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c. 2,500,000 BCE: Paleolithic Stone Age: Hunting, Gathering, Nomads c. 10,000 BCE: Neolithic Stone Age: Farming, Domestication, Villages c. 4000 BCE: Copper Age 3100 BCE: Narmer unites Egypt, Early Dynastic Period 3000 BCE: Early Mesopotamian civilization (Sumer, Ur, Hebrew Nomads) c. 3000 BCE: Bronze Age 2700 BCE: Old Kingdom (Pyramid) Period begins in Egypt c. 2500 BCE: Beginning of the Indus Valley Civilization. 2540 BCE: Pyramid of Giza is built by King Khufu 2340 BCE: Sargon takes control of Mesopotamia (Akkadians) 2200 BCE: First Intermediate Period in Egypt (upheaval) 2100 BCE: Akkadian empire falls to hill people 2000 BCE: First Evidence of Minoans and Mycenaeans, Height of Minoan. 2000 BCE: Middle Kingdom Period in Egypt (Trading Period) 2000 BCE: Hebrews move from Ur to Canaan (Palestine) (?) 1700 BCE: Hammurabi controls Mesopotamia (1st Babylonian Empire (Amorite)) 1700 BCE: Second Intermediate Period in Egypt (Hyksos – Hebrews in this group?) 1600 BCE: Hittite Empire Begins in Mod-Day Turkey (1st users of iron) 1600 BCE: Height of Mycenaean Power begins c. 1570 BCE: Xia Dynasty 1570 BCE: Shang dynasty begins c. 1500 BCE: Aryans and Vedic Age 1500 BCE: New Kingdom (Empire) Period in Egypt 1473 BCE: Hatchepsut’s Reign as Pharaoh Begins 1458 BCE: Hatchepsut’s Reign as Pharaoh Ends 1458 BCE: Thutmoses III’s Reign as Pharaoh Begins c. 1468 BCE: First Recorded Battle: Egypt v. Canaan (Palestine) 1450 BCE: End Height of Minoan Civilization c. 1450 BCE: Exodus of Hebrews from Egypt 1425 BCE: Thutmoses III’s Reign as Pharaoh Ends 1364 BCE: Amenhotep (Akhenaten)’s Reign as Pharaoh Begins 1347 BCE: Amenhotep (Akhenaten)’s Reign as Pharaoh Ends 1283 BCE: Treaty of Kadesh (Egypt & Hittites) 1279 BCE: Ramses II’s Reign as Pharaoh Begins 1213 BCE: Ramses II’s Reign as Pharaoh Ends c. 1200 BCE: Iron Age 1200 BCE: Dorian invasions from the North begin 1200 BCE: Hittite Empire falls to new migration of people 1200 BCE: Phoenicians begin to trade from Lebanon 1100 BCE: End Height of Mycenaean power 1045 BCE: Shang dynasty ends and Zhou dynasty begins c. 1020 BCE: Saul begins reign as king of united Israel 1000 BCE: Post Empire Period in Egypt 1000 BCE: Caste system begins to evolve 1000 BCE: Greek colonization in Ionia begins c. 1000 BCE: David begins reign of united Israel c. 970 BCE: Solomon begins reign of united Israel c. 930 BCE: Solomon dies, Israel splits into 2 – Israel (N), Judah (S) 800 BCE: Phoenicians are conquered by Assyrians 800 BCE: Dorian Invasions end, and so does Greek colonization of Ionia 800 BCE: Return to normal life and beginning of Athenian government evolution 753 BCE: Monarchy, legendary founding of Rome 750 BCE: Upanishads begin to be composed 750 BCE: Colonization of S. Italy begins 722 BCE: Israel conquered by Assyrians, Judah pays tribute 717 BCE: Romulus (Latin) rule ends, Numa Pompilius (Sabine) rule begins 700 BCE: Assyrian Empire includes all of “Fertile Crescent” and some of Egypt. 673 BCE: NP’s rule ends, Tullus Hostilius (Latin) 650 BCE: End Colonization of S. Italy, begin colonization of Black Sea 612 BCE: Assyrian Empire falls to coalition of Medes and Chaldean Babylonians 600 BCE: Persians unified under Achaemenid dynasty 586 BCE: Judah conquered by Chaldean Babylonians, Babylonian exile begins 559 BCE: Begin conquests by Persians (Cyrus) 551 BCE Confucius is born 550 BCE: Persians (Cryrus) took control of Medes 539 BCE: Chaldean Babylon falls to Persians 530 BCE: End conquests by Persians (Cyrus); Begin Cambyses 521 BCE: Begin Reign of Darius 513 BCE: Persian control of India 509 BCE: End of Monarchy Period (Roman), expel last king (Tarquinius Superbus,   Estruscan) start of Republic Period 500 BCE: End evolution of Athenian government 500 BCE: Caste System ends evolving 500 BCE: Upanishads are finished c. 500 BCE: Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) lives 490 BCE: Persian Wars begin (Battle of Marathon) 486 BCE: End Reign of Darius 480 BCE: Battles of Themopylae & Salamis 479 BCE: Confucius dies 479 BCE: Persian Wars end and Golden Age of Athens begins 443 BCE: Pericles begins to dominate Athens’ politics 431 BCE: Golden Age of Athens ends, and Peloponnesian War begins 429 BCE: Pericles stops dominating Athens’ politics 404 BCE: The Peloponnesian War ends 403 BCE: Zhou dynasty ends and Warring states period begins 400 BCE: Hinduism begins to evolve 395 BCE: Veii, Estruscan city falls to romans 371 BCE: Thebes defeats Sparta 359 BCE: Philip of Macedonia is born 337 BCE: Philip of Macedonia dies 336 BCE: Alexander the Great’s reign begins c. 330 BCE: Persian control of India falls under Alexander the Great 336 BCE: Alexander the Great’s reign ends c. 322 BCE: The Mauryan Empire begins 298 BCE: Macedonian control of India ends 259 BCE: Qin Shi Huangdi (1st Qin Emperor) is born 232 BCE: The Mauryan Empire begins 269 BCE: Asoka’s reign begins 232 BCE: Asoka’s reign ends 221 BCE: Warring states period ends and Qin dynasty begins 210 BCE: Qin Shi Huangdi dies 206 BCE Qin Dynasty ends 202 BCE: Han dynasty begins 200 BCE: Hinduism finishes evolving 200 BCE: Time of no dominant state begins c. 150 BCE: Kushan kingdom 27 BCE: End of Republic Period, start of Empire Period ( Roman) 9 CE: Wang Mang interregnum begins 23 CE: Wang Mang interregnum ends 100 CE: Buddhism arrives in China 200 CE: Kushan kingdom 221 CE: Han dynasty ends and Period of Division begins 300 CE: Time of no dominant state ends 320 CE: Gupta empire begins to control N. India 476 CE: End of Roman Empire Period 480 CE: Gupta empire declines 581 CE: Period of Division ends and Sui dynasty begins 618 CE: Sui dynasty ends and Tang dynasty begins 711 CE: Islam arrives in India 907 CE: Tang dynasty ends and Warlords’ rule begins 960 CE: Warlords’ rule ends and Song dynasty begins 997 CE: Mahmud of Ghazni begins to conquer NW India 1030 CE: Mahmud of Ghazni ends conquering campaign 1206 CE: Delhi Sultanate: 1260 CE: Kublai Khan is born 1279 CE: Song dynasty ends and Yuan (Mongol) dynasty begins 1294 CE: Kublai Khan dies 1368 CE: Yuan dynasty ends 1398 CE: Tamerlane
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