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Period: 2500 BCE to 2000 BCE
2,500 B.C.E. - 2,000 B.C.E.
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Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE
Akkadian (Mesopotamian)
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2134 BCE
<-------- Old Kingdom (African)
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Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE
Third Dynasty of Ur (Mesopotamian)
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Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE
Middle Kingdom Reigns in (Africa)
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2000 BCE
Horses in use spreads all over western (Asia)
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2000 BCE
Rise of Minoan civilization on Crete; early Greeks arrive in Greece (Mediterranean)
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Period: 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE
2,000 B.C.E. - 1,500 B.C.E.
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Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE
Old Babylonian (Mesopotamian)
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1800 BCE
Abraham migrated to Canaan (Middle Eastern)
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Period: 1750 BCE to 1045 BCE
Shang dynasty (Asian)
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Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE
Hittites dominant in Anatolia (Mediterranean)
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Period: 1640 BCE to 1532 BCE
Hyksos dominate northern Egypt (African)
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1600 BCE
Rise of Mycenaean civilization in Greece (Mediterranean)
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1532 BCE
Beginning of New Kingdom (African)
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1500 BCE
Hittites develop iron metallurgy (Mesopotamia)
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Period: 1500 BCE to 1150 BCE
Kassite ruled in (Mesopotamia)
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Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE
1,500 B.C.E. - 1,000 B.C.E.
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1450 BCE
Destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete (Mediterrean)
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Period: 1250 BCE to 1200 BCE
Israelite occupation of Canaan (Middle East)
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1200 BCE
Destruction of Hittite kingdom (Mesopotamian)
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Period: 1200 BCE to 1150 BCE
Destruction of Mycenaean centers in Greece (Mediterranean)
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1150 BCE
Philistines settle southern coast of Israel (Middle Eastern)
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Period: 1045 BCE to 221 BCE
Zhou Dynasty (Asia)
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1000 BCE
Iron metallurgy reaches the (Mediterranean)
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1000 BCE
Origin of Celtic culture in Central (Europe)
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1000 BCE
Initial development of pastoral nomadism (Asian)
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1000 BCE
Jerusalem made Israelite capital (Middle Eastern)
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Period: 1000 BCE to 500 BCE
1,000 B.C.E. - 500 B.C.E.
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969 BCE
Hiram of Tyre comes to power (Middle Eastern)
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960 BCE
Solomon builds First Temple (Middle Eastern)
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920 BCE
Division into two kingdoms of Israel and Judah (Middle Eastern)
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911 BCE
Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire (Mesopotamian)
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814 BCE
Foundation of Carthage (Mediterranean)
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750 BCE
Kings of Kush control (African)
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721 BCE
Assyrian conquest of northern kingdom (Mesopotamian)
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Period: 712 BCE to 660 BCE
Nubian kings rule Egypt (African)
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701 BCE
Assyrian humiliation of Tyre (Mesopotamian)
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701 BCE
Assyrian humiliation of Tyre (Mesopotamian and Middle Eastern)
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700 BCE
Scythians drive out Cimmerians and settle area north of Black Sea (Asian)
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671 BCE
Assyrian conquest of Egypt (Mesopotamian and African)
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Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE
Neo- Babylonian kingdom (Mesopotamian)
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612 BCE
Fall of Assyria (Mesopotamian)
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600 BCE
Iron metallurgy in China (Asian)
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587 BCE
Capture of Jerusalem (Middle Eastern)
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Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE
Life of Confucius (Asian)
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Period: 550 BCE to 300 BCE
Rivalry of Carthaginians and Greeks in western (Mediterranian)
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515 BCE
Deportees from Babylon return to Jerusalem (Mesopotamian)
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500 BCE
Celtic elites trade for (Mediterranean) goods
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Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE
Migrations across (Europe)
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Period: 500 BCE to 1 BCE
500 B.C.E. - 1 B.C.E.
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450 BCE
Hanno the Phoenician explores West Africa (African)
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450 BCE
Completion of Hebrew Bible (Middle Eastern)
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440 BCE
Greek historian Herodotus reports on nomadic Scythians (Mediterranean)
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390 BCE
Celts sack Rome (European)
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Period: 356 BCE to 338 BCE
Lord Shang brings Legalist reforms to Qin state (Asian)
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300 BCE
Kingdom of Meroë (African) ------->
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300 BCE
Ruler of Chinese state of Zhao equips troops like nomad horsemen (Asian)
