Early Humans and the First Civilizations Timeline

C. 2,500,000–10,000 BCE

Paleolithic Period

C. 10,000–4,000 BCE

Neolithic Revolution

6000 BCE

Dogs Domesticated

5000 BCE

Sahara Desert Begins to Form

3500 BCE

Creation of Cuneiform (Mesopotamia)

3000 BCE

Horses Domesticated

C. 2575–2125 BCE

Old Kingdom (Egypt)

C. 2500

Great Pyramid was Built (Egypt)

C. 2334–2279 BCE

Sargon I (Mesopotamia/Akkadian Empire)

2340 BCE

Sargon I Conquers Sumer

C. 2010–1630 BCE

Middle Kingdom (Egypt)

C. 1539–1069 BCE

New Kingdom (Egypt)

R.C. 1479–1458 BCE

Hatshepsut Reigns/Lives (Egypt)

C. 1370–1330 BCE

Nefertiti Lives (Egypt

C. 1364–1347 BCE

Akhenaten Reigns/Lives (Egypt)

C. 1348–1324

Ankhesenamum Lives (Egypt

R. 1333–1323 BCE

Tutankhamun Reigns/Lives (Egypt)

C. 1279–1213 BCE

 Ramses II Reigns/Lives (Egypt)

C. 1274 BCE

Battle of Kadesh (Egyptians/Hittites)

C. 1200 BCE

Sea Peoples Lived

1000 BCE

Phoenicians Began to Develop

R.C. 669–627 BCE

Ashurbanipal I (Assyria)

R.C. 604–562 BCE

King Nebuchadnezzar (Neobabylonian Empire)

R.C. 550–530 BCE

Cyrus (Achaemenid Dynasty/Persian Empire

522–486 BCE

Darius I (Persian Empire)