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3500 BCE
Sumerian Beer
The first beer -
3500 BCE
Invention of the Wheel
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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. -
3200 BCE
Newgrange in Ireland
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3000 BCE
Writing
The Sumerians invented a writing system -
2900 BCE
Bronze Age Begins
People started developing tools made out of broze -
2580 BCE
Great Pyramid of Giza
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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. -
2100 BCE
Ziggurat at Ur
Used as an administrative center and shrine -
2000 BCE
Arch Construction
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2000 BCE
Irrigation Systems
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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 -
1300 BCE
Sailboat
Invented in Mesopotamia -
1200 BCE
Iron Weapons
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600 BCE
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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575 BCE
The Ishtar Gate
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575 BCE
Temple of Artemis
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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 -
486 BCE
The Gate of All Nations
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435 BCE
The Statue of Zeus
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352 BCE
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
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284 BCE
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
