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9600 BCE
End of last ice age ( Mesopotamia)
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4500 BCE
Sumerians first temple
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2350 BCE
1st code of laws
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Period: 2200 BCE to 1800 BCE
age of patriachs
ancient Israel civilization -
2125 BCE
the 1st Intermediate Period- breakdown (Egypt)
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Period: 2125 BCE to 969
The egyptian civilization
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2083 BCE
Dark age (Mesopotamia)
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2050 BCE
Code of ur
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1792 BCE
King hammurabi
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1772 BCE
Code of hummurabi
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1630 BCE
the 2nd Intermediate Period (Egypt)
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1400 BCE
israel's conquest of canaan
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1285 BCE
Peak of Hittite tower
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1080 BCE
Armamaens invade Mesopotamia
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1075 BCE
the 3rd Intermediate Period - the Nubians conquer Egypt
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1050 BCE
saul becomes king
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1000 BCE
david beomes king
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970 BCE
solomon becomes king
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966 BCE
solomon found the furst jerusalem temple
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722 BCE
Samaria and the northern kingdom of Israel falls to the assyrians
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715 BCE
the Late Period- Persians conquer Egypt
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605 BCE
Nebuchadnezzar II defeats Assyria and Egypt at the battle of Carchemish
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539 BCE
Cyrus the great conquers the Babylonian empire
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332 BCE
Alexander the Great conquers Egypt
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196 BCE
The Rosetta Stone is carved (Egypt)
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129 BCE
Parthians conquer Mesopotamia
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115 BCE
Roman Empire conquers Mesopotamia
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31 BCE
Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra in the sea Battle of Actium Both Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide
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30 BCE
Egypt becomes a province of the Roman Empire
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395
The Roman empire split into West and East and Egypt became part of the Byzantine Empire
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516
2nd Jerusalem temple is finished and dedicated
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642
The Arabs captured Alexandria
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969
Fatimid rulers seized Egypt and founded the Egyptian city Al-Qahirah (modern day Cairo)