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Western Civ
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Undergraduate 1
09/16/2009
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3200 b.c.e
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development of wheeled transport and invention of cuneiform writing
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3200 - 2200 b.c.e
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Sumerian and Akkadian domination in Mesopotamia
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3100 b.c.e
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Invention of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing
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3100 - 1333 b.c.e
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Evolution of Egyptian polytheism and belief in personal immortality
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3000 - 1000 b.c.e.
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Origins and development of religion in Mesopotamia
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2700 - 1000 b.c.e.
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Arrival of indo-European peoples in western Asia and Europe
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2660 - 1640 b.c.e
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Old and Middle Kingdoms in Egypt
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2600 - 1200 b.c.e
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Expansion of mesopotamian trade with neighbors
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2000 - 1595 b.c.e
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Babylonian empire in Mesopotamia
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1790 b.c.e
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Epic of Gilgamesh and Hammurabi's law code
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1600 - 1200 b.c.e
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Hittite power in Anatolia
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1570 - 1075 b.c.e.
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New Kingdom in Egpyt
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1400 b.c.e
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Development of Phoenician alphabet
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1300 - 1100 b.c.e.
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Increased use of iron in western Asia
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