Thinking About Chronology (Fabiana)

By mahnoorabad
  • 4000 BCE

    First Civilizations Began

    4000 B.C.E. to 0 C.E.
  • Period: 4000 BCE to 3500 BCE

    Uruk Civilization

    4000 B.C.E. - 3500 B.C.E.
    First Mesopotamian Civilization
    Population - 50,000
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Egyptian Civilization

    Had several cities.
    Mainly known for Pharaohs and Pyramids.
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Sumerian Civilization

    Earliest written language known
  • Period: 3400 BCE to 3200 BCE

    Nubian Civilization

    Smaller city near Egyptian civilizations
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Norte Chico Civilization

    Bad warfare and economy
    Good fishing industry
  • Period: 2700 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Xia Dynasty

    Monarch for water channels
  • 2350 BCE

    End of The Sumerian Civilization

    Mesopotamia was taken over by stronger Civilizations causing the Sumerian rule to end.
  • Period: 2350 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Akkadian Empire

    Took over the Sumerian Civilization.
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Indus Valley Civilizations

    Caste System was created
    Much larger than previous civilizations
    No political hierarchy
  • Period: 2200 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Oxus Civilization

    Aristocratic hierarchy
    Gods portrayed as men at work
    No actual literate works
    Art forms
  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

    Last Mesopotamian Monarch Civilization
    Created Code of Hammurabi
  • 1775 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi

    Punishment based on social status
  • 1700 BCE

    End of Indus Valley and Oxus civilization

    Deforestation and soil erosion yet culture remained.
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty (Chinese Early Civilization)

    Expansion of Chinese State
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Sanxingdui Civilization

    Small civilization in Shang Dynasty times.
    Rich bronze and other materials.
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 400 BCE

    Olmec Civilization

    Competing Chiefdoms became one
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 771 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

    Monarch ruled based on the laws of heaven.
  • Period: 900 BCE to 612 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

    Warrior Empire
    Thrived off of war and everything to do with weaponry.
  • 1 BCE

    The Current Civilizations

    4000 B.C.E. to 0 C.E.