Ancient Times

By catrose25
  • 40,000 BCE

    Yellow River Valley Civilization

    Began in China
  • 3966 BCE

    Creation

    Time began
  • 3500 BCE

    Sumerian writing

    Sumerians created the first known human writing, cuneiform.
  • 3300 BCE

    Indus Valley

    A civilization in the northwestern parts of South Asia
  • 3100 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Egypt had pharaohs as rulers
  • 3000 BCE

    The Bantus

    The Bantus
    The Bantus was an African tribe that spread their language to seven other tribes.
  • 2310 BCE

    The flood

    Wiped out the earth.
  • 1750 BCE

    Hammurabi king of Amorites

    He wrote the code of law.
  • 1600 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    The first known Chinese Dynasty.
  • 1200 BCE

    Mesoamerica

    Mesoamerica
    The most powerful civilizations of the Mesoamerica were the Mayans, Aztecs, and the Olmecs.
  • 450 BCE

    "The Gift of The Nile"

    Herodotus, a historian, called Egypt "The Gift of The Nile" because the Nile was very helpful to Egypt.
  • 330 BCE

    Byzantine Empire

    They Preserved Greek and Roman culture.
  • 181 BCE

    The Rosetta Stone

    King Ptolemy V had his decree copied on stelae. The Rosetta stone is a copy.
  • 27 BCE

    Rome's Rise

    Rome's Rise
    Rome at a time was the most powerful empire during their time period.
  • 356

    Greeks

    Greeks
    Alexander the Great was one of Greece's most famous leaders.
  • 476

    Rome's Fall

    The rise of Christianity was a big part of Rome's fall.
  • 610

    Islam

    Religion founded by Muhammad.
  • 1206

    Mongols

    They are from China.
  • 1373

    Songhai Empire

    The Songhai Empire was the largest and last of the three major pre-colonial empires to emerge in West Africa.