Units 1 and 2- Torhez Simms By Torhez 38,000 BCE Modern humans, called Cro-Magnons, emerge 8000 BCE Neolithic Age begins 5000 BCE Agriculture develops in Egypt and Mesopotamia 3300 BCE Mesopotamians/Sumerians settled around Tigris and Euphrates 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 Nov 11, 3000 Unification of Egypt into one kingdom