Migration

By Ivan Au
  • 3000 BCE

    Arabian peninsula

    Semitic tribes move up from the Arabian peninsula, through Sinai into Palestine and Syria
  • 2600 BCE

    Canaanities

    The Canaanites establish themselves in the region around what is now Jerusalem
  • 2000 BCE

    Bantu

    Bantu-speaking tribes begin to spread through Africa, from their original homelands south of the Sahara
  • the pioneers

    As many as 50,000 US pioneers travel west this year on the Oregon Trail
  • Journalist

    A journalist in the Terre Haute Express gives a piece of advice, 'Go west, young man', that chimes perfectly with the US pioneer spirit

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