A History of World Societies:
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A History of World Societies Value
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| ca. 3800 B.C.E. | Establishment of first cities in Sumeria | |
| ca. 3200 B.C.E. | Earliest surviving cuneiform writing | |
| 2660– |
Period of the Old Kingdom in Egypt | |
| 2500 B.C.E. | Bronze weaponry becomes common in Mesopotamia | |
| ca. 2300 B.C.E. | Establishment of Akkadian empire | |
| 1792– |
Hammurabi rules Babylon | |
| ca. 1600 B.C.E. | Hittites begin to expand their empire | |
| ca. 1570– |
Period of the New Kingdom in Egypt | |
| ca. 1200 B.C.E. | Bronze Age Collapse; destruction and drought | |
| ca. 1100 B.C.E. | Iron technology improves; beginning of the Iron Age; Phoenicians begin to trade in the Mediterranean | |
| ca. 965– |
Hebrew kingdom ruled by Solomon | |
| ca. 900– |
Assyrian Empire | |
| 722 B.C.E. | Kingdom of Israel destroyed by the Assyrians | |
| 587 B.C.E. | Kingdom of Judah destroyed by the Babylonians | |
| 550 B.C.E. | Cyrus the Great consolidates the Persian Empire |