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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 . The Ancient Near Eastern cultures are well within the historical era: The first half of the millennium is dominated by the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and Babylonia. The alphabet develops.
Standard 1 : The major characteristics of civilization and how civilizations emerged in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus valley. Standard 2 : How agrarian societies spread and new states emerged in the third and second millennia BCE. Standard 3 : The political, social, and cultural consequences of population movements and militarization in ...
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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.
Summary. This map shows the boundaries of empires from 2000-1000 BCE, primarily around 1400 BC in southern Europe, North Africa, Middle East. The map shows the Hittite Empire, the Egyptian Empire, the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni, the Kassite kingdom, and the Assyrian Empire around 1400 BCE, as well as the Mycenaean civilization c. 1350 BCE.
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] )., spanning the 11th to 20th centuries. It encompassed the High and Late Middle Ages of the Old ...
Bronze technology appeared in the first millennium bce, but it was the introduction of iron tools and weapons in the second century bce that dramatically increased agricultural productivity. At about the same time, as with Vietnam, the Chinese had come to regard the Korean Peninsula as part of their domain, and for almost 400 years much of ...
In the second half of the third millennium BCE, Sumerian city-states fought each other. Kings consolidated power over multiple city-states in the region. For example, King Sargon of Akkad conquered Sumerian city-states and parts of Syria, Anatolia, and Elam. In doing so, he created one of the world’s first empires in approximately 2334 BCE.
