Thinking About Chronology

By suhas9500
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Beginnings of Sumerian civilization

  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Beginnings of Egyptian civilization

  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Norte Chico civilization

  • Period: 3000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Quipu in use in Norte Chico

  • Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE

    Old Kingdom; high point of pharaoh's power and pyramid building

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Beginnings of Chinese civilization

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Beginnings of civilization in Indus Valley and Central Asia (Oxus Valley)

  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Xia Dynasty

  • 2000 BCE

    Epic of Gilgamesh compiled

  • 2000 BCE

    Flourishing of the cities of Mohenjo Dara and Harappa

  • 1775 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi

  • 1700 BCE

    Abandonment of Indus Valley and Central Asian cities

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE

    New Kingdom

  • 1500 BCE

    Creation of Egyptian Empire

  • 1200 BCE

    Beginnings of Olmec civilization

  • Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE

    Zhou dynasty

  • 900 BCE

    Writing in Olmec civilization

  • Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

  • Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

  • Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE

    Kush Conquest of Egypt

  • 500 BCE

    Persian Empire established