-
Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE
Birth of Sumerian civilization
Mesopotamia -
Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE
Birth of Egyptian civilization
Egypt -
Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE
Norte Chico Civilation
The Americas -
Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE
Old Kingdom
Egypt -
Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE
Birth of Chinese civilization
China -
Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE
Birth of Indus Valley/Central Asia civilizations
Indus Valley/Central Asia -
Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE
Xia Dynasty
China -
2000 BCE
Creation of Epic of Gilgamesh
Mesopotamia -
2000 BCE
Mohenjo Dara and Harappa flourish
Central Asia -
1775 BCE
Code of Hammurabi
Mesopotamia -
1700 BCE
Abandonment of Indus Valley/Central Asia
Indus Valley/Central Asia -
Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE
Shang Dynasty
China -
Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE
New Kingdom
Egypt -
1500 BCE
Birth of Egyptian Empire
Egypt -
1200 BCE
Birth of Olmec Civilization
The Americas -
Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
China -
900 BCE
Olmec Civilization begins writing
The Americas -
Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE
Assyrian Empire
Mesopotamia -
Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE
Kush conquest
Egypt -
500 BCE
Establishment of Persian Empire
Mesopotamia