Units 1 and 2-JAVON C SPEARMAN By Javon C Spearman 38,000 BCE Modern humans, called Cro-Magnons, emerge 8000 BCE Neolithic Age begins Period: 5000 BCE to 500 BCE Agriculture develops in Egypt and Mesopotamia Period: 4500 BCE to 3300 BCE Mesopotamians/Sumerians settled around Tigris and Euphrates 3000 BCE Unification of Egypt into one kingdom 2500 BCE Indus Valley people plan and build first cities Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE Indo-Europeans begin to migrate 1000 BCE Minor kings began setting up kingdoms in India Period: 750 BCE to 550 BCE Hindu teachers begin interpreting Vedic hymns Period: 563 BCE to 483 BCE Siddhartha Gautama lives