Timeline Activity: The Emergence of Human Communities (2500 B.C.E - 250 B.C.E) By igonch Period: 2575 BCE to 2134 BCE Old Kingdom [African (Egypt)] [Yellow] 2500 BCE 2500 BCE Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE Akkadian (Semetic) [Mesopotamian] [Green] Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE Third Dynasty of Ur (Sumerian) [Mesopotamian] [Green] Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE Middle Kingdom reigns in Egypt [Africa] [Yellow] 2000 BCE 2000 BCE 2000 BCE Rise of Minoan civilization on Crete; early Greeks arrive in Greece [Mediterranean] [Blue] 2000 BCE Horses in use spreads all over western [Asia] [Red] Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE Old Babylonian (Semitic) [Mesopotamian] [Green] 1800 BCE Abraham migrated to Canaan [Middle Eastern] [Purple] Period: 1750 BCE to 1045 BCE Shang dynasty [Asian (China)] [Red] Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE Hittites dominant in Anatolia [Mediterranean] [Blue] Period: 1640 BCE to 1532 BCE Hyksos dominate northern Egypt [African] [Yellow] 1600 BCE Rise of Mycenaean civilization in Greece [Mediterranean] [Blue] 1532 BCE Beginning of New Kingdom [African] [Yellow] 1500 BCE 1500 BCE 1500 BCE Hittites develop iron metallurgy [Mesopotamia] [Green] Period: 1500 BCE to 1150 BCE Kassite ruled in [Mesopotamian] [Green] 1450 BCE Destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete [Mediterranean] [Blue] Period: 1250 BCE to 1200 BCE Israelite occupation of Canaan [Middle Eastern] [Purple] 1200 BCE Destruction of Hittite kingdom [Mesopotamian] [Green] Period: 1200 BCE to 1150 BCE Destruction of Mycenaean centers in Greece [Mediterranean] [Blue] 1150 BCE Philistines settle southern coast of Israel [Middle Eastern] [Purple] Period: 1045 BCE to 221 BCE Zhou dynasty [Asian (China)] [Red] 1000 BCE 1000 BCE 1000 BCE Jerusalem made Israelite capital [Middle Eastern] [Purple] 1000 BCE Iron metallurgy reaches the [Mediterranean] [Blue] 1000 BCE Initial development of pastoral nomadism [Asian] [Red] 1000 BCE Origin of Celtic culture in Central [Europe] [Pink] 969 BCE Hiram of Tyre comes to power [Middle Eastern] [Purple] 960 BCE Solomon builds First Temple [Middle Eastern] [Purple] 920 BCE Division into two kingdoms of Israel and Judah [Middle Eastern] [Purple] 911 BCE Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire [Mesopotamian] [Green] 814 BCE Foundation of Carthage [Mediterranean] [Blue] 750 BCE Kings of Kush control Egypt [African] [Yellow] 750 BCE Kings of Kush control Egypt [African] [Yellow] 721 BCE Assyrian conquest of northern kingdom [Mesopotamian] [Green] Period: 712 BCE to 660 BCE Nubian kings rule Egypt [African] [Yellow] 701 BCE Assyrian humiliation of Tyre [Mesopotamian and Middle Eastern] [Green and Purple] 700 BCE Scythians drive out Cimmerians and settle area north of Black Sea [Asian] [Red] 671 BCE Assyrian conquest of Egypt [Mesopotamian and African] [Green and Yellow] Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE Neo-Babylonian kingdom [Mesopotamian] [Green] 612 BCE Fall of Assyria [Mesopotamian] [Green] 600 BCE Iron metallurgy in China [Asian] [Red] 587 BCE Capture of Jerusalem [Middle Eastern] [Purple] Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE Life of Confucius [Asian (China)] [Red] Period: 550 BCE to 300 BCE Rivalry of Carthaginians and Greeks in the western [Mediterranean] [Blue] 515 BCE Deportees from Babylon return to Jerusalem [Mesopotamian] [Green] 500 BCE 500 BCE 500 BCE Celtic elites trade for [Mediterranean] goods [Blue] Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE Migrations across [Europe] [Pink] 450 BCE Hanno the Phoenician explores West Africa [African] [Yellow] 450 BCE Completion of Hebrew Bible [Middle Eastern] [Purple] 440 BCE Greek historian Herodotus reports on nomadic Scythians [Mediterranean] [Blue] 390 BCE Celts sack Rome [European] [Pink] Period: 356 BCE to 338 BCE Lord Shang brings Legalist reforms to Qin state [Asian (China)] [Red] 300 BCE Ruler of Chinese state of Zhao equips troops like nomad horsemen [Asian (China)] [Red] Period: 300 BCE to 350 Kingdom of Meroë [African] [Yellow] 250 BCE 250 BCE
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