Date
Event
| 3100 BCE | Unification of Egypt |
| 2400 - 2000 BCE | Akkadian empire conquers Sumer (Sargon I) |
| c. 2700 BCE | Epic of Gilgamesh |
| 2627 BCE | Caral: American's oldest city? |
| 2500 - 2000 BCE | Height of Harappan Society |
| 1766 - 1122 BCE | Shang Civilization in China |
| 1792 -1750 BCE | Hammurabi |
| 1600 BCE | Hittites invade Mesopotamia |
| c. 1286 BCE | Battle of Kadesh (Hittites vs. Egypt) |
| 1300 BCE | Phoenicians devise alphabet |
| 1000 - 612 BCE | Era of Assyrian dominance in Mesopotamia |
| 722 BCE | Assyrian conquest of northern kingdom of Israel |
| 612 BCE | Nineveh destroyed (End of Assyrian dominance) |
| 600 - 550 BCE | Babylon dominates Mesopotamia (New Babylonian Empire or Chaldean Empire) |
| 605 - 562 BCE | Reign of King Nebuchadnezzar |
| 586 BCE | Conquest of Kingdom of Judah by Babylonians (Jerusalem destroyed) |
| 562 - 333 | Persian Empire |