| A MAP OF TIME (All dates B.C.E.) |
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| 3500–3000 | Beginnings of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Norte Chico civilizations |
| 3400–3200 | Nubian kingdom of Ta-Seti |
| 3200–2350 | Period of independent Sumerian city-states |
| 2663–2195 | Old Kingdom Egypt (high point of pharaoh’s power and pyramid building) |
| 2200–2000 | Beginnings of Chinese, Indus Valley, and Central Asian (Oxus) civilizations |
| 2070–1600 | Xia dynasty in China (traditionally seen as first dynasty of Chinese history) |
| After 2000 | Epic of Gilgamesh compiled |
| 1900–1500 | Babylonian Empire |
| 1792–1750 | Reign of Hammurabi |
| 1700 | Abandonment of Indus Valley cities |
| 1550–1064 | New Kingdom Egypt |
| 1200 | Beginnings of Olmec civilization |
| 760–660 | Kush conquest of Egypt |
| 586 | Babylonian conquest of Judah |
| By 500 | Egypt and Mesopotamia incorporated into Persian Empire |