3000 to 2000
Under Construction
[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course The Ancient Centuries Before 400 BC
Session 2 Topics
Topic 1 Out of the Sahara
Topic 2 Egypt Begins
Topic 3 The Fertile Crescent
Topic 4 Land of the Two Rivers
Topic 5 Earliest India
Other Sessions
Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 3000 | Crete: Minoan Culture Begins |
| 2750 | England: Construction of Stonehenge Begins |
| 2700 | Persia: Elam Nation Begins |
| 2700 | Egypt: Writing Developed |
| 2686 | Egypt: Old Kingdom Period Begins |
| 2600 | India: Indus Valley Cities United |
| 2560 | Giza: Great Pyramid Built |
| 2500 | North of Mesopotamia: Assyria Nation Begins |
| 2500 | Mesopotamia: Writing Developed |
| 2474 | Ur, Mesopotamia: Golden Age Begins |
| 2400 | Canaan: Writing Dveloped |
| 2350 | Mesopotamia: Early Dynastic Period Ends |
| 2334 | Akkad: Sargon Conquers Sumer Cities |
| 2300 | Persia: Writing Developed |
| 2100 | Central Asia: Chariot Invented |
| 2100 | Fertile Crescent: Abraham Lived |
| 2070 | China: First (Xia) Dynasty Begins |
| 2050 | Egypt: Middle Kingdom Period Begins |
| 2000 | Wrangel Island: Last Mammoth Dies |
| 2000 | Glass Invented |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
- The goldilocks conditions for early development: land, climate, water
- Civilization needs an economic base.
- Why did civilization not occur earlier?
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2500 | Pyramid Builders of Egypt | George Rawlinson, Arthur Gilman |
| The Ancient City of Babylon | George Rawlinson | |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |