Chapter 2 - AP World By y.u Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE Beginning of Egyptian Civilization Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE Beginning of Sumerian Civilization 3000 BCE Quipu in use in Norte Chico Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE Old Kingdom; High Point of Pharoah's Power and Pyramid Building Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE Beginning of Chinese Civilization Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE Beginning of Civilization in Indus Valley and Oxus Valley (Central Asia) Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE Xia Dynasty 2000 BCE Epic of Gilgamesh Compiled 2000 BCE Flourishing of the cities of Mohenjo Dara and Harappa 1775 BCE Code of Hammurabi 1700 BCE Abandonment of Indus Valley and Oxus Valley cities Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE Shang Dynasty Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE New Kingdom 1500 BCE Creation of Egyptian 1200 BCE Beginning of Olmec Civilization Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE Zhou Dynasty 900 BCE Writing in Olmec Civilization Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE Assyrian Empire Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE Kush Conquest of Egypt 500 BCE Persian Empire Established Period: 3000 to 1800 BCE Norte Chico Civilization