Timeline Activity 1: The Emergence of Human Communities

By edison gong
  • 2500 BCE

    2500 BCE

  • Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE

    2350–2230 B.C.E. Akkadian (Semitic) [Mesopotamian]

  • Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE

    2040–1640 B.C.E. Middle Kingdom reigns in Egypt [Africa]

  • 2000 BCE

    2000 BCE

  • 2000 BCE

    2000 B.C.E. Horses in use spreads in western [Asia]

  • 1500 BCE

    1500 B.C.E. Hittites develop iron metallurgy [Mesopotamia]

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 1150 BCE

    1200–1150 B.C.E. Destruction of Mycenaean centers in Greece [Mediterranean]

  • 814 BCE

    814 B.C.E. Foundation of Carthage [Mediterranean]

  • Period: 550 BCE to 300 BCE

    550–300 B.C.E. Rivalry of Carthaginians and Greeks in the western [Mediterranean]