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100,000 BCE
The Ice Age
Fire was the most important thing in the Ice Age. Thick sheets of ice covered Europe, Asia, and North America. People often died because of the cold and they also starved from hunger. -
8000 BCE
The Stone Age
People during the Stone Age spent most of their time hunting, fishing, and gathering food these people were called Nomads. -
8000 BCE
The Neolithic Times
After the Ice Age came the Neolithic Times when gradually farming replaced hunting and gathering which is known as the farming revolution. -
Period: 7000 BCE to 2000 BCE
The Farming Revolution
This was a very important time for the Neolithic people it helped them so then they didn't have to hunt or gather anymore. -
4000 BCE
The Bronze Age
Craftspeople in western Asia mixed copper and tin together to make a stronger metal known as bronze. -
4000 BCE
Mesopotamia Civilization
Over the years the early farming villages developed into civilizations or complex societies. -
Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Benefits of a Settled Life
With people staying in just one place meant they had to find jobs to do this was called specialization. Some of the jobs were farming, craftspeople, and toolmakers. -
Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
What are City-States
A city-state is a city that became separate from a country and had its own government. -
Period: 4000 BCE to 4000 BCE
How life was in Sumer
A lot of people farmed others were artisans or people who made things. -
3000 BCE
Advances in Science and Math
Mesopotamian people created the 60-minute hour, 60-second minute, the 360 degree circle,and the 12 month calendar. -
Period: 3000 BCE to 1200 BCE
The Rise of Sumer
The first civilization in Mesopotamia was Sumer which is now southern Iraq it was in between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River. -
Period: 2000 BCE to 2000 BCE
Villages Starting to Grow
Two of the earliest known communities are Jericho which is now known as Israel and Jordan the other city is Catal Huyuk which is now present-day Turkey. -
1800 BCE
Sargon and Hammurabi
Sargon king of the Akkaidians had the first empire in the world and then it collapsed over 200 years later because of invaders. Hammurabi king of Babylon was known for his law code. -
900 BCE
The Assyrians
About 1,000 years after Hammurabi, a new empire started and the empire was called Assyria, the Assyrians were strong people they produced iron weapons that were stronger than copper and tin. -
605 BCE
The Chaldeans
The Chaldeans were led by king Nebuchadnezzer they controlled all of Mesopotamia. They invented the hanging gardens
