Timeline Activity 1: The Emergence of Human Communities {2500 B.C.E. - 250 B.C.E.}
![Rise of Minoan civilization on Crete; early Greeks arrive in Greece [Mediterranean]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975901/image/medium-c9bbe9716f3311f47fa6a5ba0be19792.webp?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=5ab6f1839dcc2b45ff7cbd4d12fbcc2f99cf708a22b2d94691ea3f932339fd2a)
![Rise of Mycenaean civilization in Greece [Mediterranean]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975912/image/medium-25f8c18fdb40632fe96f6bc70305e163.webp?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=5f5af3070229882dd069f24fc4dca92c9192b0d55d9dcd347ea8526cadc22346)
![Beginning of New Kingdom [African]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975828/image/medium-43f4728747458fd77e01486b1cea7918.jpeg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=bd548a467dc0928a6dc130802690734d159e3e98f948f435829a86d7f7a559f4)
![Hittites develop iron metallurgy [Mesopotamia]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975917/image/medium-a6fe1bb7a25cedce14701548f12309f3.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=a8dc1ef119b32d6f6577410b0bc551edbe04b886ae478da4aebaf9ff8cef3dea)
![Destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete [Mediterranean]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975916/image/medium-8e805d4ac8b23592fbdf62d4a6b9bf83.webp?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=84799cb6e5fa10358219e476c99133ae76c5765335e1c96bdb206a34e8a69f67)
![Destruction of Hittite kingdom [Mesopotamian]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975866/image/medium-0e647adfab752c6c917998e860c39315.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=bd0c3ae1d1db620369dfe4c5cd4b5308cf08689d0b52dd4756626565fe35902f)
![Philistines settle southern coast of Israel [Middle Eastern]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975954/image/medium-6a2260e113e9978b5766b1207132d4e0.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=fbec32b8e8d52732b7f48f649a5908c00c820d8360f9e68cbd2d7a60afb33d7b)
![Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire [Mesopotamian]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975870/image/medium-64c166272f9235efccf4d47a2c24ad85.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=9a1e5b275ba4ebfa40b61bef69985774fdbcadc04c6de3b5318748c06e312e04)
![Kings of Kush control Egypt [African]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975835/image/medium-95da9717bee7e4bd358d943559ad212b.jpeg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=81b42d25300852c9326e734c59e716b5be250349350cf63e35a9b94f32b329eb)
![Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom [Mesopotamian]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975872/image/medium-f826f4e114873e4e0101b9b5cfff98f7.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=20fe3113eeff7ed0e0615364b6b84a0df1f593cb682fe9d325c50e80538102da)
![Assyrian humiliation of Tyre [Mesopotamian and Middle Eastern]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975875/image/medium-aba3e756085363330a7c2443cc6ad358.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=0a70d4b0270321f48740f72bec3a8c56171868bdf0842d5a13626c2b232fa968)
![Assyrian conquest of Egypt [Mesopotamian and African]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975878/image/medium-6ffc1766a4b032a3bb0082bbee078ff4.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=4a6c19ecb1ab151252375da201e1eebcff309b4236935e13565c848ead29ba80)
![Deportees from Babylon return to Jerusalem [Mesopotamian]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975886/image/medium-910e8f70f2c46d5acd629f93a8392405.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=ee57dbab36469c1c5bdd3da2f6cb12ede8430ba40abc4cafa295a0d3285b4533)
![Celts sack Rome [European]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/18975989/image/medium-6e255ed5c71cc1089e32c8733bf4dc69.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJB6ZCNNAN7BE7WDQ%2F20260517%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260517T220517Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=b8076a90b49062892cadf420baf3c3316df8939fed42fc88792c24bd617df785)
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