4000 B.C.E. to 0 C.E. By Ryder_Adams 4000 BCE Beginning of Sumerian Civilization Period: 4000 BCE to 1 CE 4000BCE-1CE 3500 BCE Beginning of Mesopotamian Civilization 3500 BCE Beginning of Mesopotamian Civilization 3500 BCE Beginning of Egyptian Civilization 3200 BCE Beginning of Nubian Kingdom of Ta-Seti 3200 BCE Beginning of Sumerian City-States 3100 BCE Start of Ancient Egyptian Civilization 3000 BCE Beginning of Norte Chico Civilization 2663 BCE Beginning of Old Kingdom Egypt 2200 BCE Beginning of Indus Valley Civilization 2200 BCE Beginning of Chinese Civilization 2070 BCE Beginning of Xia Dynasty (China) 2000 BCE Beginning of Mayan Civilization 2000 BCE Beginning of Oxus Civilization 1792 BCE The Reign of Hammurabi and Establishment of Hammurabi's Code 1700 BCE Babylonian Empire 1700 BCE The Abandonment of Indus Valley Cities 1550 BCE Establishment of New Kingdom Egypt 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