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2800 - 539 Elamite Kingdoms 689 destroys Babylon 639 Elam sacked by Assyrians
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2030 - 1640 Egypt Middle Kingdom 1570 - 1070 New Kingdom |
1800 - 1100 Hittite Empire |
2700 - 1450 Minoan Civilization |
2600-1900 Harrapan Civilizatiomn |
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1000 BC |
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1193 Troy sacked by Greeks |
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911 - 612 Neo-Assyrian Empire
627 BC death of the last strong Assyrian ruler, Ashurbanipal 612 |
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800 BC |
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728-559 Median Empire Founded 653 to 625 Scythian domination of Medes
612 Cyaxares with Neo-Babylonians destroy Assyrian capital of Nineveh 559 End of Median Empire |
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550 - 300 BC Achaemenid Empire 539 Cyrus II the Great conquers Babylon 525 Cambyses II 522 - 486 Darius I Height of Empire Persepolis built 480 Battle of Thermopylae and Battle of Salamis 460 Age of Pericles
401-399 Xenophon and the march of the Ten Thousand 333 Battle of Issus 300 Alexander destroys Persepolis |
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305 - 30 BC Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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27-476 Roman Empire 44 Ceaser dies
216 Battle of Cannae
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226 - 651 260 Battle of Edessa Emperor Valerian captured by Shapur I
613 Damascus captured 620s Byzantine emperor Heraclius inflicts major defeats on Khosrau II (Chosroes), both empire severely weakened 642 Defeat by Arab armies at Battle of Nihawand 651 |
240 - 550 Gupta Empire |
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