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Timeline Project (Middle East)

  • Invention of the Wheel
    3500 BCE

    Invention of the Wheel

  • Cuneiform Script, Earliest Writing System
    3400 BCE

    Cuneiform Script, Earliest Writing System

  • Early Egyptian Writing, Hieroglyphs
    3200 BCE

    Early Egyptian Writing, Hieroglyphs

  • Pharaoh Djoser, 1st Built Pyramid
    2650 BCE

    Pharaoh Djoser, 1st Built Pyramid

  • The Epic of Gilgamesh, 1st Great Work of Literature
    2500 BCE

    The Epic of Gilgamesh, 1st Great Work of Literature

  • Upper Nubia established the Kingdom of Kesh
    2500 BCE

    Upper Nubia established the Kingdom of Kesh

  • The Middle Kingdom Began
    2040 BCE

    The Middle Kingdom Began

  • Code of Hammurabi was created
    1754 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi was created

  • Iron Metallurgy was spread into Sub-Saharan Africa
    1000 BCE

    Iron Metallurgy was spread into Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Greek replaced Hieroglyphs and Hieratic as the language in Egypt
    600 BCE

    Greek replaced Hieroglyphs and Hieratic as the language in Egypt