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Period: 100,000 BCE to 8000 BCE
Ice age
Huge pieces of ice slabs covered parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. -
8000 BCE
Paleolithic period ended
The Paleolithic people were nomads who followed animals for food and clothing -
8000 BCE
Jericho
Jericho is one of the oldest cities which is located in between what is now Israel and Jordan. -
8000 BCE
The development of technology
The paleolithic people developed tools and methods to help humans perform tasks. -
Period: 8000 BCE to 4000 BCE
Neolithic Age
Neolithic people were settler who tamed animals and plants for human use. The begging of the farming revolution. -
3000 BCE
City-states arise in Sumer
City-States are cities that have their own government and aren't apart of any larger unit -
3000 BCE
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a fertile area located in the eastern part of the fertile crescent -
2340 BCE
Sargon takes over Mesopotamia
In 2340 B.C. Sargon conquered Mesopotamia and set up the worlds first empire. -
1800 BCE
The Start of Babylon
Babylon was the center of trade it was ruled by a man named Hammurabi -
1792 BCE
Hammurabi conquers land
in 1792 B.C. Hammurabi and his army started to conquer land to the north and south of Babylon to form a Babylonian empire. -
900 BCE
Assyrians take over Mesopotamia
The Assyrians had fertile farm land which attracted outsiders to defend their land the Assyrians built a large army and started to take over the rest of Mesopotamia. -
Period: 605 BCE to 562 BCE
The chaldeans
From 605 B.C. till 562 B.C. the Chaldeans controlled all of Mesopotamia they were lead by king Nebuchadnezzar
