nature of ancient history By 49219 3500 BCE Sumerian coniform 3000 BCE sumerian coniform 2580 BCE construction of the Pyramids 2560 BCE finished Pyramids 218 BCE 2nd punic war Hannibal's Carthaginian war against the roman empire 201 BCE conclusion of 2nd Punic war concluded after Hannibal's march across the Alps after being defeated in Tunisia near Carthage by Cornelius Scipio at the battle of Zama 79 destruction of pompei