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Period: 2575 BCE to 2134 BCE
Old Kingdom
Africa -
2500 BCE
2500 BCE
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Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE
Akkadian (Semitic)
Mesopotamian -
2250 BCE
2250 BCE
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Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE
Third Dynasty of Ur
Mesopotamian -
Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE
Middle Kingdom reigns in Egypt
[Africa] -
2000 BCE
Horses in use spreads all over western Asia
Asia -
2000 BCE
Rise of Minoan civilization on Crete; early Greeks arrive in Greece
Mediterranean -
2000 BCE
2000
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Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE
Old Babylonian (Semitic)
Mesopotamian -
1800 BCE
Abraham migrated to Canaan
Middle Eastern -
1750 BCE
1750
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Period: 1750 BCE to 1045 BCE
Shang Dynasty
Asian -
Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE
Hittites dominant in Anatolia
Mediterranean -
Period: 1640 BCE to 1532 BCE
Hyksos Dominate norther Egypt
African -
1600 BCE
Rise of Mycenaean civilization in Greece
Mediterranean -
1532 BCE
Beginning of New Kingdom
African -
1500 BCE
Hittites develop iron metallurgy
Mesopotamia -
1500 BCE
1500 BCE
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Period: 1500 BCE to 1150 BCE
Kassite ruled in Mesopotamian
Mesopotamian -
1450 BCE
Destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete
Mediterranean -
1250 BCE
1250 BCE
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Period: 1250 BCE to 1200 BCE
Israelite occupation of Canaan
Middle Eastern -
1200 BCE
Destruction of Hittite kingdom
Mesopotamian -
Period: 1200 BCE to 1150 BCE
Destruction of Mycenaean centers in Greece
Mediterranean -
1150 BCE
Philistines settle southern coast of Israel
Middle Eastern -
1000 BCE
Iron metallurgy reaches the Mediterranean
Mediterranean -
1000 BCE
Initial development of pastoral nomadism
Asian -
1000 BCE
1000 BCE
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1000 BCE
Origin of Celtic culture in Central Europe
Europe -
1000 BCE
Jerusalem made Israelite capital
Middle Eastern -
969 BCE
Hiram of Tyre comes to power
Middle Eastern -
960 BCE
Solomon builds First Temple
Middle Eastern -
911 BCE
Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire
Mesopotamian -
814 BCE
Foundation of Carthage
Foundation of Carthage -
750 BCE
Kings of Kush control Egypt
African -
750 BCE
750 BCE
-
721 BCE
Division into two kingdoms of Israel of Judah
Middle Eastern -
721 BCE
Assyrian conquest of northern kingdom
Mesopotamian -
Period: 712 BCE to 660 BCE
Nubian kings rule Egypt
African -
701 BCE
Assyrian humiliation of Tyre
Mesopotamian -
700 BCE
Scythians drive out Cimmerians and settle area north of Black Sea
Asian -
671 BCE
Assyrian conquest of Egypy
Mesopotamian and African -
Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE
Neo-Babylonian Kingdom
Mesopotamian -
612 BCE
Fall of Assyria
Mesopotamian -
600 BCE
Iron Metallurgy in China
Asian -
587 BCE
Capture of Jerusalem
Middle Eastern -
Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE
Life of Confucius
Asian -
Period: 550 BCE to 300 BCE
Rivalry of Carthaginians and Greeks in the western Mediterranean
Mediterranean -
515 BCE
Deportees from Babylon return to Jerusalem
Mesopotamian -
500 BCE
Celtic elites trade for Mediterranean goods
Mediterranean -
500 BCE
500 BCE
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Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE
Migrations across Europe
European -
450 BCE
Hanno the Phoenician explores West Africa
African -
450 BCE
Completion of Hebrew Bible
Middle Eastern -
440 BCE
Greek historian Herodotus reports on nomadic Scythians
Mediterranean -
390 BCE
Celts sack Rome
European -
Period: 356 BCE to 338 BCE
Lord Shang brings Legalist reforms to Qin state
Asian -
300 BCE
Ruler of Chinese state of Zhao equips troops like nomad horsemen
Asian -
Period: 300 BCE to 350 BCE
Kingdom of Meroë
African -
250 BCE
250 BCE