Parker White's World Studies The Emergence of Human Communities Timeline Activity from 2,500 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E. Any events spanning past 2,500 B.C.E. or 500 B.C.E. are shown to start/end at the parameters of the timeline with actual years noted.

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  • 2501 BCE

    KEY Any events spanning past 2,500 B.C.E. or 500 B.C.E. are shown to start/end at the parameters of the timeline with actual years noted. Yellow - Mesopotamian, Green - Asian, Red - African, Brown - Mediterranean, Purple - Middle Eastern, Blue - Europe

  • 2500 BCE

    2,500 B.C.E

  • Period: 2500 BCE to 500 BCE

    2,500 B.C.E. - 500 B.C.E.

  • Period: 2500 BCE to 2134 BCE

    Old Kingdom - Africa (2,575 B.C.E. to 2134 B.C.E.)

  • Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE

    Akkadian - Mesopotamia

  • Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE

    Third Dynasty of Ur - Mesopotamia

  • Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE

    Middle Kingdom Reigns in Egypt - Africa

  • Horses in Use Spreads All Over Western Asia
    2000 BCE

    Horses in Use Spreads All Over Western Asia

  • Rise of Minoan Civilization on Crete; Early Greeks Arrive in Greece - Mediterranean
    2000 BCE

    Rise of Minoan Civilization on Crete; Early Greeks Arrive in Greece - Mediterranean

  • 2000 BCE

    2,000 B.C.E.

  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Old Babylonian - Mesopotamia

  • Abraham Migrated to Canaan - Middle East
    1800 BCE

    Abraham Migrated to Canaan - Middle East

  • Period: 1750 BCE to 1045 BCE

    Shang Dynasty - Asia

  • Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Hittites Dominant in Anatolia - Mediterranean

  • Period: 1640 BCE to 1532 BCE

    Hyksos Dominate Northern Egypt - Africa

  • Rise of Mycenaean Civilization in Greece - Mediterranean
    1600 BCE

    Rise of Mycenaean Civilization in Greece - Mediterranean

  • Beginning of New Kingdom - Africa
    1532 BCE

    Beginning of New Kingdom - Africa

  • Hittites Develop Iron Metallurgy - Mesopotamia
    1500 BCE

    Hittites Develop Iron Metallurgy - Mesopotamia

  • 1500 BCE

    1,500 B.C.E.

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1150 BCE

    Kassite Ruled in Mesopotamian

  • Destruction of Minoan Palaces in Crete - Mediterranean
    1450 BCE

    Destruction of Minoan Palaces in Crete - Mediterranean

  • Period: 1250 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Israelite Occupation of Canaan - Middle East

  • Destruction of Hittite kingdom - Mesopotamian
    1200 BCE

    Destruction of Hittite kingdom - Mesopotamian

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 1150 BCE

    Destruction of Mycenaean Centers in Greece - Mediterranean

  • Philistines Settle Southern Coast of Israel - Middle Eastern
    1150 BCE

    Philistines Settle Southern Coast of Israel - Middle Eastern

  • Period: 1025 BCE to 500 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty - Asia

  • Iron Metallurgy Reaches the Mediterranean
    1000 BCE

    Iron Metallurgy Reaches the Mediterranean

  • Origin of Celtic Culture in Central Europe
    1000 BCE

    Origin of Celtic Culture in Central Europe

  • Initial Development of Pastoral Nomadism - Asia
    1000 BCE

    Initial Development of Pastoral Nomadism - Asia

  • 1000 BCE

    1,000 B.C.E.

  • Jerusalem Made Israelite Capital - Middle East
    1000 BCE

    Jerusalem Made Israelite Capital - Middle East

  • Hiram of Tyre Comes to Power - Middle East
    969 BCE

    Hiram of Tyre Comes to Power - Middle East

  • Solomon Builds First Temple - Middle East
    960 BCE

    Solomon Builds First Temple - Middle East

  • Division Into Two Kingdoms of Israel and Judah - Middle East
    920 BCE

    Division Into Two Kingdoms of Israel and Judah - Middle East

  • Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire - Mesopotamia
    911 BCE

    Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire - Mesopotamia

  • Foundation of Carthage - Mediterranean
    814 BCE

    Foundation of Carthage - Mediterranean

  • Kings of Kush Control Egypt - Africa
    750 BCE

    Kings of Kush Control Egypt - Africa

  • Assyrian Conquest of Northern Kingdom - Mesopotamia
    721 BCE

    Assyrian Conquest of Northern Kingdom - Mesopotamia

  • Period: 712 BCE to 660 BCE

    Nubian Kings Rule Egypt - Africa

  • Assyrian humiliation of Tyre - Mesopotamia
    701 BCE

    Assyrian humiliation of Tyre - Mesopotamia

  • Assyrian Humiliation of Tyre - Mesopotamia and Middle East
    701 BCE

    Assyrian Humiliation of Tyre - Mesopotamia and Middle East

  • Scythians Drive Out Cimmerians and Settle Area North of Black Sea - Asia
    700 BCE

    Scythians Drive Out Cimmerians and Settle Area North of Black Sea - Asia

  • Assyrian Conquest of Egypt - Mesopotamia and Africa
    671 BCE

    Assyrian Conquest of Egypt - Mesopotamia and Africa

  • Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE

    Neo- Babylonian Kingdom - Mesopotamia

  • Fall of Assyria - Mesopotamia
    612 BCE

    Fall of Assyria - Mesopotamia

  • Iron Metallurgy in China - Asia
    600 BCE

    Iron Metallurgy in China - Asia

  • Capture of Jerusalem - Middle East
    587 BCE

    Capture of Jerusalem - Middle East

  • Period: 551 BCE to 500 BCE

    Life of Confucius - Asia

  • Period: 550 BCE to 500 BCE

    Rivalry of Carthaginians and Greeks in the Western Mediterranean (550 B.C.E. to 300 B.C.E.)

  • Deportees From Babylon Return to Jerusalem - Mesopotamia
    515 BCE

    Deportees From Babylon Return to Jerusalem - Mesopotamia

  • 500 BCE

    500 B.C.E.

  • Celtic Elites Trade for Mediterranean Goods
    500 BCE

    Celtic Elites Trade for Mediterranean Goods

  • Period: 500 BCE to 500 BCE

    Migrations Across Europe (500 B.C.E. to 300 B.C.E.)