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4787334077Paleolithic, Old Stone Agemost of the 2 million years during which our species has existed, ending about 14,000 years ago0
4787338943Homo erectusspecies emerged about 500,000- 750,000 years ago1
4787342710Homo sapiens sapiensemerged about 120,000 years ago2
4787344838speechdeveloped 100,000 years ago3
4787354599people first left africa750,000 years ago4
4787357918inhabition of britain250,000 years ago5
4787359510australiainhabited 60,000 years ago6
4787364629mesolithic, middle stone age12,000 to 8,000 BCE7
4787367485end of last great ice age14,000 years ago8
4787399188animals being raised9,000 BCE9
4787404599development of agriculture in the Middle East10,000 BCE10
4787408777Agriculture reaches West Africa2,000 BCE11
4787411217Agriculture invented in the Americas5000 BCE12
4787428073Northern Europeans and southern Africans convert to agriculture2000 years ago13
4787439352first potter's wheel6000 BCE14
4787451383discovery of metal tools4000 BCE15
4787466511use of stone tools, done3000 BCE16
4787484835iron is introduced1500 BCE17
4787491765slash and burn agriculture ends150 years ago18
4787501179Catal Huyuk founded7000 BCE19
4787512547origins of civilization3500 BCE20
47875173823rd civilization begins by the indus river2500 BCE21
4787532146cuneiform alphabetdeveloped in 3500 BCE22
4787616867reign of Hammurabi, king of babylon, over mesopotamia1800-1750 BCE23
4787652961indo-europeans began pressing in from the northbeginning about 2100 BCE24
4787695371Egyptian Civilizationformed by 3000 BCE25
4787742692egyptian pharaohs build pyramids for themselves2700 BCE onward26
4787746337egyptian civilization remains intact until1000 BCE27
4787764070indus river civilizationemerges by 2500 BCE28
4787783822chinese have advanced technology and intellectual life by2000 BCE29
4787790731shang ruled over the hwang he valleyby 1500 BCE30
4787850194most river valley civilizations declined after1200 BCE31
4787860714the Zhou took overabout 1000 BCE32
4787888028Phoenicians develop the 22 letter alphabetaround 1300 BCE33
4787897400jewssettled near the mediterranean around 1200 BCE34
4787902721romans seize the jewish state63 BCE35

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