World History By PrestonKeyes 10,000 BCE Middle East Map 5000 BCE Neolithic cultures begun to from in Italy 4000 BCE Egypt gets two large kingdoms 3350 BCE Sumerians made the first Wagon Wheel 3300 BCE Bronze was developed Period: 3300 BCE to 1200 BCE The Bronze Age Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE The Old Kingdom 2600 BCE The Step Pyramid was built 2000 BCE The Hittites conquered the people of Asia Minor 2000 BCE Sumerians developed a number system 1800 BCE Hammurabi's effort make justice appear in the land 1600 BCE The Hittites developed iron weapons 1200 BCE Moses led his people out of Egypt Period: 1200 BCE to 500 BCE The Iron Age 1000 BCE Phoneicians develop an alphabet Period: 900 BCE to 500 BCE The Etruscans ruled northern Italy 776 BCE The first Olympic Games 753 BCE Romulus was building a wall Period: 522 BCE to 486 BCE Darius the great rules 470 BCE Socrates was born 400 BCE Hippocrates diagnosed and treated illnesses 331 BCE Alexander declared himself as ruler of the Persian Empire 323 BCE Alexander the Great died Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE Hellenistic Period Period: 323 BCE to 146 BCE Hellenic period Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE Rome was fighting in the Punic wars 250 BCE Jewish scholars translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek Period: 230 BCE to 130 BCE Rome brought the eastern Mediterranean area under its influence 45 BCE Julius Caeser led the Roman Army 42 BCE Marc Antony helped defeat Caeser's assasins 31 BCE Cleopatra lost her kingdom to the Romans Period: 31 BCE to 180 Pax Romana Period: 27 BCE to 14 Augustus Caeser ruled Rome 54 Nero became emperor of Rome 180 Marcus Aurelius died Period: 264 to 146 The Punic Wars 378 The Visigoths rebelled against Roman rule 410 Germanic barbarian invasion 451 Huns barbarian invasion 476 Fall of Rome 1012 King David ruled at Jerusalem