| 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. |
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| 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 of oldest 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. |
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| 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 OF BRONZE 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 1184:Trojan War. |
The New Kingdom Akhnaton 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.
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Spread of Phoenician (Carthage)Empire all along the Med coast from Lebanon to North Africa. |
1000:King David 970: Solomon 850: Elijah 740: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. |
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