CHAPTER 2: Thinking About Chronology

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  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Beginning of Sumerian Civilization (Mesopotamia)

  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Beginning of Egyptian Civilization

  • Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE

    Old Kingdom (Egypt – pyramids, peak of pharaoh power)

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Indus Valley & Oxus Civilizations Begin

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Beginning of Chinese Civilization

  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1660 BCE

    Xia Dynasty (China)

  • 2000 BCE

    Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa Flourish (Indus Valley)

    ca.2000
  • 2000 BCE

    Epic of Gilgamesh Compiled (Mesopotamia)

    ca.2000
  • 1775 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi (Babylon, Mesopotamia)

    ca.1775
  • 1770 BCE

    Decline of Indus Valley & Oxus Civilizations

    ca.1770
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty (China)

  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE

    New Kingdom (Egypt)

  • 1500 BCE

    Expansion of Egyptian Empire

    ca.1500
  • 1200 BCE

    Beginnings of Olmec Civilization (Mesoamerica)

  • Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty (China – Mandate of Heaven)

  • Period: 900 BCE to 612

    Assyrian Empire (Mesopotamia)

  • 899 BCE

    Olmec Writing System Developed (Mesoamerica)

    ca.900
  • Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE

    Kush Conquest of Egypt

  • 500 BCE

    Persian Empire Established (Mesopotamia/Iran)

    ca.500

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