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500
King Darius of Persia develops common set of weights, measurements, and coins
In 500 B.C. Darius creates the currency called the golden Daric, weights and measures were by the royal cubit and the kings measure. These were used by merchants and traders. Also this is one of the first attempts a currency and measuring system. -
Sep 14, 605
Babylon flourishes under King Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon rises again under its new king in 605 B.C. to 538 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar started by restoring monuments and improving canals. Nebuchadnezzar Built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which is one of the sevenwonders of the world. He also built a wall surrounding the capital city which had an elaborate entry called the Ishtar gate. Nebuchadnezzar was a king that wanted his cities empire to be great and it was. -
Sep 14, 1020
Kingdom of Israel established
In 1020 B.C. the kingdom of Israel is established by the israelites uniting them under one king in fear of foreign enemies conquering them as separate tribes. The capital is Jerusalem and David is their king. -
Sep 14, 1041
Printing invented
The first printing press invented was in between the years 1041 A.D. and 1048 A.D. by Bi Sheng in China and created a new world of opportunities allowing for easy multiple copies of books. In the west Johannes Gutenburg of Mainz, Germany is credited for the invention of the printing press he made in1450. -
Mar 17, 1400
Hittites develope iron
About 1400 B.C. the Hittites develop iron working at this time due to warfare. This would help relvolutionize a new age in warfare one with stronger swords, shields, armor, and chariots. This also would change domestic life as more and more products are made from steel. -
Oct 13, 1500
Phoenicians
The Phoenicians showed up around 1500 B.C. and occupied the coast of Levant (Eastern Mediterranean). The Phoenicians created a lot of sea trade and trading posts along the Mediterranean coast, they even tried to travel as far as Britain to find tin. -
First written laws, Code of Hammurabi completed
Dating back to about 1722 B.C. the Code of Hammurabi had 282 laws. Some of the first were an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, if a man knocks out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out. If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death. I -
Babylonian Empire
Babylonia was an ancient Akkadian-speaking Semitic nation state and cultural region based in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). It emerged as an independent state in 1894 B..C, with the city of Babylon as its capital. One of the main things this culture produced was the Code of Hammurabi which was one of the earliest written sets of laws in history, and the downfall was in 539 B.C. from Cyrus the Great of Persia -
Persian armies commanded by Cyrus the Great capture Babylon
In 539 B.C. Cyrus the great captures Babylon and creates the Achaemenid empire that last for two more centuries. When Alexander the Great took overtook the empire. -
Sargon of Akkad builds first known empire
The first civilization is thought to have arisen in Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The first great civilization was called Sumeria. Sadly, it was also the first great civilization to be conquered.The conquerors were the Akkadians, who lived to the north. They were not as technologically advanced as the Sumerians, but they had better weapons and an army that was trained. The leader was Sargon who conquered Sumeria and his reign was from 2334 B.C. to 2279 B.C. -
Egyptians build first pyramids
The very first pyramid in Egypt was built for King Zoser (Djoser) around 2650 B.C. The pyramids were built in Egypt as tombs for their pharoahs that have certain objects buried with the pharaohs for the afterlife following their polytheistic religion. -
Upper and Lower Egypt united by King Menes
In about 2700 B.C. King Menes united upper and Lower Egypt creating the first dynasty. -
Cuneiform writng begins
Around 3100 B.C. people began to record amounts of different crops using a pictogram form of writing called cuneiform. This was the first form of writing ever used and served as the roots for all writings today, -
Periods of Egyptian Civilization
Egyptian civilization was divided in to periods known as kingdoms. There were several of these starting from 3150 B.C. and ending in 30 B.C., when Egypt fell to the Roman empire. -
Sumerian cities begin to emerge in southern Mesopotamia
In the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia was where the most fertile land was, and early people created small farming villages. In about 3500 B.C. the first cities started to appear in Mesopotamia a group of people called the Sumerians. The cities came about from those small farming villages that grew and merged together and created not only cities but the first civilization. -
Regular use of bronze in Egypt and Mesopotamia
The Bronze Age was 4,000 B.C. to 1,200 B.C. During this period everything from weapons to agricultural tools to hairpins was made with bronze (a copper-tin alloy). Weapons and tools made from bronze replaced crude implements of stone, wood, bone, and copper. Bronze knives are considerable sharper than copper ones. The Egytians and Mesopotamians were one the main users of bronze it was what why they were the top civilizations at the time. -
New Stone Age
About 8000 B.C. the New Stone Age begins and that is where we start seeing the domestication of plants and animals. The use of tools and the need for water and good soil. Poltheistic religions start to show and social structures with economies using barter and trade. -
Old Stone Age begins
The Old Stone Age begins about 2.5 million years ago and starts as humans in small groups from our ancestors like Homo Habilus, Homo Erectus. Theses groups get larger and as humans evolve over millions of years we leave our hunter gathering ways about 6,000 B.C.