Chapter 1 By darcrewcoach Period: 500 to Sep 7, 3100 Mesopotamia Sep 7, 612 Chaldeans defeat Assyrians Sep 7, 660 Zoroastrianism is founded Sep 7, 700 Assyrians use iron weapons Sep 7, 722 Assyria conquers Israel Sep 7, 1070 New Kingdom ends Sep 7, 1200 Hittite Empire collapses Sep 7, 1200 Israelites become distinct people Sep 7, 1213 Ramesses II dies Sep 7, 1229 Ramesses II becomes pharoah Sep 7, 1347 Amenhotep IV dies Sep 7, 1364 Amenhotep IV becomes pharoah and converts Egypt to the worship of Aten Sep 7, 1450 Hatshepsut dies Sep 7, 1480 Hatshepsut becomes first female pharoah after regent to Thutmos III Sep 7, 1550 New Kingdom begins Sep 7, 1600 Hittite Empire begins Sep 7, 1650 Middle Kingdom ends Sep 7, 1750 Hammurabi's code Sep 7, 1792 Hammurabi is born Sep 7, 2012 Darius becomes king and extends the Persian empire to the Indus river in India Mar 2, 2022 Solomon is king of Israel Mar 2, 2022 Solomon dies Mar 2, 2022 Chaldeans conquer Judah Mar 2, 2022 Cyrus and the Persians defeat the Chaldeans at Babylon Mar 2, 2022 Darius dies Sep 7, 2055 Middle Kingdom begins Sep 7, 2180 Old Kingdom ends Sep 7, 2340 Sargon and the Akkadians defeat Sumerians Sep 7, 2686 Old Kingdom begins Jan 1, 3000 Sumerian city-states appear Sep 7, 3100 Menes unites lower and upper Egypt