MELC 10 By awarren27 3600 BCE Beginning of Writing in Mesopotamia Period: 2900 BCE to 2334 BCE Early Dynastic Period in Sumer Period: 2670 BCE to 2650 BCE Building of First Pyramid in Egypt Period: 1795 BCE to 1750 BCE Reign of Hammurabi Period: 1570 BCE to 1069 BCE New Kingdom of Egypt 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh 612 BCE Collapse of the Assyrian Empire 539 BCE Cyrus the Great Conquers Babylon 331 BCE Alexander the Great Conquers Egypt Period: 47 BCE to 30 BCE Reign of Cleopatra
