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2900 BCE
Menes Conquers Lower Egypt
Menes (from Upper Egypt) conquers lower Egypt, uniting the region. -
Period: 2686 BCE to 2181 BCE
Egypt: Old Kingdom
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2680 BCE
Pyramids of Giza (Construction Begins)
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Period: 2600 BCE to 1250 BCE
Minoans
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Period: 2181 BCE to 2040 BCE
Egypt: First Intermediate Period
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Period: 2040 BCE to 1786 BCE
Egypt: Middle Kingdom
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Period: 2000 BCE to 1100 BCE
Mycenaeans
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Period: 1895 BCE to 539 BCE
Babylonian Empire
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Period: 1786 BCE to 1570 BCE
Egypt: Second Intermediate Period
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Period: 1570 BCE to 1085 BCE
Egypt: New Kingdom
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Period: 1450 BCE to 1200 BCE
Hittities
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Period: 1100 BCE to 612 BCE
Assyria
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Period: 1026 BCE to 826 BCE
United Israelite Kingdom
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Period: 900 BCE to 192 BCE
Sparta
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776 BCE
Olympic Games Begin
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722 BCE
Assyrians Conquer Northern Israelites
Ten "lost tribes" of Israelites are relocated and assimilated into Assyrian culture -
586 BCE
Babylonians conquer Southern Israelites (Judah)
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Period: 550 BCE to 336 BCE
Persian Empire
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538 BCE
Persians Conquer Babylon
Persians conquer Babylon and allow the Jews to return to their homeland -
Period: 508 BCE to 332 BCE
Athens
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490 BCE
First Persian Invasion/Battle of Marathon
Darius I invades -
Period: 484 BCE to 424 BCE
Herodotus
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480 BCE
Persian Invasion on Greece
Xerxes invades with 250,000 men and 500 ships -
479 BCE
Battle of Plataea
Significant land victory for the Greeks -
Period: 469 BCE to 399 BCE
Socrates
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Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Peloponnesian War
Delian League (Athens) vs Peloponnesians (Spartans) -
Period: 429 BCE to 347 BCE
Plato
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399 BCE
Socrates is Condemned to Death
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Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE
Aristotle
