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Overview map of the world at the end of the 2nd millennium BC, color-coded by cultural stage: Palaeolithic or Mesolithic hunter-gatherers nomadic pastoralists
The fourth civilization arose in the Yellow River valley of northwestern China in the second millennium BCE. As agriculture continued to spread, urban centers also emerged on rain-watered lands, notably in Syria and on the island of Crete.
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The end of the millennium sees the Bronze Age collapse and the transition to the Iron Age. 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.
Empires and Trade in the 2nd Millennium BC Summary. This map shows the boundaries of empires from 2000-1000 BCE, primarily around 1400 BC in southern Europe, North Africa, Middle East.
World population continued to increase in the first millennium BCE, though it leveled off in the early centuries CE. More cities appeared. States, which first emerged in Big Era Three as a way of organizing large populations under a single governing authority, now appeared in new forms that were bigger, more complex, and more efficient at ...
2nd millennium BC. The 2nd millennium BC took place in between the years of 2000 BC and 1001 BC. This is the time between the Middle and the late Bronze Age. The first half of the millennium saw a lot of activity by the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and Babylonia. The alphabet develops.
The 2nd millennium of the Anno Domini or Common Era was a millennium spanning the years 1001 to 2000. It began on 1 January 1001 ( MI) and ended on 31 December 2000 ( MM ), ( 11th to 20th centuries; in astronomy: JD 2 086 667.5 – 2 451 909.5 [1] ). It encompassed the High and Late Middle Ages of the Old World, the Islamic Golden Age and the ...
