Ancient Empire Economic Explorer

Ancient Empire Economic Explorer

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3000 BC – 2900 BC

c. 3000 BCCaral–Supe centers emerge (Peru)

c. 3000 BCWheel & plow widespread (Mesopotamia)

c. 3000 BCTroy I occupied (Anatolia)

c. 3000 BCEarly Dynastic Egypt consolidates

2900 BC – 2800 BC

c. 2900 BCEarly Dynastic city-states (Sumer)

c. 2850 BCLiangzhu peak (China)

c. 2800 BCGilgamesh traditions emerge

2800 BC – 2700 BC

c. 2750 BCStonehenge complex expands (Britain)

c. 2700 BCIndus urban growth (South Asia)

c. 2700 BCLevant–Egypt trade intensifies

2700 BC – 2600 BC

c. 2670–2650 BCDjoser’s Step Pyramid (Egypt)

c. 2650 BCTroy II prosperity (Anatolia)

c. 2600 BCStonehenge sarsen phase (Britain)

2600 BC – 2500 BC

c. 2600 BCMature Indus urbanism (South Asia)

c. 2580–2560 BCGreat Pyramid of Khufu (Egypt)

c. 2550–2500 BCRoyal tombs & wealth (Sumer)

c. 2550 BCKhafre complex & Sphinx (Egypt)

c. 2550–2500 BCCaral–Supe flourish (Peru)

2500 BC – 2400 BC

c. 2500 BCAkkadian culture rises (Mesopotamia)

c. 2490–2472 BCMenkaure’s Pyramid (Egypt)

c. 2450 BCIndus trade expands (South Asia)

2400 BC – 2300 BC

c. 2400 BCReforms of Urukagina (Sumer)

c. 2350 BCMaritime trade Indus–Gulf

c. 2350 BCNubia–Egypt exchange

2300 BC – 2200 BC

c. 2334 BCAkkadian Empire founded

c. 2300 BCEgyptian trade expeditions

c. 2300 BCBell Beaker expansion (Europe)

2200 BC – 2100 BC

c. 2200 BC4.2 kiloyear event

c. 2180 BCEgypt’s First Intermediate Period

c. 2100 BCErlitou culture (China)

2100 BC – 2000 BC

c. 2112 BCThird Dynasty of Ur

c. 2055 BCMiddle Kingdom begins (Egypt)

c. 2000 BCIndus urban decline

2000 BC – 1900 BC

c. 2000 BCAmorite dynasties

c. 1900 BCMinoan palaces (Crete)

c. 1900 BCEarly Shang culture

1900 BC – 1800 BC

c. 1894 BCBabylon founded (First Dynasty)

c. 1800 BCHittite rise (Anatolia)

c. 1850 BCNubian fortresses (Egypt)

1800 BC – 1700 BC

c. 1792–1750 BCReign of Hammurabi

c. 1800 BCMiddle Kingdom peak (Egypt)

c. 1750 BCMinoan trade dominance

1700 BC – 1600 BC

c. 1650 BCHyksos in Egypt

c. 1650 BCOld Hittite Kingdom

c. 1600 BCShang Dynasty begins (China)

1600 BC – 1500 BC

c. 1600 BCMycenaean rise

c. 1550 BCNew Kingdom begins (Egypt)

c. 1500 BCHittite–Mitanni rivalry

1500 BC – 1400 BC

c. 1450 BCAnyang capital (Shang)

c. 1450 BCMycenaean control of Aegean

c. 1479–1425 BCEgyptian Empire peak

1400 BC – 1300 BC

c. 1350 BCHittite–Egyptian rivalry

c. 1400 BCEarly Olmec culture

c. 1300 BCShang bronze peak

1300 BC – 1200 BC

c. 1274 BCBattle of Kadesh

c. 1250 BCMycenaean peak

c. 1250 BCMiddle Assyrian expansion

1200 BC – 1100 BC

c. 1200 BCLate Bronze Age Collapse

c. 1177 BCEgypt vs Sea Peoples

c. 1150 BCIron Age beginnings

1100 BC – 1000 BC

c. 1050 BCPhoenician maritime expansion

c. 1046 BCZhou Dynasty founded

c. 1000 BCEarly Israelite settlements