-
Use Cases
-
Resources
-
Pricing
River Civilizations
Julie Corbett
Julie Corbett
Mesopotamia
Farmers arrive in the Fertile Crescent
7000 B.C.
% complete
The first civilizations emerge in the Fertile Crescent
3500 BC
% complete
Writing is invented in Sumer
3200 BC
% complete
Many historians believe Gilgamesh may have lived at this time.
2700 BC
% complete
Cuneiform was used by scribes
2400 BC
% complete
Sargon of Akkad unites much of Mesopotamia
2334 BC
% complete
Hammurabi became king of Babylon
1792 BC
% complete
The Assyrian Empire is at its height.
668 BC
% complete
Nebuchadnezzar II is king of Babylon
605 BC
% complete
The final fall of Mesopotamia
330 BC
% complete
World Religions
Hinduism
2000 BCE
% complete
Islam
1750 BCE
% complete
Abraham
Judaism
1750 BCE
% complete
Abraham
Judaism
1250 BC
% complete
Moses
Buddhism
500 BCE
% complete
Guatama Buddha 563-483 BCE
Christianity
1 CE
% complete
Jesus Christ 4 BC-30 CE
Islamic Community
500 CE
% complete
Muhammad 570-632 CE
Ancient Egypt
Early civilizations emerged in the Nile River Valley
5000 BCE
% complete
First civilizations in Nubia
3200 BCE
% complete
King Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt
3150 BCE
% complete
Old Kingdom
3100 BCE - 2040 BCE
% complete
Construction began on the Great Pyramid of Giza
2600 BCE
% complete
Middle Kingdom
2040 BCE - 1800 BCE
% complete
Egypt expanded its border into Nubia
1800 BCE
% complete
Hyksos took control of Egypt
1660 BCE
% complete
New Kingdom
1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
% complete
Hatshepsut, a female, became queen
1498 BCE
% complete
Assyrians attacked Egypt
670 BCE
% complete
Discovery and decoding the Rosetta Stone
1799
% complete
Ancient China
Early civilizations made their homes near the Huang River Valley
3000 BC
% complete
Shang Dynasty
1760 BC - 1500 BC
% complete
Western Zhou Dynasty
1027 BC - 770 BC
% complete
Eastern Zhou Dynasty
770 BC - 221 BC
% complete
Confucius is born
551 BC
% complete
Qin Dynasty
221 BC - 206 BC
% complete
Shi Huangdi becomes emperor of China
221 BC
% complete
Han Dynasty
206 BC - 220 AD
% complete
Ancient India
Indus River Valley
Indus civilization grows along river
3200 BC
% complete
Beginning of the Indus River Valley
2500 BC
% complete
Harappan civilization was thriving
2500 BC
% complete
Cultural exchange between Mesopotamia and Indus River Valley
2300 BC
% complete
Harappan civilization vanished
1700 BC
% complete
Destruction of the Indus Valley civilziation
1550 BC
% complete
Aryans migrated to the Indus River Valley
1500 BC
% complete
The Persian empire stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River Valley
550 BC - 320 BC
% complete
Chandragupta Maurya started the first Indian empire
320 BC
% complete
Guptas took control of India
320 AD
% complete