2000 to 1400
Under Construction
[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course The Ancient Centuries Before 400 BC
Session 3 Topics
Topic 1 First Babylonian Empire
Topic 2 Egypt’s Isolation Ends
Topic 3 Earliest Jews
Topic 4 Earliest China
Topic 5 India’s Vedic Period
Other Sessions
Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Glass Invented |
| 1900 | Turkey: Hittite Empire Established |
| 1900 | Mesopotamia: End of Last Sumerian Dynasty |
| 1894 | Mesopotamia: First Babylonian Empire Begins |
| 1876 | Egypt: Jews Migrate Here |
| 1806 | Egypt: Hyksos (Sea Peoples) Begins Rule of Northern Part |
| 1800 | Babylon: Village Becomes City |
| 1800 | Central America: First Mayan Communities Begin |
| 1800 | India: Iron Age Begins |
| 1750 | Babylon: Hammurabi Dies |
| 1700 | China: Enters Bronze Age |
| 1700 | India: Indus Valley Civilization Ends |
| 1600 | Thera Island, Aegean Sea: Largest Volcanic Eruption in Recorded History |
| 1600 | Palestine: Egypt Dominates Canaan and Syria |
| 1600 | China: Second (Shang) Dynasty Begins |
| 1595 | Mesopotamia: Kassites Take Over Babylonian Empire |
| 1575 | Egypt: Nubia Sacks Egypt |
| 1550 | Egypt: New Kingdom Period Begins |
| 1550 | Egypt: Sea Peoples Defeated; Land Reunited |
| 1550 | Greece: Mycenae Dominates Region |
| 1520 | Sudan: Egypt Conquers Nubia |
| 1500 | Mexico: Olmec Society Begins |
| 1500 | Period of Egyptian Empire’s Greatest Extent |
| 1500 | India: Vedic Period Begins |
| 1500 | Athens: First King Begins Reign |
| 1457 | Palestine: Battle of Megiddo |
| 1450 | Crete: Minoan Culture Goes into Decline |
| 1430 | Turkey: Hittite Empire Begins |
| 1400 | Fertile Crescent: Moses Lived |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
- Civilization spreads outward to new lands
- New peoples start their own civilizations
- Different civilizations interact with each other
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1754 | Code of Hammarubi | Hammarubi |
| 1600 | First Imperial Dynasty of China | Wolfram Eberhard |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |