BC Timeline: Western Civilization I
The Fertile Crescent / Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
Compiled by Mrs.Julie Richey, M.A.
3300 City-states flourish in Sumer 1
3200-ca. 300 Phoenecia
3000 Sumerians develop cuneiform 2,5
ca. 3000 Stonehenge 5
ca. 3000 Papyrus used by Egyptians 5
2700-323 Egyptian Civilization 2
ca. 2700-2181 Egypt’s Old Kingdom 2
2575 Egypt’s Old Kingdom begins 1
2560 Sumerian Text from Abu Salabikh 5,10
2560 completion of Great Pyramid at Giza 5
2300 King Sargon of Akkat conquers Sumer 1
2300-2000 Akkadians (Akkat) 1,9
2300 - ca.1100 Hittite Empire 7
2181-2140 Egypt’s First Intermediate Period 2
ca. 2060-1785 Egypt’s Middle Kingdom 2
2000 Kingdom of Nubia develops along the Nile 1,11
2000 -1700 Hebrew Patriarchs 2
1800 alphabetic writing emerges 5
1790 King Hammurabi of Babylon issues first written code 1
ca. 1785-1575 Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period 2
1600 Minoan civilization on Crete destroyed by eruption of Santorini Island 5
1570-1085 Egypt’s New Kingdom 2
1500 beginning of Hittite dominance in Eastern Mediterranean 5
1500-300 Phoenicians 8
ca. 1504-1482 Pharaoh Hatshepsut 2
ca. 1377-1360 Pharaoh Akhenaten 2
Tut
ca. 1279-1213 Pharaoh Ramses II 2
1274 Battle of Kadesh (Egyptians v. Hittites) 2, 7
ca. 1250 Hebrews, Moses Exodus from Egypt 2
ca. 1200-1050 Hebrew Judges 2
ca. 1184 Trojan War 5
1100 Assyrians expand across Mesopotamia 1
1100 use of Iron spreads 5
ca. 1024- ca. 1000 Hebrew, King Saul 2
1000 Kingdom of Israel established 1
ca. 1000- ca. 961 King David 2
Ca. 961 - ca. 922 King Solomon 2
960 Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem 4
911-612 Assyrian Empire 2
ca. 800 Hebrew Prophets 2
800 rise of Greek city-states 5
750 Greek city-states begin to develop 1
722 Assyrians conquered Israel 4
721 Israel fell to the Neo-Assyrian Empire and the population was deported (replaced by Assyrian settlements)
653 Rise of Persian Empire 5
612 Fall of Nineveh, Assyria to Babylonians 5,6
612-539 Babylonian (Chaldean) Empire 2,6
587 Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II defeated Judah, sacked Jerusalem (destroying the temple) and deported the aristocracy, scribes and skilled craftsmen back to Babylon (known as the Babylonian Captivity). Following the sack of Samaria, the destruction of Jerusalem and the Diaspora 12, 2, 4, 5
553 - 330 Persian Empire 4
550-330 Persian Empire 2
550 Foundation of Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great 5
539/538 Persian King Cyrus defeats Babylonians & allows Hebrews to return to Jerusalem 5
522 King Darius begins to unify Persian empire 1,2,6
515- 70 BC Hebrew’s Second Temple built in Jerusalem 2, 4
512 Darius I of Persia subjugates eastern Thrace, Macedonia submits voluntarily, and annexes Libya. Persian Empire at largest extent. 5
500 Roman republic founded 1
205 Rosetta Stone records the coronation of Ptolemy V in Greek, demotic, and hieroglyphic scripts. 3
Cite:
1 Ellis Elisabeth Gaynor and Anthony Esler. World History. Pearson Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. 2009. ISBN:978-0-13-365191-1
2 Sherman Dennis and joyce Salisbury. The West in the World
3 Oakes Lorna and Lucia Gahlin. Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs. Hermes House:London 202. P.490
4 Britt P. “Western Civilization Until 18th Century Timeline” YouTube viewed:3 September 2016.
5 Astron. “Timelines of Ancient History” 6:16 (D) YouTube viewed: 4 September 2016. “(D)”means there are discrepancies, carefully watch and compare.
13 http://www.ancient.eu/ (ancient history encylopedia)
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