Timeline 1

Early Civilization

Neolithic Revolution

7000 bc - 3000 bc

Paleolithic Civilization

7000 BC

Catal Huyuk

6000 bc

Sumer

3000 bc - 2350 bc

Sargon the Great

2334 bc - 2279 bc

Ruled Sumer

Growth of Empires

2000 bc

Kings begin to conquer all of Mesopotamia and make larger empires

Babylon

1792 BC

Hammurabi

1750 bc

Babylonian King

Collapse of the first Babylonian empire

1600 bc

Egypt

First Intermediate Period

2181 BC - 2040 BC

Middle Kingdom

2040 BC - 1730 BC

Hyksos Destroy Middle Kingdom

1800 bc

Invasion of Egypt

Second Intermediate Period

1730 BC - 1550 BC

New Kingdom

1550 BC - 1080 BC

Amenhotep IV

1369 BC - 1353 BC

Ruled Egyptian New Kingdom

Ramses II

1290 bc - 1224 bc

Ruled Egyptian New Kingdom

Battle of Kadesh

1269 bc

Egypt vs Hittites

Window of Opportunity for Smaller Empires

1200 bc - 750 bc

Babylon, Egypt, and Hittites begin to contract and produce window of opportunity for smaller groups to thrive.

Judaism

Moses and the Exodus

1200 bc

Kingdom of Kush

1070 BC - 350 BC

rulers not of Egyptian descent

King David of the Hebrews

1000 bc - 960 bc

King Solomon of the Hebrews

960 BC - 922 BC

Divided Kingdoms

922 bc

Judah and Israel

Phoenician City of Carthage Established

813 bc

Fall of Israel to the Assyrians

722 BC

Fall of Judah to the Babylonians

586 BC

Neo-Babylonians fall to Persians, Jews Return to Jerusalem

538 BC

Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians

Assyrians Reign

745 BC - 612 BC

Sargon II

722 BC - 705 BC

Neo-Babylonians Destroy Nineveh

612 BC

Nebuchadnezzar II

604 BC - 562 BC

Babylonian King

Nebuchadnezzar II conquers Judah, Babylonian Captivity

586 BC

Persians replace neo-Babylonians

559 BC - 330 BC

Babylon Falls

530 BC

Persia falls to Greece under Alexander the Great

336 BC

Greeks

Minoan Crete, an Aegean civilization

2600 bc - 1250 BC

Mycenaens, an Aegean civilization

1600 BC - 1100 BC

Dark Age

1100 BC - 800 BC

Homer, of Greek culture

800 bc

Greek colonization

750 bc - 550 bc

Solon, of Athens

640 bc - 559 bc

Pisistratus the Tyrant, of Athens

546 bc - 527 bc

Cleisthenes, of Athens

508 bc

Battle of Marathon (Greeks defeat the Persians)

490 bc

Persian Wars

490 bc - 479 bc

Athenians beat Persian fleet at Salamis

480 bc

Battle of Thermopylae