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100,000-800 BC First modern Homo Sapiens in Africa about 100,000 BC. Homo Sapiens settles in Europe, Asia and Oceania about 40,000 BC. Migrations of Homo Sapiens to Americas across Bering Straits about 20,000 BC.

10,000 - 5,000 BC The Ice Age ends about 10,000 BC. Transition from hunter-gatherer society to agriculture. The first cities emerge in Mesopotamia. First irrigation systems ca. 5,000 BC.

5,000 - 3,000 BC Rise of the Sumerian Civilization and development of cuneiform writing ca. 3,400 BC. Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt by Menes, the founder of the first Egyptian Dynasty ca. 3,100 BC.

3,000 - 2,000 BC Invention of the Egyptian hieroglyphs ca. 3,000. Legendary king of Uruk, Gilgamesh builds the famous wall of Uruk ca. 2750. Emergence of Minoan Civilization on the island of Crete ca. 2700. Construction of the Pyramid of Djoser ca. 2611 BC and the Great Pyramid of Giza by Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) ca. 2560 BC. Erection of Stonehenge about 2,500-2200 BC. Rise of Indus Valley Civilization ca. 2500 BC. Foundation of the Akkadian Empire by Sargon of Akkad ca. 2330 BC. Emergence of the Chinese Civilization under the legendary Xia Dynasty ca. 2100.

2,000 - 1,500 BC Rise of Assyria under Shamshi-Adad I in the 19th century BC. Foundation of the Babylonian Empire by Hammurabi in 1792 BC. Hammurabi's Code. Establishment of the Hittite Empire in the 18th century BC. Collapse of the Indus Valley Civilization about 1700 BC. Hyksos invasion of Egypt ca. 1650 BC. Shang Dynasty in China ca. 1600 BC. Emergence of the Mycenaean Culture in Greece ca. 1600 BC. Ahmose I expels the Hyksos from Egypt ca. 1550 BC. Sack

Ancient History 800 BC - 300 BC

Ancient History 300 BC - 1 BC

Ancient History 1 AD to 249 AD

249 AD - 476 AD

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