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Period: 2500 BCE to 2134 BCE
Old Kingdom↑
African (Egypt) -
Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE
Akkadian (Semitic)
Mesopotamian -
Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE
Third Dynasty of Ur (Sumerian)
Mesopotamian -
Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE
Middle Kingdom reigns in Egypt
Africa -
2000 BCE
Rise of Minoan civilization on Crete; early Greeks arrive in Greece
Mediterranean -
2000 BCE
Horses in use spreads all over western Asia
Asia -
Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE
Old Babylonian (Semitic)
Mesopotamian -
1800 BCE
Abraham migrated to Canaan
Middle Eastern -
Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE
Hittites dominant in Anatolia
Mediterranean -
Period: 1640 BCE to 1532 BCE
Hyksos dominate northern Egypt
African -
1600 BCE
Rise of Mycenaean civilization in Greece
Mediterranean -
1532 BCE
Beginning of New Kingdom
African -
1500 BCE
Hittites develop iron metallurgy
Mesopotamia -
Period: 1500 BCE to 1150 BCE
Kassite ruled in Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia -
1450 BCE
Destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete
Mediterranean -
1200 BCE
Destruction of Hittite kingdom
Mesopotamian -
Period: 1200 BCE to 1150 BCE
Destruction of Mycenaean centers in Greece
Mediterranean -
1150 BCE
Philistines settle southern coast of Israel
Middle Eastern -
Period: 1150 BCE to 700 BCE
Scythians drive out Cimmerians and settle area north of Black Sea
Asia -
Period: 1041 BCE to 500 BCE
Zhou dynasty↓
Asian (China) -
1000 BCE
Iron metallurgy reaches the Mediterranean
Mediterranean -
1000 BCE
Origin of Celtic culture in Central Europe
Europe -
1000 BCE
Initial development of pastoral nomadism
Asian -
1000 BCE
Jerusalem made Israelite capital
Middle Eastern -
969 BCE
Hiram of Tyre comes to power
Middle Eastern -
960 BCE
Solomon builds First Temple
Middle Eastern -
920 BCE
Division into two kingdoms of Israel and Judah
Middle Eastern -
912 BCE
Hiram of Tyre comes to power
Middle Eastern -
Period: 912 BCE to 609 BCE
Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire
Mesopotamian -
701 BCE
Assyrian humiliation of Tyre
Mesopotamian -
671 BCE
Assyrian conquest of Egypt
Mesopotamian and African -
Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE
Neo-Babylonian kingdom
Mesopotamian -
612 BCE
Fall of Assyria
Mesopotamian -
587 BCE
Capture of Jerusalem
Middle Eastern -
Period: 551 BCE to 500 BCE
Life of Confucius↓
Asian (China) -
515 BCE
Deportees from Babylon return to Jerusalem
Mesopotamian -
500 BCE
Migrations across Europe↓
Europe -
500 BCE
Celtic elites trade for Mediterranean goods
Mediterranean