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7000 BCE
Agriculture first develops in Mesopotamia
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3100 BCE
Menes becomes the first pharoah of Egypt
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2350 BCE
Sargon of Akkad conquers Mesopotamia and forms the world's first empire.
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2300 BCE
The Harrapan Civilization rises in the Indus Valley
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1770 BCE
Hammurabi of Babylon issues a written code of laws.
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1500 BCE
The Shang dynasty is established in China
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1000 BCE
Phoenicians trade all around the Mediterranean
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965 BCE
Solomon becomes King of Israel
