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The 2nd millennium BC spanned the years 2000 BC to 1001 BC. In the Ancient Near East , it marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age . The Ancient Near Eastern cultures are well within the historical era: The first half of the millennium is dominated by the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and Babylonia .
Overview. The second millennium B.C. can be conveniently divided into two periods. During the Middle Bronze Age, Amorite tribes from Syria settle across the region. Many large sites are fortified employing massive cyclopean stone blocks. Akkadian cuneiform inscribed on clay tablets is widely used. City-states such as.
3rd millennium BC. 3000 to 2000 BC – First domestication of the dromedaries in Somalia and southern Arabia; 3000 to 2300 BC – First Kingdom of Ebla; 2900 to 2350 BC – First ziggurats in Sumer; 2900 to 2500 BC – First Kingdom of Mari; 2800 BC – Beginning of Uruk's decline; 2700 to 539 BC – Elam
ancient Middle East, history of the region from prehistoric times to the rise of civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and other areas.
- William Foxwell Albright
The Middle East was the first to experience a Neolithic Revolution (c. the 10th millennium BCE), as well as the first to enter the Bronze Age (c. 3300–1200 BC) and Iron Age (c. 1200–500 BC). Historically human populations have tended to settle around bodies of water, which is reflected in modern population density patterns.
Copper may have been smelted on an industrial scale during this period. By the end of the third millennium B.C., the Gulf is the focus of contacts between the civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. Key Events. Citation. “A universally accepted chronology for the entire ancient Near East remains to be established.
The Eastern Mediterranean and Syria, 8000–2000 B.C. | Chronology | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Timeline. 8000 B.C. 6500 B.C. Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, ca. 10,000–7000 B.C. Pottery Neolithic period, ca. 7000–5500 B.C. ISRAEL, JORDAN, LEBANON, AND WESTERN SYRIA. Halaf culture, ca. 6500–5500 B.C. CYPRUS.
