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  • The Hebrews Become a Distinct People
    1900 BCE

    The Hebrews Become a Distinct People

    When Abraham led the Hebrews away from Mesopotamia. This event begins the Hebrew Bible giving them their first piece of identity.
  • Hammurabi's Law Code
    1780 BCE

    Hammurabi's Law Code

    It was the first time that law was written out. This allowed for the law to be the same throughout the kingdom.
  • Phoenicians Create a Syllabic Alphabet
    1300 BCE

    Phoenicians Create a Syllabic Alphabet

    The Phoenicians created the first syllabic alphabet. This made it much easier for the everyday peasant to be literate.
  • Hebrews Escape Enslavement in Egypt
    1207 BCE

    Hebrews Escape Enslavement in Egypt

    After the Hebrews escape their enslavement in Egypt they go and settle in Israel creating the Kingdoms of Isreal and Judah.
  • Collapse of the Bronze Age
    1200 BCE

    Collapse of the Bronze Age

    This period led to the end of all of the major empires in the bronze of which many would not recover. This would change the geopolitical dynamic of the known world up to that point.
  • Beginning of Iron Age
    1100 BCE

    Beginning of Iron Age

    The first time iron tools were first used for both agricultural and military means.
  • The Assyrian Kingdom Begins its Conquests
    880 BCE

    The Assyrian Kingdom Begins its Conquests

    The Assyrian Kingdom conquers Mesopitama and Caanan. Here they will begin to oppress contoured peoples for the first time in history.
  • First Use of Currency
    650 BCE

    First Use of Currency

    The Kingdom of Lydia used lumps of gold and silver that had the same weight as currency. They would refer to this currency as shekels.
  • Fall of the Assyrian Empire
    609 BCE

    Fall of the Assyrian Empire

    With the fall of the Assyrian Empire, there is a large power vacuum that is left in Messopimia, Caanan, and Egyptian regions.
  • Persia Conquers the Neo-Babylonian Empire
    538 BCE

    Persia Conquers the Neo-Babylonian Empire

    This ends Mesopotamian dominance as they will no longer be a major player in geopolitics. King Cyrus the Great of Persia also lets all enslaved people of Babylon return home, which leads to the Hebrews to beginning the Jewish diaspora.