-
Period: 2575 BCE to 2134 BCE
[African]
Old Kingdom (Egypt)] -
2500 BCE
Uniform Time Segment
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Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE
[Mesopotamian]
Akkadian (Semitic) -
Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE
[Mesopotamian]
Third Dynasty of Ur (Sumerian) -
Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE
[Africa]
Middle Kingdom reigns in Egypt -
2000 BCE
Uniform Time Segment
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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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Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE
[Mesopotamian]
Old Babylonian (Semitic) -
1800 BCE
Abraham migrated to Canaan
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Period: 1750 BCE to 1045 BCE
[Asian]
Shang dynasty (China) -
Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE
[Mediterranean]
Hittites dominant in Anatolia -
Period: 1640 BCE to 1532 BCE
[African]
Hyksos dominate northern Egypt -
1600 BCE
Rise of Mycenaean civilization in Greece
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1532 BCE
Beginning of New Kingdom
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1500 BCE
Uniform Time Segment
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1500 BCE
Hittites develop iron metallurgy
Hittites develop iron metallurgy -
Period: 1500 BCE to 1150 BCE
[Mesopotamian]
Kassite ruled in [Mesopotamian] -
1450 BCE
Destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete
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Period: 1250 BCE to 1200 BCE
[Middle Eastern]
Israelite occupation of Canaan -
1200 BCE
Destruction of Hittite kingdom
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Period: 1200 BCE to 1150 BCE
[Mediterranean]
Destruction of Mycenaean centers in Greece -
1150 BCE
Philistines settle southern coast of Israel
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Period: 1045 BCE to 221 BCE
[Asian]
Zhou dynasty (China) -
1000 BCE
Uniform Time Segment
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1000 BCE
Iron metallurgy reaches the Mediterranean
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1000 BCE
Initial development of pastoral nomadism [Asian]
-
1000 BCE
Origin of Celtic culture in Central Europe
-
1000 BCE
Jerusalem made Israelite capital
-
969 BCE
Hiram of Tyre comes to power
-
960 BCE
Solomon builds First Temple
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920 BCE
Division into two kingdoms of Israel and Judah
-
911 BCE
Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire
-
814 BCE
Foundation of Carthage
-
750 BCE
Kings of Kush control Egypt
-
712 BCE
Assyrian conquest of northern kingdom
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Period: 712 BCE to 660 BCE
[African]
Nubian kings rule Egypt -
701 BCE
Assyrian humiliation of Tyre
-
701 BCE
Assyrian humiliation of Tyre
[Mesopotamian and Middle Eastern] -
700 BCE
Scythians drive out Cimmerians and settle area north of Black Sea
-
671 BCE
Assyrian conquest of Egypt
[Mesopotamian and African] -
Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE
[Mesopotamian]
Neo- Babylonian kingdom -
612 BCE
Fall of Assyria
-
600 BCE
Iron metallurgy in China
-
587 BCE
Capture of Jerusalem
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Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE
[Asian]
Life of Confucius (China) -
Period: 550 BCE to 300 BCE
Rivalry of Carthaginians and Greeks in the western Mediterranean
-
515 BCE
Deportees from Babylon return to Jerusalem
-
500 BCE
Uniform Time Segment
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500 BCE
Celtic elites trade for Mediterranean goods
-
Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE
[Europe]
Migrations across Europe -
450 BCE
Hanno the Phoenician explores West Africa
-
450 BCE
Completion of Hebrew Bible
-
440 BCE
Greek historian Herodotus reports on nomadic Scythians
-
390 BCE
Celts sack Rome
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Period: 356 BCE to 338 BCE
[Asian]
Lord Shang brings Legalist reforms to Qin state (China) -
Period: 350 BCE to 300 BCE
[African]
Kingdom of Meroë -
300 BCE
Ruler of Chinese state of Zhao equips troops like nomad horsemen (China)
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1 BCE
Uniform Time Segment