Societies and Eras of Early Western Civilization
1. 4000–1000 B.C.E.
-------- Ur III dynasty rules in Sumer The Mycenaeans build their first palaces in Greece and take over Minoan Crete Mesopotamians invent writing and establish first cities Bronze Age in southwestern Asia, Egypt, and Europe Sargon establishes the world’s first empire in Akkadia Middle Kingdom in Egypt Hittites establish their kingdom in Anatolia Narmer (Menes) unites Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom Old Kingdom in Egypt
2. 4000—3000 B.C.E.
-------- Ur III dynasty rules in Sumer The Mycenaeans build their first palaces in Greece and take over Minoan Crete Mesopotamians invent writing and establish first cities Bronze Age in southwestern Asia, Egypt, and Europe Sargon establishes the world’s first empire in Akkadia Middle Kingdom in Egypt Hittites establish their kingdom in Anatolia Narmer (Menes) unites Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom Old Kingdom in Egypt
3. 3050 B.C.E.
-------- Ur III dynasty rules in Sumer The Mycenaeans build their first palaces in Greece and take over Minoan Crete Mesopotamians invent writing and establish first cities Bronze Age in southwestern Asia, Egypt, and Europe Sargon establishes the world’s first empire in Akkadia Middle Kingdom in Egypt Hittites establish their kingdom in Anatolia Narmer (Menes) unites Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom Old Kingdom in Egypt
4. 2687–2190 B.C.E.
-------- Ur III dynasty rules in Sumer The Mycenaeans build their first palaces in Greece and take over Minoan Crete Mesopotamians invent writing and establish first cities Bronze Age in southwestern Asia, Egypt, and Europe Sargon establishes the world’s first empire in Akkadia Middle Kingdom in Egypt Hittites establish their kingdom in Anatolia Narmer (Menes) unites Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom Old Kingdom in Egypt
5. 2350 B.C.E.
-------- Ur III dynasty rules in Sumer The Mycenaeans build their first palaces in Greece and take over Minoan Crete Mesopotamians invent writing and establish first cities Bronze Age in southwestern Asia, Egypt, and Europe Sargon establishes the world’s first empire in Akkadia Middle Kingdom in Egypt Hittites establish their kingdom in Anatolia Narmer (Menes) unites Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom Old Kingdom in Egypt
6. 2112–2004 B.C.E.
-------- Ur III dynasty rules in Sumer The Mycenaeans build their first palaces in Greece and take over Minoan Crete Mesopotamians invent writing and establish first cities Bronze Age in southwestern Asia, Egypt, and Europe Sargon establishes the world’s first empire in Akkadia Middle Kingdom in Egypt Hittites establish their kingdom in Anatolia Narmer (Menes) unites Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom Old Kingdom in Egypt
7. 2061–1665 B.C.E.
-------- Ur III dynasty rules in Sumer The Mycenaeans build their first palaces in Greece and take over Minoan Crete Mesopotamians invent writing and establish first cities Bronze Age in southwestern Asia, Egypt, and Europe Sargon establishes the world’s first empire in Akkadia Middle Kingdom in Egypt Hittites establish their kingdom in Anatolia Narmer (Menes) unites Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom Old Kingdom in Egypt
8. 1750 B.C.E.
-------- Ur III dynasty rules in Sumer The Mycenaeans build their first palaces in Greece and take over Minoan Crete Mesopotamians invent writing and establish first cities Bronze Age in southwestern Asia, Egypt, and Europe Sargon establishes the world’s first empire in Akkadia Middle Kingdom in Egypt Hittites establish their kingdom in Anatolia Narmer (Menes) unites Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom Old Kingdom in Egypt
9. 1400 B.C.E.
-------- Ur III dynasty rules in Sumer The Mycenaeans build their first palaces in Greece and take over Minoan Crete Mesopotamians invent writing and establish first cities Bronze Age in southwestern Asia, Egypt, and Europe Sargon establishes the world’s first empire in Akkadia Middle Kingdom in Egypt Hittites establish their kingdom in Anatolia Narmer (Menes) unites Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom Old Kingdom in Egypt