thinking about chronology By Brett S 4000 BCE Time Line Start Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE Early Mesopotamian Emergence Earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia Period: 3400 BCE to 3200 BCE Nubian kingdom of Ta-Seti Period: 3200 BCE to 2350 BCE Independent Sumerian city-states Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE old kingdom egypt Period: 2198 BCE to 2000 BCE beginning of chinese civilization Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE Xia dynasty in china Period: 1900 BCE to 1500 BCE Babylonian empire Period: 1792 BCE to 1748 BCE reign of hammurabi 1700 BCE abandonment of indus valle cities Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE new kingdom egypt 1200 BCE Olmec Civilization the final of the "first civilizations" Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE kush conquer egypt 586 BCE babylon conquer judah 1 CE Time Line End