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Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE
Earliest civilizations emerged
Early civilizations in three major places started to appear: Sumer, Egypt, and Coastal Peru (Norte Chico) -
2500 BCE
Rise of the Minoan civilization
The Minoan civilization emerged on the island of Crete -
Period: 2350 BCE to 2000 BCE
Akkadians
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2300 BCE
Mesopotamia & Egypt Trade Relations
Sumerian merchants established seaborne contact with the Indus Valley civilization -
2200 BCE
Earliest Chinese civilization
Beginning of Chinese civilization -
Period: 2200 BCE to 1700 BCE
Central Asian/Oxus Civilization
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Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE
Xia Dynasty
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2000 BCE
Emergence of the Indus Valley Civilization
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2000 BCE
Emergence of the city Mohenjo Daro
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Period: 1900 BCE to 1500 BCE
Babylonians
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Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE
Shang Dynasty
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1200 BCE
Olmec Civilization
The final First Civilization -
1200 BCE
Use of Chariot Technology
The Use of Chariot Technology and Bronze metallurgy started to spread by 1200 BCE -
Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
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Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE
Assyrians
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760 BCE
Nubian kingdom of Kush invaded Egypt