Classic Era By arhube Period: 2350 BCE to 1600 BCE Babylon Period: 1766 BCE to 1122 BCE Shang Dynasty Period: 1500 BCE to 500 BCE Lapita Society Period: 1450 BCE to 1200 BCE Hittite Period: 1200 BCE to 100 BCE Olmecs Period: 1122 BCE to 256 BCE Zhou Dynasty Period: 1000 BCE to 612 BCE Assyria Period: 300 to 1100 Maya Society 2200 Xia Dynasty start