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250,000 years ago, the first homo sapiens emerged. They have been traced back to Africa as where they first appeared.
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From about 9,000 to 7,000 B.C.E., farming is expected to have first been developed. It was created separately by different groups of people all around the world.
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The wheel is believed to have been invented around 3,000 B.C.E. This invention helped improve farming, transportation, and trade of goods.
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The earliest of the Sumerians' texts are dated back to 3,000 B.C.E. They were written in a cuneiform style of language, a language that used combinations of wedge shapes to make symbols.
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The Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed around 2,540 B.C.E. It was finished under the supervision of Khufu, and was the largest Egyptian Pyramid.
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Stonehenge, a collection of large, standing stones, is built in England between 2100 and 1900 B.C.E.
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Hammurabi, a military leader, lived from about 1792-1750 B.C.E. While alive, he reunified the city-states of Mesopotamia and created a code of ethics that he is well-known for.
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Moses was born in the late 14th century B.C.E. according to historians. As an adult, he freed the Israelites from Pharaoh's reign in Egypt and received the Law of God on Mount Sinai. He died in 1273 B.C.E.
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It is estimated that the Israelites, which were slaves in Egypt prior, were freed from Egyptian rule by Moses in the 13th century B.C.E. After this, the Israelites emerged as an independent community.
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Cyrus the Great was a wise and powerful military leader of the Persians from the Ancient World. He helped lead the Persians to the great power it became.
