Thinking About Chronology

By gbag
  • 4000 BCE

    Sumer Civilization Established

    Sumer, located in Southern Mesopotamia in present day Iraq, was one of the first civilizations.
  • 3500 BCE

    Nubia Established

    Nubia was another civilization down the Nile river
  • 3500 BCE

    Mesopotamia Established

  • 3300 BCE

    Indus River Valley Civilization Established

  • 3200 BCE

    Egypt Traded with Mesopotamia

    around 3000 bce
  • 3150 BCE

    Egypt Established

  • 3000 BCE

    Norte Chico

    -around 3000 BCE
  • 1754 BCE

    The Code of Hammurabi Written

  • 1700 BCE

    Indus River Valley Civilization Declined

    Due to excessive irrigation and the burning of wood, cities declined by 1700 BCE.
  • 1600 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

  • 1200 BCE

    Olmec Civilization Established

  • 1046 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

  • 539 BCE

    The Fall of Mesopotamia

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