Thinking About Chronology

  • 4000 BCE

    Before civilation

    No information of civilization discovered
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Early emersions of Civilization

    The beginning of civilization in early mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), Egypt, and Norte Chico, Peru.
    Scientist discovered an urban center filled with temples, plaza's and even instruments like flutes made out of animal bones dating back to the time of ancient pyramids of Egypt and early mesopotamian structures.
  • Period: 3400 BCE to 3200 BCE

    Nubian Kingdom of Ta-Seti

    Ta-seti is a kingdom in Nubia; a separate civilization along the Nile In Egypt. It Was clearly from its northern neighbor egypt.
  • Period: 3200 BCE to 2350 BCE

    Period of independent Sumerian city-states

  • Period: 2663 BCE to 2195 BCE

    Old kingdom Egypt

    High point of Pharaoh's power and pyramid building
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Beginning of Chinese, Indus Valley, and Central Asian Civilizations

    These civilizations appeared shortly after te first three. The Indus and Saraswati river valleys ( modern-day pakistan) embraced a remarkable civilization, larger than mesopotamia, Egypt, or peru primarily. The Xia Dynasty in present day china was another civilization to appear, with a lavish, monarch-based civilization dating to 2200 B.C.E. Central Asia was a civilization developed shortly after 2200 B.C.E. It contained a distinct cutural style with residential compounds and artisan workshops.
  • Period: 2070 BCE to

    First Dynasty of Chinese History (Xia Dynasty)

    The early civilization of China dated to 2200 B.C.E but the Xia dynasty was developed in 2070 B.C.E. It was run by a monarch who made flood control projects that mastered the waters and kept water flowing through great channels.
  • 2000 BCE

    Epic of Gilgamesh compiled

  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

  • Period: 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE

    Reign of Hammurabi

  • 1700 BCE

    Abandonment of Indus Valley cities

  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1064 BCE

    New Kingdom Egypt

  • 584 BCE

    Babylon Conquires Judah

  • 500 BCE

    Egypt and mesopotamia incorporated into Persian Empire