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| Writing invented in Sumer (present day Iraq) |
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| Sargon 1 establishes Sumerian Empire. (first empire in history) |
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| Hammurabi establishes Babylonian Empire and his code of laws. (first code of laws in history) |
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| Abraham goes to the promised land. (1. Canaan 2. Israel 3. Palestine 4. Israel) |
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| Jacob and his family go to Egypt because of famine in Canaan. |
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| Hebrews/Israelites leave Egypt...Exodus. |
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3 Kings of Israel
1. Saul
2. David
3. Solomon |
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| Assyrians (Sargon II) destroy kingdom of Israel and scatter 10 tribes. |
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| Chaldeans (Nebuchadnezzar) destroy kingdom of Judah and Jerusalem, Solomon's Temple, and take captive Jews to Babylon. |
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| Alexander the Great conquers "the world" |
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| Narmer unites upper and lower Egypt. (Menes=Greek) |
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| Olympic Games held in Olympia |
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| Rome founded by Romulus and Remus. |
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| Rome overthrows the Etruscan kings who have been ruling them and establish a republic. |
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| The Emperor Theodocious makes Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and bans the olympics. |
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| The Western Roman Empire (much of Europe) is conquered by tribes of German Barbarians. |
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| The Eastern Roman Empire (mostly Greece, Asia Minor, the Levant, and Egypt) is conquered by the Ottoman Turks. This empire will come to be known as the Byzantine Empire. |
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