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Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, Greece, and Rome & Italy.
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1st Dynasty of Egypt when Menes unites upper and lower EgyptAssyrians push Kush out of Egypt.Ahmose of Thebes drove the Hyksos out of EgyptEgypt was the leading military power in the region.Ramses came to power.Abraham left Mesopotamia for CanaanGod told Moses to lead his people out of EgyptDavid becomes King of IsraelSolomon, David's son becomes King.Diaspora occurrsThe Maccabees revolt, they successfully take back their kingdom.The Jews are conquered by the Romans.The Minoan civilization prospers in Crete.The Greeks and Trojans fight the Trojan War.The Greeks begin to build city-states.Athens becomes the world's first democracy.Cyrus the Great founds the Persian Empire.Conficius is born in China.The Peloponnesiann War Begins.The last Egyptian ruler in Egypt is overthrown.Rome conquers Egypt, concluding the Hellenistic Age.Traditional date for the first historic Olympic games.Polydorus becomes king of Sparta.Alternate date for the end of the first Messenian war.Polydorus, king of Sparta, is murdered by Polymarchus.According to legend: The reign of the Heraklids over Lydia is ended when Candaules, known as Myrsilus to the Greeks, is murdered by Gyges because of his wife’s anger.Pheidon becomes tyrant of Argos.Draco, Athenian lawgiver, issues code of laws, with many crimes punishable by death.Solon, Athenian statesman, becomes Archon pre-582BCE, captures Salamis from Megarians—later, when member of the Areopagus is appointed to effect social reforms in order to preserve order in Athens, which include the abolition of the security of debts on a debtor's person, returning exiled Athenian slaves, changing the value of weights and measures to the Korinthian standard, prohibiting the export of grain from Attica and encouraging the planting of olivesSappho, Greek poet, flourishes on island of Lesbos.The philosopher Thales of Miletus predicts a solar eclipse that occurs during the Battle of Halys.Peisistratos, Athenian general, organizes Diakrioi, party of poor peoplePeisistratos takes power in Athens for first time.Peisistratos driven out by Lycurgus who is commander of nobles.Peisistratos restored by help of Megacles.Croesus, rich king of Lydia, captured at Sardis by Persians.Peisistratos expelled, makes fortune from Thracian mines.Peisistratos restored by Thessaly and Lygdamis of Naxos.Peisistratos dies, succeeded by sons Hippias and Hipparchus.Persian Cambyses II, son of Cyrus the Great takes Egypt.Cleisthenes, Greek reformer, takes power, increases democracy.Aeschylus, Athenian playwright wins his first victory at the City Dionysia.Battle of Salamis: Themistocles, Athenian general, lures Persians into Bay of Salamis, Xerxes loses and goes home, leaves behind Mardonius.The Birth Of Mr. JohnsonSun ExplodesPericles dies of Athenian Plague, possibly typhus or bubonic plague.Plato born.Aristophanes, Greek playwright, wins Athenian Prize.Plato, Greek philosopher, founder of Academy, dies.Rome is foundedRepublic form of government in RomeJulius Caesar assassinatedOctavian and Antony defeat Brutus and avenge Julius CaesarOctavian defeats Antony at the battle of ActiumAugustus becomes Emperor beginning Roman EmpireDiocletian divided Roman EmpireConstantine ends persecution of ChristiansFall of the Western Roman EmpireByzantine Empire falls to the TurksSpartacus the gladiator leads the slaves in an uprising.Ancient Rome DissolvesPeriods
MesopotamiaAkkadiansSumeriansbabyloniansHittites/KassitesAssyriansChaldeansPhoenicansFirst Farming SettlementsSumerian city-statesOld KingdomMiddle KingdomNew KingdomKush Conquers EgyptAlexander The Great builds his empire.Classical AgeHippomenes, archon of Athens, kills his daughter's adulterer by yoking him to his chariot and then locks his daughter in with a horse until she dies. (Pausanias and Aristotle).My LifePunic Wars (series of 3)
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