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  • Period: 2575 BCE to 2134 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    African (Egypt)
  • Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE

    Akkadian (Semetic)

    Mesopotamian
  • Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE

    Third Dynasty of Ur (Sumerian)

    Mesopotamian
  • Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE

    Middle Kingdom reign

    African (Egypt)
  • 2000 BCE

    Rise of Minoan civilization on Crete; early Greeks arrive in Greece

    Mediterranean
  • 2000 BCE

    Horses in use spreads all over western Asia

    Asian
  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Old Babylonian (Semitic)

    Mesopotamian
  • 1800 BCE

    Abraham migrated to Canaan

    Middle Eastern
  • Period: 1750 BCE to 1045 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    Asian (China)
  • Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Hittites dominant in Anatolia

    Mediterranean
  • Period: 1640 BCE to 1532 BCE

    Hyksos dominate northern Egypt

    African (Egypt)
  • 1600 BCE

    Rise of Mycenaean civilization in Greece

    Mediterranean
  • 1532 BCE

    Beginning of New Kingdom

    African
  • 1500 BCE

    Hittites develop iron metallurgy

    Mesopotamian
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1150 BCE

    Kassite ruled in Mesopotamia

    Mesopotamian
  • 1450 BCE

    Destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete

    Mediterranean
  • 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
  • Period: 1045 BCE to 221 BCE

    Zhou dynasty

    Asian (China)
  • 1000 BCE

    Iron metallurgy reaches the Mediterranean

    Mediterranean
  • 1000 BCE

    Initial development of pastoral nomadism

    Asian
  • 1000 BCE

    Origin of Celtic culture in Central Europe

    European
  • 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
  • 920 BCE

    Division into two kingdoms of Israel and Judah

    Middle Eastern
  • 911 BCE

    Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire

    Mesopotamian
  • 814 BCE

    Foundation of Carthage

    Mediterranean
  • 750 BCE

    Kings of Kush control

    African (Egypt)
  • 721 BCE

    Assyrian conquest of northern kingdom

    Mesopotamian
  • Period: 712 BCE to 660 BCE

    Nubian kings rule

    African (Egypt)
  • 701 BCE

    Assyrian humiliation of Tyre

    Mesopotamian and Middle Eastern
  • 700 BCE

    Scythians drive out Cimmerians and settle area north of Black Sea

    Asian
  • 671 BCE

    Assyrian conquest of Egypt

    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 (China)
  • 587 BCE

    Capture of Jerusalem

    Middle Eastern
  • Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE

    Life of Confucius

    Asian (China)
  • 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
  • Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE

    Migrations across Europe

    Europe