Ancient Civilizations by Elisabeth Aguon

By Elisabeth Aguon
  • 4000 BCE

    Early Chinese Civilization

    Neolithic agricultural villages
  • 3500 BCE

    Mesopotamian Civilization

    Development of Sumerian Cities
  • Period: 3100 BCE to 2700 BCE

    Egyptian Civilization

    Early dynastic period
  • Period: 2800 BCE to 2370 BCE

    Mesopotamian Civilization

    Early dynastic period of Sumerian city-states
  • Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE

    Egyptian civilization

    Old Kingdom period
  • 2370 BCE

    Mesopotamian Civilization

    Sargon establishes Akkadian dynasty and empire
  • Period: 2250 BCE to 1750 BCE

    Indus Civilization

    Indus civilization
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2025 BCE

    Egyptian Civilization

    First Intermediate Period
  • Period: 2125 BCE to 2027 BCE

    Mesopotamian Civilization

    Third dynasty of Ur
  • Period: 2025 BCE to 1630 BCE

    Egyptian History

    Middle Kingdom period
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Mesopotamian Civilization

    Establishment of Amorites in Mesopotamia
  • Period: 1800 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Vedic Aryan

    Aryan peoples invade northwestern India
  • Period: 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE

    Mesopotamian Civilization

    Reign of Hammurabi
  • 1766 BCE

    Early Chinese Civilization

    Bronze age city-states, aristocratic charioteers, pictographic writing
  • Period: 1630 BCE to 1550 BCE

    Egyptian Civilization

    Second intermediate period
  • 1550 BCE

    Mesopotamian Civilization

    Establishment of Kassite dynasty at Babylon
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1075 BCE

    Egyptian Civilization

    New Kingdom
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Vedic Aryan Civilization

    Rig-Vedic period, composition of hymns, Punjab is center of Indo-Aryan civilizatiom
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 500 BCE

    Vedic Aryan Civilization

    Late Vedic Period with Doab as center of civilization
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 961 BCE

    Hebrew Civilization

    Reign of King David
  • Period: 961 BCE to 922 BCE

    Hebrew Civilization

    Reign of King Solomon
  • Period: 800 BCE to 500 BCE

    Vedic Aryan Civilization

    Compositions of major Upanishads, probable reintroduction of writing
  • 771 BCE

    Early Chinese Civilization

    Iron age territorial states
  • 722 BCE

    Hebrew Civilization

    Assyrian conquest of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
  • 586 BCE

    Hebrew Civilization

    Destruction of Jerusalem and fall of Judah, Babylonian captivity
  • 539 BCE

    Hebrew Civilization

    Restoration of temple, return of exiles
  • 500 BCE

    Early Chinese Civilization

    Age of philosphers
  • Period: 400 BCE to 200 BCE

    Vedic Aryan Civilization

    Composition of great epics, the Mahabharata and Ramayana
  • 221 BCE

    Early Chinese Civilization

    China is unified