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Human History Dates Only - 2.6Ma - 2000 BCE Flashcards

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What are the DATES (only):

PALEOLITHIC

A

2.6M BP - 20,000-10,000 BCE

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OUT OF AFRICA THESIS

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approximately 50,000 years ago

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What are the DATES (only):

MESOLITHIC

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~20,000-10,000 BCE First agriculture

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What are the DATES (only):

BERING LAND BRIDGE

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14,500 years BCE glaciers melted

9,000 years BCE covered by sea

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What are the DATES (only):

NEOLITHIC

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~10,000 first Proto-cities

End: ~3000 BCE Bronze Age

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What are the DATES (only):

JERICHO

Began

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Jericho began 9600 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

ÇATALHÖYÜK

Began:

Flourished:

Ended:

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Çatalhöyük (Cha-tal-HOO-yik)

Began: 7500 BCE

Flourished: 7000 BC

Ended: 5700 BC

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What are the DATES (only):

FIRST CITY-STATES (FIRST CIVILISATION)

Date and Location

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~ 4000 B.C.

Location: Sumerian City States in Mesopotamia

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SUMERIA

Began

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4000 BCE

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CUNEIFORM FIRST DEVELOPED

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3300 BCE: Ancient Sumerians

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ANCIENT EGYPT

Roughly dated

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3200 BCE to 330 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

BRONZE AGE

Beginning

End

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Beginning: 3000 BCE

End: Iron Age at its earliest in 1200-1100 BC

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What are the DATES (only):

THE GREAT FLOOD

Simultaneous flooding of the KURUN, Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, studied at SHURUPPAK.

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2900 BCE

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THE GREAT FLOOD Gilgamesh is king of Uruk. He travels to meet the sage Utnapishtim (Oot nah PISH tim), who had survived the Great Flood. Poems are composed about it.

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2700 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

OLDEST SURVIVING WRITINGS

A

2500-2300 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

THE GREAT FLOOD

Epic of Gilgamesh, a poem in ancient Akkadian, is written down.

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2200 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

SARGON THE GREAT

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2200 BCE

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WORLD’S FIRST EMPIRE

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2200 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

AKKADIAN EMPIRE

Founded

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What are the DATES (only):

XIA DYNASTY

A

2070 BCE - 1600 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

AKKADIAN EMPIRE

Fall

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What are the DATES (only):

OLD ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

23
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What happened on this Date?

2.6 MILLION YEARS AGO

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PALEOLITHIC ERA Began

24
Q

What happened on this Date?

50,000 years ago

A

OUT OF AFRICA THESIS

25
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What happened on this Date?

~20,000 BCE

A

MESOLITHIC (First Agriculture)

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What happened on this Date?

~10,000 BCE

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MESOLITHIC (First Agriculture)

27
Q

What happened on this Date?

14,500 BCE

A

BERING LAND BRIDGE

glaciers melted to open it up

28
Q

What happened on this Date?

9,000 BCE

A

BERING LAND BRIDGE

The bridge is covered by sea

29
Q

What happened on this Date?

~10,000 - ~3000 BCE

A

NEOLITHIC

First Proto-cities begin ~10,000 BCE

Bronze Age begins - ~3000 BCE

30
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What happened on this Date?

9600 BCE

A

JERICHO

Began

31
Q

What happened on this Date?

7500 BCE

A

ÇATALHÖYÜK (Cha- tal -HOO- yik )

Began

32
Q

What happened on this Date?

7000 BCE

A

ÇATALHÖYÜK (Cha- tal -HOO- yik )

Flourished

33
Q

What happened on this Date?

5700 BCE

A

ÇATALHÖYÜK (Cha- tal -HOO- yik )

Ended

34
Q

What happened on this Date?

4000 BCE

A

FIRST CITY-STATES (FIRST CIVILISATION)

Location: Sumerian City States in Mesopotamia

35
Q

What happened on this Date?

3300 BCE

A

CUNEIFORM FIRST DEVELOPED by the Ancient Sumerians

36
Q

What happened on this Date?

3200 BCE

A

ANCIENT EGYPT

Began - roughly dated

37
Q

What happened on this Date?

3000 BCE

A

BRONZE AGE

Beginning

38
Q

What happened on this Date?

2900 BCE

A

THE GREAT FLOOD

Simultaneous flooding of the KURUN, Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, studied at SHURUPPAK.

39
Q

What happened on this Date?

2700 BCE

A

THE GREAT FLOOD

Gilgamesh is king of Uruk. He travels to meet the sage Utnapishtim (Oot nah PISH tim), who had survived the Great Flood. Poems are composed about it.

40
Q

What happened on this Date?

2500-2300 BCE

A

OLDEST SURVIVING WRITINGS

41
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What happened on this Date?

2200 BCE

A

AKKADIAN EMPIRE

World’s first Empire is founded by Sargon the Great

THE GREAT FLOOD

Epic of Gilgamesh, a poem in ancient Akkadian, is written down.

42
Q

What happened on this Date?

2070 BCE

A

XIA DYNASTY

Begins

43
Q

What happened on this Date?

2070 BCE - 1600 BCE

A

XIA DYNASTY

44
Q

What happened on this Date?

2050 BCE

A

AKKADIAN EMPIRE

Fall

45
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What happened on this Date?

2025 BCE

A

OLD ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

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