Part 1 By angiehoughton05 250,000 BCE 2.5 million B.C.E, emergence of Homo Sapiens in eastern Africa Period: 250,000 BCE to 100 BCE Early Human Time 150,000 BCE 1 million B.C.E emergence of Homo Erectus 120,000 BCE 120,000 emergence of Homo Sapiens Sapiens 60,000 BCE 600,000 wide spread of human species across Asia, Europe, Africa; control fire 25,000 BCE 25,000 passage of first people to Americas 18,000 BCE 18,000-12,000 control Russian mammoth bone settlements 12,000 BCE 12,000 Domestication of dogs 10,500 BCE 10,500-8,000 Natufian settlements 8500 BCE 8,500-6,500 Domestication of sheep, pigs, goats, and cattle 7000 BCE 7,000 first town in Jericho 6250 BCE 6,250-5,400 Catal Huyuk at its peak 5600 BCE 5,600 Beans domesticated in western hemisphere 5000 BCE 5,000 domestication of maize 5000 BCE 5,000 Plant domestication becoming widespread 4000 BCE 4000 Maize domestication in mexico 4000 BCE 4,000-3,000 Age of innovation in the Middle east: introduction of writing, metalworking, wheel, plow 3500 BCE 3,500-1,800 Sumerian civilization 3500 BCE 3,500 Llama domestication 3100 BCE 3,100-1,087 Founding and flowering of Egyptian civilization 3000 BCE 3,000-1,500 Evidence of cotton cultivation, metallurgy, ceramic 2500 BCE 2500-1500 Indus Valley civilization in South Asia 2000 BCE 2,000 pottery in use in Mesoamerica 2000 BCE 5,000-2,000 Yangshao culture in North China 2000 BCE 2,000 Kotosh culture in Peru 2000 BCE 2,000-500 Early cultures in southwestern United states 1850 BCE 1850 Origin of Shang kingdom in China 1800 BCE 1,800 Formation of Babylonian empire in Middle east 1800 BCE 1,800-1,200 Ceremonial centers in the highlands of southern Mexico 1766 BCE 1766 Emergence of Shang kingdom in China 1700 BCE 1,700-1,300 Rise of village culture in Mesoamerica 1600 BCE 1,600 Beginning of Indo-European invasions of India and parts of the Mediterranean and Middle east 1500 BCE 1,500 Beginning of Polynesian migration in Pacific 1500 BCE 1,500-800 Olmec civilization flourishes 1500 BCE 1,500-800 Olmec civilization in Central America 1250 BCE 1250 Moses and Jewish exodus from Egypt 1200 BCE 1200-700 Vedas composed 1122 BCE 1,122-770 Zhou Kingdom in China 900 BCE 900 Maya civilization beginnings; classical period in Mesoamerica 850 BCE 850-250 early Horizon; Chavin culture flourishes 800 BCE 800 Beginnngs of Bantu migration in Africa 800 BCE 800 Initial Greek city states 760 BCE 760-600 Meroe (Kush) rules Egypt 400 BCE 400 Potatoes domestication 300 BCE 300-900 Height of Maya civilization 200 BCE 200-500 Nazca Culture 100 BCE 100 Germans in southern Germany, on Roman borders