Prehistory Timeline

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  • 3500 BCE

    Sumerian Beer

    The first beer
  • Invention of the Wheel
    3500 BCE

    Invention of the Wheel

  • Period: 3500 BCE to 2370 BCE

    The Sumerian Empire

    The first human civilization, they developed language, city-states, and a form of writing. This is one of the world's oldest cities.
  • Newgrange in Ireland
    3200 BCE

    Newgrange in Ireland

  • Writing
    3000 BCE

    Writing

    The Sumerians invented a writing system
  • Bronze Age Begins
    2900 BCE

    Bronze Age Begins

    People started developing tools made out of broze
  • Great Pyramid of Giza
    2580 BCE

    Great Pyramid of Giza

  • 2500 BCE

    Paper

    Ancient Egyptians produce papyrus, a crude early version of paper
  • Period: 2334 BCE to 2284 BCE

    Sargon of Akkad

    Installed the first empire
  • Period: 2300 BCE to 2100 BCE

    The Akkadian Empire

    Took over the Sumerian Empire. Their ruler Sargon 1 of Akkad was the first to rule all of Mesopotamia and installed the first dynasty.
  • Ziggurat at Ur
    2100 BCE

    Ziggurat at Ur

    Used as an administrative center and shrine
  • 2000 BCE

    Arch Construction

  • 2000 BCE

    Irrigation Systems

  • Chariot
    1900 BCE

    Chariot

    Chariots with spoked wheels were invented about 1900 B.C.
  • Period: 1810 BCE to 1750 BCE

    Hammurabi

    King of Babylonia installed the first system of laws
  • Period: 1792 BCE to 1160 BCE

    The Babylonians

    Had the code of Hammurabi and was the most powerful city in the world
  • Period: 1305 BCE to 609 BCE

    The Assyrian Empire

    Great warriors who beat the Babylonians
  • Sailboat
    1300 BCE

    Sailboat

    Invented in Mesopotamia
  • 1200 BCE

    Iron Weapons

  • Hanging Gardens of Babylon
    600 BCE

    Hanging Gardens of Babylon

  • The Ishtar Gate
    575 BCE

    The Ishtar Gate

  • Temple of Artemis
    575 BCE

    Temple of Artemis

  • Period: 559 BCE to 530 BCE

    Ciro II

    Began the Persian Empire
  • Period: 515 BCE to 345 BCE

    Persepolis

    Persepolis was constructed and then taken over by Alexander the Great
  • The Gate of All Nations
    486 BCE

    The Gate of All Nations

  • The Statue of Zeus
    435 BCE

    The Statue of Zeus

  • The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
    352 BCE

    The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

  • The Lighthouse of Alexandria
    284 BCE

    The Lighthouse of Alexandria