Chapter 2 AP World By meganvarghese Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Norte Chico civilizations began Period: 3400 BCE to 3200 BCE The Nubian kingdom of Ta-Seti began Period: 3200 BCE to 2350 BCE Independent period of Sumerian city-states Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE The Old Kingdom of Egypt Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE Chinese, Indus Valley, and Oxus civilizations began Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE Xia dynasty in China Period: 2000 BCE to 1 BCE Epic of Gilgamesh completed Period: 1900 BCE to 1500 BCE Babylonian Empire Period: 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE Reign of Hammurabi 1700 BCE Abandonment of Indus Valley cities Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE New Kingdom in Egypt 1200 BCE Olmec civilization began Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE Kush conquest of Egypt Period: 660 BCE to 500 BCE Egypt and Mesopotamia incorporated 586 BCE Babylonian conquest of Judah