Biosphere sea 2008 lrg

4000 B.C.E. to 0 C.E.

  • Beginning of Sumerian Civilization
    4000 BCE

    Beginning of Sumerian Civilization

  • Period: 4000 BCE to 1 CE

    4000BCE-1CE

  • Beginning of Mesopotamian Civilization
    3500 BCE

    Beginning of Mesopotamian Civilization

  • Beginning of Mesopotamian Civilization
    3500 BCE

    Beginning of Mesopotamian Civilization

  • Beginning of Egyptian Civilization
    3500 BCE

    Beginning of Egyptian Civilization

  • 3200 BCE

    Beginning of Nubian Kingdom of Ta-Seti

  • 3200 BCE

    Beginning of Sumerian City-States

  • Start of Ancient Egyptian Civilization
    3100 BCE

    Start of Ancient Egyptian Civilization

  • 3000 BCE

    Beginning of Norte Chico Civilization

  • 2663 BCE

    Beginning of Old Kingdom Egypt

  • Beginning of Indus Valley Civilization
    2200 BCE

    Beginning of Indus Valley Civilization

  • 2200 BCE

    Beginning of Chinese Civilization

  • Beginning of Xia Dynasty (China)
    2070 BCE

    Beginning of Xia Dynasty (China)

  • Beginning of Mayan Civilization
    2000 BCE

    Beginning of Mayan Civilization

  • 2000 BCE

    Beginning of Oxus Civilization

  • The Reign of Hammurabi and Establishment of Hammurabi's Code
    1792 BCE

    The Reign of Hammurabi and Establishment of Hammurabi's Code

  • Babylonian Empire
    1700 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

  • 1700 BCE

    The Abandonment of Indus Valley Cities

  • 1550 BCE

    Establishment of New Kingdom Egypt

  • Beginning of Olmec Civilization
    1200 BCE

    Beginning of Olmec Civilization

  • 1195 BCE

    Beginning of Olmec Civilization

  • 586 BCE

    Kush Conquest of Judah

  • 500 BCE

    Egypt & Mesopotamia Incorporated into Persian Empire