Early Civilizations By bMelton Period: 4000 BCE to 2330 BCE Sumerian control of Fertile Crescent 3100 BCE Ancient Egypts unified by Menes/Narmer 2600 BCE Indus Valley civs develop Period: 2575 BCE to 2130 Egypt Old Kingdom 2570 BCE King Khufu's pyramid is started 2500 BCE Epic of Gilgamesh Period: 2329 BCE to 2100 BCE Akkadian control of FC 2300 BCE Sargon the Great and the Akkadian empire rises Period: 2100 BCE to 1766 BCE Sage Age of China Period: 2099 BCE to 1900 BCE Sumerian control of FC Period: 1989 BCE to 1792 BCE Assyrian control of FC Period: 1938 BCE to 1630 BCE Egypt Middle Kingdom 1900 BCE Indus Valley declines/Aryans emerge 1790 BCE Code of Hammurabi Period: 1539 BCE to 1075 BCE Egypt New Kingdom 1500 BCE Hinduism emerges Period: 1500 BCE to 400 BCE Olmecs Period: 1500 BCE to 500 BCE Indian Vedic period Period: 1500 BCE to 1027 BCE Shang Dynasty 1478 BCE Hatshepsut rule 1450 BCE Egyptian empire peaks 1353 BCE Ahmonhotep/Akhenaton rule 1332 BCE Tutankhamun rules Period: 1026 BCE to 256 BCE Zhou Dynasty 551 BCE Confucius born Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE Qin Dynasty Period: 202 BCE to 220 Han Dynasty Period: 200 to 900 Mayan empire (height) Period: 1200 to 1572 Incan empire Period: 1200 to 1521 Aztec empire