Cities & Peoples

*Date*	*Place*	*Event*
4500	Sumer	Earliest cities.
4000	Babylon	Sumerians settle on the site of the city of Babylon.
3000	Syria	Phoenicians settle on coast, with centers at Tyre & Sidon.
	Crete	Neolithic settlements.
	Europe	Lake dwellings built.
2550	Canaan	Aramean nomads from the Euphrates area settle here.
2100	Babylon	Abram leaves Ur in Chaldea.
	Babylon	Disappearance of city of Agade; end of Akkadian civilization.
	Egypt	Foundation of Memphis.
2000		Hittites, Indo-European tribes from Asia Minor, join together in one single kingdom.
	Greece	Greeks begin to move from the shores of the Caspian Sea toward the eastern Mediterranean.
	Japan	The Jomon people settle in Japan.
1600	Norway	Teutonic settlements in southern area.
	America/ Mexico	Olmec, an ancient people in habit the American Southwest and Central America. Symbols found on their artifacts resembled Chinese inscriptions from the Shang dynasty in China. A group of Chinese may have sailed to the New World and transformed the local culture. (Discover, Feb. 2000, p. 20)
1300	Mediterranean	Phoenicians become the predominant trading power.
	Corinth	Foundations of city.
	Egypt	Memphis becomes capital in place of Thebes.
	Egypt	Extensive export & import trade.
1193	Troy	Destroyed during Trojan War.
	Egypt	Labor strikes in Thebes.
1116	Assyria	Tiglath-pileser founds Assyrian Empire and fortifies it against migrating peoples from the north; conquers Babylon.
		Phoenicians import tin from mines in England.
1100	America/ Mexico	End of the Olmec culture.
1000	Greece	Ionians dispossessed from their homeland, found 12 cities on west coast of Asia Minor, among them Miletus and Ephesus.
	USA	Pinto Indians build huts in Sierra, Nevada and California, using wood interwoven with reeds and covered with loam.
950	China	1st record of Peking.
900	Cyprus	Phoenicians settle.
879	Israel	Samaria (formerly Sichem) rebuilt as capital & becomes religious center of Israel.
841	China	Beginning of verified historical chronology.
813	Carthage	Carthage founded as trading center with Tyre.
1000	Egypt	Wigs used by aristocrats.
	Assyria	Wigs used by aristocrats.
	Israel	The caftan is worn.
800	Spain	Greeks settle on coast.
	Italy	Etruscans move into Italy, bringing urban civilization of high order; introduce hand cranks and horse-drawn chariots.
	Assyria	Clothes almost the same for men & women.
753	Rome	Foundation of the city.
705	Egypt	King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats.
	Judea	King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats.
690	Judea	Manasseh becomes king to 638.
630	Spain	Kaleus is first to sail through Straits of Gilbraltar (Pillars of Hercules).
	Babylon	Nineveh becomes important trading center.
600	Mexico	Mayan civilization authenticated.
586	Judea	Captured by Nebuchadnezzar II and the First Temple burned. Deportation of part of Judean population to Babylon.
	Greece	Position of women in civil rights declines.
551	Greece	Women take over men's short chiton as long dress of their own.
538	Babylon	Banking business practiced.
	Persia	Cyrus II establishes regular courier service by messengers on horseback.
536	Persia	1st Persian coin with picture of ruler.
500	Italy	High point of Etruscan political power & civilization.
462	Greece	Soldiers & judges of Athens receive regular salaries.
440	Judea	Law forbids marriage between Judeans and aliens.
400	Mexico	End of Aztec civilization.
338	Corinth	Becomes trading center.
330	Britain	Greek explorer Pytheas of Massilia reaches.
	Judea	Trading centers in Egypt & Cyrene.
320	India	Beginning of Mauryan culture.
100	India	1st Chinese ships reach the east coast.
62	Italy	Florence founded.
21	Germany	Regensburg founded.