historic timeline

  • Period: 200,000 BCE to 8000 BCE

    Paleolithic era

  • agricultural revolution
    8000 BCE

    agricultural revolution

  • Period: 8000 BCE to 1200 BCE

    neolithic era/bronze age

  • first civilization (sumerians)
    4098 BCE

    first civilization (sumerians)

  • indus river civilization
    3300 BCE

    indus river civilization

    the indus river valley civilization is born
  • ancient egypt united under one ruler
    3150 BCE

    ancient egypt united under one ruler

    Narmer or Menes captures lower egypt and unifies egypt under one ruler.
  • Period: 2649 BCE to 2130 BCE

    old kingdom in egypt

    the old kingdom in egypt timespan
  • bronze working made done
    2500 BCE

    bronze working made done

  • the pyramids of giza
    2495 BCE

    the pyramids of giza

    the pyramids of giza are built by Pharaoh Khufu
  • sumer conquered by Sargon of Akkad
    2270 BCE

    sumer conquered by Sargon of Akkad

  • Akkadians conquered by Assyrians
    2154 BCE

    Akkadians conquered by Assyrians

  • Period: 2030 BCE to 1650 BCE

    middle kingdom of egypt

    the middle kingdom of egypt begins.
  • 1800 BCE

    aryans migrate to the harappan civilization

  • Period: 1794 BCE to 1748 BCE

    rule of hammurabi

  • harappan civilization colapses
    1300 BCE

    harappan civilization colapses

  • ramses II
    1279 BCE

    ramses II

    ramses the second comes to power and brings a golden age to ancient egypt.
  • Period: 1055 BCE to 1070 BCE

    new kingdom of egypt

    new kingdom arises and some pretty cool pharaohs are born.
  • iron becomes the new trend
    1000 BCE

    iron becomes the new trend

  • neo-babylonians conquer assyrians
    626 BCE

    neo-babylonians conquer assyrians

  • Cyrus the great conquers the neo-babylonian empire
    537 BCE

    Cyrus the great conquers the neo-babylonian empire

    this causes the persian empie