Thinking About Chronology

By _nosnhoj
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Birth of Sumerian civilization

    Mesopotamia
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Birth of Egyptian civilization

    Egypt
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Norte Chico Civilation

    The Americas
  • Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    Egypt
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Birth of Chinese civilization

    China
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Birth of Indus Valley/Central Asia civilizations

    Indus Valley/Central Asia
  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Xia Dynasty

    China
  • 2000 BCE

    Creation of Epic of Gilgamesh

    Mesopotamia
  • 2000 BCE

    Mohenjo Dara and Harappa flourish

    Central Asia
  • 1775 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi

    Mesopotamia
  • 1700 BCE

    Abandonment of Indus Valley/Central Asia

    Indus Valley/Central Asia
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    China
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE

    New Kingdom

    Egypt
  • 1500 BCE

    Birth of Egyptian Empire

    Egypt
  • 1200 BCE

    Birth of Olmec Civilization

    The Americas
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

    China
  • 900 BCE

    Olmec Civilization begins writing

    The Americas
  • Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

    Mesopotamia
  • Period: 760 BCE to 660 BCE

    Kush conquest

    Egypt
  • 500 BCE

    Establishment of Persian Empire

    Mesopotamia

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