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View a map of the World in 500 BCE, at the time of Buddha and Confucius, and of the Greek philosophers and Israelite prophets
Civilization (from the Latin civis =citizen and civitas =city) is a term applied to any society which has developed a writing system, government, production of surplus food, division of labor, and urbanization. The term is difficult to define because not all 'civilizations' include every one of the above facets.
2500 BC – 1500 BC: Kerma culture begins in Nubia. 2500 BC: The last mammoth population, on Wrangel Island in Siberia, goes extinct. Late 24th century BC: Akkadian Empire is founded, dating depends upon whether the Middle chronology or the Short chronology is used.
Map of the World 1500 BCE; The end of the Bronze Age. The middle second millennium BCE saw the height of the Bronze Age world: New Kingdom Egypt, the Hittite empire, the kingdoms of Assyria and Babylon, and further afield the Shang kingdom of northern China, were all powerful, well-organized states.
Read about Ancient Europe between 1500 BCE and 1000 BCE, a time in history when violent migrations put an end to the first European civilizations.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
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