Thinking About Chronology- Daryl Tapel

By DarylTapel
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Sumerian Civilization Emerged

    This was the founding of various city-states in the region of Mesopotamia, along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This area was collectively known as the civilization of Sumer.
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Egyptian Civilization Emerged

    This was the founding of unified territorial states in the Nile River Valley in Egypt. This area was collectively known as the civilization of Egypt.
  • 3000 BCE

    Quipu being used in Norte Chico

    This was a form of writing used in Norte Chico that was used for accounting and expressions. It involved the usage of cords that were knotted. These had differences in color, length, type, and where the cord was knotted.
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Presence of the Norte Chico Civilization

    This was the founding of around 25 urban centers in the Andes Mountains area. This area was collectively known as the Norte Chico Civilization.
  • Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE

    Ruling of the Old Kingdom in Egypt

    This was during the time when the pyramids of Egypt were built. This was done to show the importance of pharaohs and other high-ranking people during that time.
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Chinese Civilization Emerged

    This was the founding of the civilization in China, which had focused on the ideal of having a centralized state to rule with power.
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Civilization Emerged in Indus Valley and Central Asia

    This was the founding of the Indus Valley Civilization along the Indus River. As compared to other civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization had no buildings that worshipped some sort of ruler, as well as no evidence of a political hierarchy or a centralized state.
  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Xia Dynasty Period in China

    This was the first dynasty period in China. One of its more prominent events involved the legendary monarch Wu, who organized flood control projects to be used in ways such as irrigation channels.
  • 2000 BCE

    "Epic of Gilgamesh" was created

    This was a poem about Gilgamesh, the hero-king of Mesopotamia, with stories, tales, and information that related to him. This was also one of the earliest works of literature.
  • 2000 BCE

    Cities of the Mohenjo Dara and Harappa start to flourish

    These were cities that were found along the Indus River Valley, which had a large population of people, as well as organized streets that had luxurious buildings alongside them.
  • 1775 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi was created

    This was a set of legal codes used in the Babylonian Empire that established standards for the classes in the social hierarchy, as well as the punishments for each of the classes.
  • 1700 BCE

    Indus Valley and Central Asian Cities Abandoned

    This was when most of the people of the Indus Valley began to migrate out of the area into other regions, which caused the Indus Valley Civilization as a whole to die out.
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty Period in China

    This was the second dynasty period in China. One of its more prominent events involved the start of the expansion of the Chinese states, as well as the creation of tombs for the rulers, and burials for the human sacrifice victims to go with them as well.
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE

    Ruling of the New Kingdom in Egypt

    This was during the time that Egypt was able to rule over a greater area along the north and south parts of the Nile River Valley, expanding its political control over the area.
  • 1500 BCE

    Egyptian Empire was created

    Because of its expansion along the Nile River Valley, the area that Egypt ruled over was large enough to be known as the Egyptian Empire.
  • 1200 BCE

    Olmec Civilization Emerged

    This was the founding of various rival chiefdoms along the Gulf of Mexico that was then collectively known as the Olmec Civilization. There were many similarities in this area, such as an economy based on crops, and places of worship being built.
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty Period in China

    This was the third dynasty period in China. One of its more prominent events involved the founding of a political ideology, which was a ruler known as the "Son of Heaven." This person maintained order with the people, as well as relations with Heaven and Earth.
  • 900 BCE

    Writing being used in the Olmec Civilization

    The people of the Olmec Civilization used a form of writing that used signs to represent sounds and words, as well as a numerical symbol with bars and dots. This was used to record names of important figures and information on what they did.
  • Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE

    Ruling of the Assyrian Empire

    This was when Assyria, one of the city-states in Sumer, had grown in power, which allowed them to rule over much of Mesopotamia. The area was eventually large enough to be known as the Assyrian Empire.
  • Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE

    Conquest of the Kingdom of Kush in Egypt

    Kush, a kingdom in the civilization of Nubia, that was south of the Egyptian Civilization, was able to take over some of the land that the Egyptian Empire had for around 100 years.
  • 500 BCE

    Persian Empire was created

    After the Assyrian Empire, the Persians rose to power and ruled much of the area that formerly belonged to the Assyrian Empire. This area was now the Persian Empire.