE
Iron metallurgy in China
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587 BCE
Capture of Jerusalem
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Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE
Life of Confucius
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Period: 550 BCE to 300 BCE
Rivalry of Carthaginians and Greeks in Western Mediterranean
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515 BCE
Deportees from Babylon return to Jerusalem
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500 BCE
Celtic elites trade for Mediterranean goods
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500 BCE
500 BCE
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Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE
Migrations across Europe
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450 BCE
Hanno the Phoenician explores West Africa
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450 BCE
Completion of Hebrew Bible
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440 BCE
Greek historian Herodotus reports on nomadic Scythians
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390 BCE
Celts sack Rome
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300 BCE
Ruler of Chinese state of Zhao equips troops like nomad horsemen