Think About it Chronology By ayotimeline 4000 BCE Tangshan 4000 BCE Innovation in the Middle East 4000 BCE Badarian 3000 BCE Indus Valley Civilization 3000 BCE Egyptian Civilization 3000 BCE Sumerian Civilization 2195 BCE Old Kingdom 2000 BCE Chinese Civilization 1775 BCE Code of Hammurabi 1700 BCE abandonment of Indus Valley and central asian 1600 BCE Xia Dynasty 1054 BCE New Kingdom 1046 BCE Shang dynasty 900 BCE olmec civilization 812 BCE Assyrian Empire 771 BCE Zhou Dynasty 500 BCE Persian Empire