world studies timeline By tlsizem1 10,000 BCE Old Stone Age 9500 BCE Invention of Agriculture Neolithic 6000 BCE Settlers began to inhabit the area around Nile River 4000 BCE Invention of Farming Tools neolithic 3100 BCE Egyptians developed hieroglyphic writing 3100 BCE The first pharaoh of upper Egypt united upper and lower Egypt. 3000 BCE New Stone Age 2700 BCE papyrus was made as a writing material 2600 BCE the very first pyramid was built Period: 2300 BCE to 1700 BCE Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro Civilization thrived 1900 BCE End of Neolithic Era 563 BCE The birth of Siddhartha Gautama(the founder of Buddhism) 500 BCE daoism was a set of teachings promoted by laozi. Period: 305 BCE to 185 BCE Mauryan and Gupta Empires dominated northern India 240 BCE legalism was founded by Han fei. Period: 221 BCE to 207 BCE the Qin dynasty was the first dynasty to rule over all of china 200 BCE fire was first discovered 1500 the Great Wall was revamped with bricks