Ancient History By Toastyiscute 4000 BCE Creation 2300 BCE The Flood 2200 BCE The Tower of Babel | Sumerian Civilization 1900 BCE The Call of Abraham 1800 BCE Old Akkadian Period 1700 BCE Third Dynasty of Ur | Epic of Gilgamesh 1600 BCE Old Babylonian Empire 1500 BCE Invention of Sinai Script | The Exodus Period: 1010 BCE to 970 BCE Reign of King David 1000 BCE The Kingdom of Israel Period: 970 BCE to 930 BCE Reign of King Solomon 722 BCE Conquest of Israel by Assyrians 700 BCE Invasion of Judah by Sennacherib | End of Hittite Empire Period: 668 BCE to 630 BCE Reign of Ashurbanipal Period: 626 BCE to 605 BCE Neo-Babylonian Empire Established by Nabopolassar 612 BCE Fall of Ninevah 586 BCE Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar 539 BCE Conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great 500 BCE Babylonian Exile | Greco-Persian Wars 200 BCE Greek Empire Spread Throughout Middle East Period: 2 BCE to 33 BCE The Life of Jesus