World History By PrestonKeyes 10,000 BCE Middle East Map 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 776 BCE The first Olympic Games 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 250 BCE Jewish scholars translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek 31 BCE Cleopatra lost her kingdom to the Romans 1012 King David ruled at Jerusalem