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