Zoe Ancient Civilization Timeline By Zoesif30 9600 BCE End of last ice age ( Mesopotamia) 4500 BCE Sumerians first temple 2350 BCE 1st code of laws Period: 2200 BCE to 1800 BCE age of patriachs ancient Israel civilization 2125 BCE the 1st Intermediate Period- breakdown (Egypt) Period: 2125 BCE to 969 The egyptian civilization 2083 BCE Dark age (Mesopotamia) 2050 BCE Code of ur 1792 BCE King hammurabi 1772 BCE Code of hummurabi 1630 BCE the 2nd Intermediate Period (Egypt) 1400 BCE israel's conquest of canaan 1285 BCE Peak of Hittite tower 1080 BCE Armamaens invade Mesopotamia 1075 BCE the 3rd Intermediate Period - the Nubians conquer Egypt 1050 BCE saul becomes king 1000 BCE david beomes king 970 BCE solomon becomes king 966 BCE solomon found the furst jerusalem temple 722 BCE Samaria and the northern kingdom of Israel falls to the assyrians 715 BCE the Late Period- Persians conquer Egypt 605 BCE Nebuchadnezzar II defeats Assyria and Egypt at the battle of Carchemish 539 BCE Cyrus the great conquers the Babylonian empire 332 BCE Alexander the Great conquers Egypt 196 BCE The Rosetta Stone is carved (Egypt) 129 BCE Parthians conquer Mesopotamia 115 BCE Roman Empire conquers Mesopotamia 31 BCE Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra in the sea Battle of Actium Both Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide 30 BCE Egypt becomes a province of the Roman Empire 395 The Roman empire split into West and East and Egypt became part of the Byzantine Empire 516 2nd Jerusalem temple is finished and dedicated 642 The Arabs captured Alexandria 969 Fatimid rulers seized Egypt and founded the Egyptian city Al-Qahirah (modern day Cairo)