2000-1501 BCE

*Date*	*1st*	*Place*	*Event*
2000			Hittites, Indo-European tribes from Asia Minor, join together in one single kingdom.
			First Hittite cuneiform inscriptions.
		Egypt	Egyptians control Crete & Aegean Islands.
		Egypt	Use of alphabet of 24 signs.
		Egypt	The "Story of Sinuhe" oldest form of novel.
		Babylon	Becomes capital of the empire due to shift in the course of Euphrates.
	Y	Egypt	Use of knotted rope triangle with "Pythagorean" numbers to construct right angles.
		England	Stonehenge is the center of religious worship.
		Babylon	Marduk becomes major god.
	Y		Minos palace has light and air shafts, bathrooms with water supply.
	Y	Egypt	Irrigation system utilizes Nile floods.
	Y	Egypt	Use of contraceptives.
	Y	Egypt	Use of horses to draw vehicles.
	Y	Babylon	Highly developed geometry used as basis for astronomic measurements; signs of zodiac known.
		Greece	Greeks begin to move from the shores of the Caspian Sea toward the eastern Mediterranean.
		Japan	The Jomon people settle in Japan.
		Babylon	Hittites attack and plunder Babylon.
1880		Canaan	Sesostris III invades.
	Y	Babylon	Code of Hammurabi sets laws of kingdom in order and provides first of all legal systems; includes guidelines for medical practices and permissible fees; also defines criminal laws and lines of inheritance.
		Egypt	The "Book of the Dead" written.
		Egypt	Thutmose I builds first tomb in Valley of Kings.
1760		China	Shang dynasty to 1122.
1750		Persia	Beginning of empire.
	Y	Crete	Decimal system in use.
		India	Water dam built of polished marble.
		Syria	Hittites attack.
		Egypt	Edwin Smith Papyrus describes medical & surgical practices.
	Y	Egypt	Use of mercury.
1600		Norway	Teutonic settlements in southern area.
		Egypt	Hyksos drive Egyptians south and form a kingdom in the Nile Delta. Egypt reclaims territory about 1575.