Ancient World

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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.