Zoe Ancient Civilization Timeline

  • 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)