Society of Civilizations By Tbiancs Period: 2900 BCE to 2350 BCE Early Dynastic Period in Sumer 2600 BCE Royal Tombs of Ur 2500 BCE Invention of the Ox Plow Period: 1539 BCE to 1070 BCE New Kingdom in Ancient Egypt 1479 BCE Rule of Thutmose III Period: 500 to 1100 Dark Ages 1192 Beginning of Feudal Period in Japan Period: 1300 to 1700 Renaissance 1347 The Bubonic Plague The disease took a flourishing civilization by storm. 1413 Brunelleschi Creates Linear Perspective 1506 Baginning of Remodeling of Old St. Peter's Basilica 1561 Death of Simon Bening, of Bruges 1621 Reign of Phillip IV Begins 1641 Start of British Civil War 1701 47 Rodin Incident (killing of Daimyo killed by 47 Ronins) 1830 Revival of Gothic Style 1860 Birth of Impressionism in France 1905 Beginning of German Expressionism 1933 Adolf Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany 1937 Bombing of Guernica, Spain 1939 Beginning Of World War II Period: 1939 to 1945 World War II 1963 Founding of Kenya