The Emergence of Human Communities Timeline By yay!! Period: 2500 BCE to 2000 BCE Uniform Segment Period: 2500 BCE to 2134 BCE Old Kingdom (Egypt) [African] Period: 2350 BCE to 2230 BCE Akkadian, Semitic [Mesopotamian] Period: 2112 BCE to 2004 BCE Third Dynasty of Ur (Sumerian) [Mesopotamian] Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE Middle Kingdom reigns (Egypt) [African] 2000 BCE Rise of Minoan civilization on Crete; early Greeks arrive (Greece) [Mediterranean] 2000 BCE Horses in use spreads all over western [Asian] Period: 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE Uniform Segment Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE Old Babylonian, Semitic [Mesopotamian] 1800 BCE Abraham migrated to Canaan Period: 1750 BCE to 1045 BCE Shang dynasty (China) [Asian] Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE Hittites dominant in Anatolia [Mediterranean] Period: 1640 BCE to 1532 BCE Hyksos dominate northern (Egypt) [African] 1600 BCE Rise of Mycenaean civilization (Greece) [Mediterranean] 1532 BCE Beginning of New Kingdom [African] 1500 BCE Hittites develop iron metallurgy [Mesopotamia] Period: 1500 BCE to 1150 BCE Kassite ruled [Mesopotamian] Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE Uniform Segment 1450 BCE Destruction of Minoan palaces in Crete [Mediterranean] Period: 1250 BCE to 1200 BCE Israelite occupation of Canaan [Middle Eastern] 1200 BCE Destruction of Hittite kingdom [Mesopotamian] Period: 1200 BCE to 1150 BCE Destruction of Mycenaean centers (Greece) [Mediterranean] 1150 BCE Philistines settle southern coast of Israel [Middle Eastern] Period: 1045 BCE to 250 BCE Zhou dynasty (China) [Asian] 1000 BCE Jerusalem made Israelite capital [Middle Eastern] 1000 BCE Iron metallurgy reaches the [Mediterranean] 1000 BCE Origin of Celtic culture in Central [European] 1000 BCE Initial development of pastoral nomadism [Asian] Period: 1000 BCE to 500 BCE Uniform Segment 969 BCE Hiram of Tyre comes to power [Middle Eastern] 960 BCE Solomon builds First Temple [Middle Eastern] 920 BCE Division into two kingdoms of Israel and Judah [Middle Eastern] 911 BCE Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire [Mesopotamian] 814 BCE Foundation of Carthage [Mediterranean] 750 BCE Kings of Kush control (Egypt) [African] 721 BCE Assyrian conquest of northern kingdom [Mesopotamian] Period: 712 BCE to 660 BCE Nubian kings rule (Egypt) [African] 701 BCE Assyrian humiliation of Tyre [Mesopotamian and Middle Eastern] 701 BCE Assyrian humiliation of Tyre [Mesopotamian] 700 BCE Scythians drive out Cimmerians and settle area north of Black Sea [Asian] 671 BCE Assyrian conquest of Egypt [Mesopotamian and African] Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE Neo- Babylonian kingdom [Mesopotamian] 612 BCE Fall of Assyria [Mesopotamian] 600 BCE Iron metallurgy (China) [Asian] 587 BCE Capture of Jerusalem [Middle Eastern] Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE Life of Confucius (China) [Asian] Period: 550 BCE to 300 BCE Rivalry of Carthaginians and Greeks in the Western [Mediterranean] 515 BCE Deportees from Babylon return to Jerusalem [Mesopotamian] 500 BCE Celtic elites trade for goods [Mediterranean] Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE Migrations [European] Period: 500 BCE to 250 BCE Half Uniform Segment 450 BCE Hanno the Phoenician explores West Africa [African] 450 BCE Completion of Hebrew Bible [Middle Eastern] 440 BCE Greek historian Herodotus reports on nomadic Scythians [Mediterranean] 390 BCE Celts sack Rome [European] Period: 356 BCE to 338 BCE Lord Shang brings Legalist reforms to Qin state (China) [Asian] 300 BCE Ruler of Chinese state of Zhao equips troops like nomad horsemen (China) [Asian] Period: 300 BCE to 250 BCE Kingdom of Meroë [African]