Ancient World

by Stephen Orem on April 29, 2015 with No Comments

Europe	Egypt	Israel	Iran-Iraq	India	China
3500 B.C.
Neolithic grain farming.	Earliest Egyptian dynasty:Menes. (Old Kingdom)	INVENTION OF GRAIN AGRI. in the Middle east before 3500 B.C. Spreads east and west.	Emergence of cities in Tigris-Euphrates Valley.Irrigation systems, surplus food.
3000 B.C.
Creation of Minoan civilization on island of Crete.	Egyptians develop the solar calendar.	Small tribal communities.	Sumerian civilization. City of Sumer.Cuneiform writing.	Creation ofoldest Indian civ in Indus river valley.	Neolithic farmers in Yellow River valley.
2500 B.C.
Minoan Civ on Crete: great city of Knossos.	The Middle Kingdom	Small tribal communities.Canaanites.	Sargon. Akkadian Empire.	Ancient Indus River valley civilization,pre-Aryan inviasions.
2000 B.C.
Horse-raisers of Russian steppe region invent chariot warfare. BRONZE AGE CHARIOTEERS	The Middle Kingdom.INVASIONS OF BRONZE AGE CHARIOTEERS	1800:Abraham 1700: Israelites in Egypt. INVASIONS OFBRONZE AGE CHARIOTEERS	INVASIONS OF BRONZE AGE CHARIOTEERS	INVASIONS OF BRONZE AGE CHARIOTEERS	INVASIONS OF BRONZE AGE CHARIOTEERS
1500 B.C.
MYCENAE. Mycenaean civ mainland Greece.1200:Troy 1188:Trojan War.	The New KingdomAkhnaton and Atonism, Monotheistic religion.	1300:INVENTION OF ALPHABETIC WRITING 1250:Moses 1220:Joshua 1030: King Saul	1300:INVENTION OF ALPHABETIC WRITING. Phoenicia ( Lebanon)spreads all over Mideast.	Aryan Invaders fr Europe settle, create new Indian culture. Sanskrit Aryan language.	Shang Dynasty.Chou Dynasty
1000 B.C.
Dorian Invasion destroymainland Mycenaean civ. Refugees est.new Greek civ-Ionia. (Turkey)Homer.	Spread ofPhoenician (Carthage)Empire all along the Med coast from Lebanon to North Africa.	1000:King David 970: Solomon 850: Elijah740:Isaiah 605: Jeremiah 587:Babylonian Captivity.	Assyrian Empire spreading all across Mideast.
500 B.C.
Persian Wars.490:Marathon. 480:Salamis. 460:Pericles. 450:Parthenon. 336:Alexander	333:Alexander. 323:death of Alexander, bring body to Egypt.	500:Compilation of Pentateuch (first 5 books of Hebrew Bible)333:Alexander	Persian Empire includes all of Mid-east: Darius.Xerxes.333:Alexander.	Buddha.327:Alexander in India	Confucius.Han Empire.