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3500 BCE
Beginning of Sumerian, Egyptian, and Norte Chico civilizations
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3400 BCE
Nubian kingdom of Ta-Seti
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3200 BCE
Period of independent Sumerian City states
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2663 BCE
Old Kingdom Egypt
High point of Pharoh's power and pyramid building -
2200 BCE
Beginning of Chinese, Indus Valley, and Central Asian (Oxus) civilizations
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2070 BCE
Xia Dynasty in China
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1999 BCE
Epic Gilgamesh Completed
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1900 BCE
Babylonian Empire
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1792 BCE
Reign of Hamurabi
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1700 BCE
Abandonment of Inus Valley Cities
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1550 BCE
New Kingdom Egypt
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1200 BCE
Beginnings of Olmec Civilization
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1046 BCE
Beginnings of the Western Zhou Dynasty
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760 BCE
Kush Conquest of Egypt
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586 BCE
Babylonian Conquest if Judah
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500 BCE
Egypt and Mesopotamia incorporated into Persian Empire
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221 BCE
China's first Emperor - Qin Shihuangdi
Burnt books and scholars in effort to unify China for writing brought political conflict