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2400 BC–There is archaeological evidence that the site of Assur was occupied at around this time. c. 2360 BC: Hekla-4 eruption. c. 2350 BC: The 2350 BC Middle East Anomaly (apparent comet or asteroid impact) happened. c. 2350 BC: End of the Early Dynastic III period in Mesopotamia.
The period from approximately 2900 to 2350 B.C. in southern Mesopotamia (Sumer) is known as the Early Dynastic. During this time, Sumer was divided politically between competing city-states, each controlled by a dynasty of rulers.
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7000 B.C. A great earthquake destroys the city of Jericho. 6,500 B.C. The oceans and sea’s rise, England is now cut off from Europe by land. 6000 B.C.. First beer is brewed from grain in the Near East. 5,500 B.C. First settled societies in the Mesopotamia region. 4,500 B.C. Humans learn how to use the plow.
There are several reasons for taking the year 2350 as a turning point in the history of Mesopotamia. For the first time, an empire arose on Mesopotamian soil . The driving force of that empire was the Akkadians , so called after the city of Akkad , which Sargon chose for his capital (it has not yet been identified but was presumably located on ...
7000 BCE - 2000 BCE. The Archaic Period in Mesoamerica during which hunter-gatherer culture moved toward agriculture . c. 2700 BCE. Corn is first cultivated in Mesoamerica. c. 1200 BCE. San Lorenzo becomes the great ceremonial centre of the Olmec civilization . c. 1200 BCE - c. 400 BCE.
The period from emergence of Sumerian civilization to about 2340 BC when the Akkadians overtook the control over Mesopotamia is commonly referred as the Old Sumerian Period and is divided on Pre-dynastic Period (3000 BC to 2800 BC) and Early Dynastic Period (2800 BC to 2340 BC).
Jan 8, 2015 · The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a...
