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200,000 BCE
Fire
Homo erectus learns to make fire. -
12,000 BCE
Cave paintings
Homo sapiens artists create cave paintings -
5700 BCE
Jobs
People in the Neolithic town of Catal Hoyuk have different jobs, such as farmer, basket weaver, and toolmaker. -
3500 BCE
The wheel
Sumerians invent the wheel. -
Period: 3500 BCE to 24
Mesopotamia
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1750 BCE
Code of Laws
Hammurabi creates a code of laws for the Babylonian Empire -
1070 BCE
Pyramid
Society is structured like a pyramid during Egypt's New Kingdom. -
965 BCE
Kingdom of Israel
King David reigns in the kingdom of Israel. -
500 BCE
Cuneiform
Sumerians and others develop cuneiform. -
70 BCE
Temple
The rebuilt temple in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Romans. The final Jewish Diaspora begins. -
24 BCE
War
Kandake Amanirenas defends Kush against Roman armies
