Ancient and Classical Civilizations
Events
First cities and towns in Sumer
5000 BCE - 2000 BCE
Sumerians create ziggurates to worship gods
4000 BC
Sumerians invent cuneiform
3300 BCE
Ancient Egypt
3100 BCE - 30 BCEEnded with the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BCE
Mohenjo-Daro (Indus Valley)
2500 BCE
Sumerian cities united by King Sargon (Akkad)
2100 BCE
Hammurabi becomes king of Babylon
1792 BC - 1750 BCHammurabi dies and the First Babylonian Empire begins to fall apart.
Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC)
1600 BCE
The First Olympic Games in Athens
776 BCE
Legend that Remus and Romulus Founded Rome
753 BC - 476 AD