Thinking About Chronology

  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Beginnings of Sumerian and Egyptian Civilization

  • 3000 BCE

    Quipu in use in Norte Chico

  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Norte Chico Civilization Emerges

  • Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE

    Rise and Fall of the Egyptian Empire, Old Kingdom

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Start of Civilizations in Indus Valley and Central Asia

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Beginnings of Chinese Civilization

  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Xia Dynasty Rises and Falls

  • 2000 BCE

    Epic of Gilgamesh Compiled

  • 2000 BCE

    Popularity of Mohenjo and Harappa Increase

  • 1775 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi

  • 1700 BCE

    Abandonment of Indus Valley and Central Asian Cities

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty Rises and Falls

  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE

    The Rise and Fall of the Egyptian Empire, New Kingdom

  • 1500 BCE

    Creation of Egyptian Empire

  • 1200 BCE

    Beginnings of Olmec Civilization

  • Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty Rises and Falls

  • 900 BCE

    Writings in Olmec Civilization

  • Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE

    Rise and Fall of Assyrian Empire

  • 500 BCE

    Persian Empire Established

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