Ancient Timeline

Ancient Imigrants come into America.

11,000 BCE

Ancient Immigrants come into North America across a land bridge created by ice. The bridge went from East Russia into what is now West Alaska. The bridge got flooded over after the Ice Age.

Agriculture

9000 BCE

Early humans figure out how to plant crops. They can relax and think of things other than food. Most likely began in an area in the Middle East known as the Fertile Crescent.

Early Mesopotamia (Sumer)

5000 BCE

The Sumer begin establishing small towns and cities. They get most of there food from agriculture. They were located along the Euphrates River. Began making ziggurats at the center of these cities to worship gods in 4000 BCE.

Ancient Egypt begins.

3500 BCE

Early settlers in the Nile Valley. These Egyptians developed Hieroglyphics only 400 years later in 3100 BCE. Main food source was agriculture and fish.

Sumerians (Establish first writing)

3300 BCE

They use pictures for words. Words are written on clay tablets. Language name is Akkadian.

Djosers Pyramid is built.

2700 BCE

Egyptians create the first stone pyramid. It was built at Saqqara for the Pharaoh Djoser. This pyramid is 203 feet tall.

Silk in ancient China

2700 BCE

Silk first began when the Yellow Emperors wife, Leizu, was drinking tea, when a cocoon fell into her tea and unraveled. The silkworms eat mulberry trees, then make cocoons with over a mile long strand of silk with each cocoon. Silk was and still is a major export.

Pyramids of Giza built.

2600 BCE

The largest of the 3 pyramids, Khufu's pyramid, stands at around 147 meters tall, and took an estimated 6,500,000 tons of stone to build. The second pyramid, Khafra's pyramid, was built on higher grounds and looks taller that Khufu's. The last pyramid, Menkaura's pyramid, is the smallest of the 3. All 3 are of course named after the Pharoahs that are or were buried in them.

Ancient Indus major cities

2600 BCE

Mohenjo Daro and Harappa are built. Both of the cities were obviously planned before being built. The cities have sewer systems as well as toilets.

First use of Indus Script

2500 BCE

Writing system created by the Indus Valley Civilization. The writing is very poorly understood, and nobody today can understand it fully. Ancient Indus are one of the least understood civilizations becuase of this.

The Code of Hammurabi

1792 BCE

One of the earliest codes of law in the world. Is based on an eye for an eye system. Hammurabi was The sixth king of the Amorite, first Dynasty of Babylon.

Warring states (475-221 BCE)

475

During the Zhou Dynasty, the emperor appointed nobles to sanctions known as "states". The rulers of these states decided to try to overthrow the Zhou Dynasty, and in turn clashed with each other. The Qin Dynasty came out on top.

Writing in ancient China

1600

First form of Chinese writing. The writing was developed during the Shang Dynasty. The writing was written on turtle shells and other types of bones, known as "oracle bones".