History

Ancient History

By rainbowshark123
  • 5000 BCE

    Sumer Citys

    Sumer Citys
    The Sumer make the first towns and cities. They used irrigation to farm big areas of land.
  • 4000 BCE

    Ziggurats

    Ziggurats
    The Sumer create powerful city-states building ziggurats as temples to pray to their gods.
  • 3500 BCE

    Lower Mesopotamia

    Lower Mesopotamia
    Lower Mesopotamia is inhabited by lots of different city-states such as Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur.
  • 3300 BCE

    Writing

    Writing
    The Sumerians create the first writing on clay tablets.They used pictures for words.
  • 3200 BCE

    Wheels

    Wheels
    The Sumerians started to use the wheel on their vehicles.
  • Period: 3050 BCE to 30 BCE

    Entirety of Ancient Egypt

  • 3000 BCE

    Base 60

    Base 60
    The Sumerians start to use a number system with the base 60.
  • 2700 BCE

    King Gilgamesh

    King Gilgamesh
    This famous Sumerian king ruled the city-state of Ur.
  • Period: 2575 BCE to 2150 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    Egypt
  • 2400 BCE

    Akkadian Language

    Akkadian Language
    The Sumerian language is replaced by the Akkadian language. The Akkadian language is now the Sumerian primary language.
  • 2330 BCE

    Akkadian Empire

    Akkadian Empire
    Sargon I of the Akkadians army conquers most of the Sumerian city-states and creates the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.
  • Period: 2250 BCE to 2300 BCE

    King Naram-Sin

    King Naram-Sin of the Akkadians expands the empire to its largest state. He ruled for 50 years.
  • 2100 BCE

    Ur

    Ur
    After the Akkadian Empire crumbles, the Sumerians once again get power. The city of Ur is rebuilt.
  • 2000 BCE

    Elamites

    Elamites
    The Elamites capture Ur.
  • Period: 1975 BCE to 1640 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

    Egypt
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 105

    Shang Dynasty

    Ancient China
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 712 BCE

    New Kingdom

    Egypt
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Blessings and Songs

    Such as The Song of Miriam
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 500

    Ancient Greece

    The timespan of Ancient Greece.
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

    Ancient China
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 600 BCE

    Torah 1/Tanach 1 -The J source

    Ruth; Job; First Isaiah; some minor prophets;first version of Deuternomy
  • Period: 586 BCE to 539 BCE

    Torah 2/Tanach 2

    Second Isaiah; Jeremiah; Ezekiel; Deuteronomy is expanded; Psalms
  • Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE

    Torah 3/Tanach 3

    The rest of the Torah; Third Isaiah; later prophets; Chronicles re-writes story of David to make it sound nicer
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

    Ancient China
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty

    Ancient China