Items to find and place in proper

Chronological order on the

timeline.
Mesopotamia
1. Akkadians set up the
worlds first Empire
2. The Akkadian Empire
Collapses
3. Hammurabi comes to
power

Name: __________________________________Class: ___________Date: ___________ 1

When you have finished placing the events from the column on the left in their proper chronological
order, you will then complete the following questions concerning these events.

1. Hammurabi ruled in Mesopotamia during which Egyptian Kingdom?

Egypt
1. King Menes unites upper
and lower Egypt
2. The Hyksos invade Egypt
3. The Great Pyramid built in
Giza
4. The start of the Following
periods in Egypt
a. The Old Kingdom
b. The Middle
Kingdom
c. The New Kingdom

2. How old were the Great Pyramids at Giza when the Aryans invaded India?

3. How many years separate the birth of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) and Confucius?

4. The Persian Empire falls how many years after the Greeks allegedly defeat Troy?

Assyrians
1. The fall of the Persian
Empire
India
1. The Buddha (Siddhartha
Gautama) is born
2. The birth of Confucius
3. Aryans invade India
4. Asoka Dies
China
1. Shang Dynasty Begins
2. Zhou Dynasty Begins
3. The Death of the first Qin
(chin) Emperor
Greece
1. Minoans reach the height of

5. The Asoka dies during the reign of which Chinese Dynasty?

6. Akkadian Empire collapsed how many years before the Shang Dynasty begins?
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Name: _________________________________

3000 B.C 1 A.D.

Below is a timeline spanning the years from 3,000 B.C. (the start of the first civilization) to the beginning of 1 A.D. Throughout the year we have learned about several different ancient
civilizations. Although we know that all of these civilizations existed, it is often difficult to place them in relation to developing events of other civilizations. On the timeline below, label the
year and events in chronological order to the best of your ability. Use your books from Chapter 2 through chapter 4 in order to locate the dates of the events in question.
3000 B.C.
Sumerian cities
appear in
Mesopotamia

3000 B.C.

2875 B.C.

2750 B.C.

2625 B.C.

2500 B.C.

2375 B.C.

2250 B.C.

1875 B.C.

2000 B.C.

1085 B.C. The New

Kingdom collapses

1792 B.C. Creation of Hammurabis Code

2000 B.C.

2125 B.C.

1750 B.C.

1625 B.C.

1500 B.C.

1375 B.C.

1250 B.C.

1125 B.C.

1000 B.C.

625 B.C.

500 B.C.

375 B.C.

250 B.C.

125 B.C.

1 A.D.

700 B.C. Hoplites become

primary Greek military

1000 B.C.

875 B.C.

750 B.C.

559 B.C. Cyrus rules

the Persian Empire