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Thinking About Chronology: 4000 B.C.E - 0 C.E

By Ty$hon_R
  • 4000 BCE

    Widespread Use of Beer in the Middle East

    Widespread Use of Beer in the Middle East
    By 4000 BCE, many varieties of beer were commonly used in the middle-eastern region of the globe.
  • 4000 BCE

    Domestication of Horses

    Domestication of Horses
    Pastoral people living in southern Russia began the domestication of Horses
  • 4000 BCE

    Secondary Products Revolution

    Secondary Products Revolution
    A chain of interactions resulting in new uses for domesticated animals, such as for milk, manure, and manual labor across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
  • Period: 4000 BCE to 3100 BCE

    Uruk Civilization

    ancient Mesopotamia's largest city (pop. 50,000)
  • Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Domestication of maize/corn

    A cereal grain first domesticated in southern Mexico
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 2999 BCE

    First Emergence of Civilization

    Earliest recorded civilizations expanding from Sumer, Egypt, and the central coast of Peru.
  • 3400 BCE

    Ta-Seti

    an early Nubian civilization originating south of Egypt in the Nile Valley
  • Period: 3200 BCE to 2350 BCE

    Mesopotamian Civilization

    grown primarily in Sumer and organized by a plethora of city-states in a harsher environment compared to its neighboring territories.
  • Period: 3100 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Egyptian Civilization

    Beginning in 3100 BCE, this community of people existed under the powerful rule of the pharaoh until harsh environment and uprising classes brought the civilization to an end in 2000 BCE
  • 3000 BCE

    Bantu Migration

    Bantu Migration
    Creating the spark for much of Africa's agricultural advances in the south, numerous Bantu-speaking people moved from east to south, spreading their culture and agriculture expertise with them.
  • 2600 BCE

    Emergence of Caral, Norte Chico

    One of the first great cities expanding from the coast of Peru
  • Period: 2350 BCE to 612 BCE

    Destruction of Mesopatmia

    A series of devastating battles at the hands of powerful northern territories beginning with Akkadians, and ending with the Assyrians empire.
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Oxus Civilization

    an aristocratic society with no written language but many forms of pottery and views of gods/goddesses
  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Xia Dynasty

    One of the earliest Chinese civilizations that focused on a strong monarchy, who's ruler was able to "master the waters and made them flow in great channels".
  • 2000 BCE

    Mohenjo Daro

    a 2,000 BCE city along the Indus river (pop. 40,000) with 2-3 story houses
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Peak and Fall of Indus Valley Civilization

    Being much larger than Egypt and Mesopotamia, this addition to the worlds First Civilizations showed no evidence of kings, palaces, temples or warrior classes.
  • 1775 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi

    an accumulation of 200+ by the Babylonian Empire
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    An addition to the Chinese state resulting from the fall of the previous monarchy.
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 350 BCE

    Olmec Civilization

    the "mother of Civilization in mesoamerica" that came from numerous chiefdoms and introduced the first written language in the Americas. (around the Gulf of Mexico near Veracruz)
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 768 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

    Another addition to early Chinese civilization