HIST 2311 Lecture 1: Western Civ Timeline
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2700 sumerian king, gilgamesh, rules the city of uruk. 2340 sargon (a sumerian in the city of kish) overthrows the sumerian king of nippur; Sargon"s new kingdom is called akkad; sargon extends his kingdom to syria. 1753 ammorite king hammurabi conquers all of sumer; hammurabi rules to 1750; his empire lasts until 1600, when the kassites conquer most of mesopotamia. 3000 bc menes unifies upper and lower egypt, and a new capital is erected at memphis. 2686-2613 bc third egyptian dynasty zoser builds first pyramid, step pyramid at. Sakkara, with the great help of the chief architect and priest imhotep. 2181-2040 bc first intermediate period of egypt- increases in power of provincial governors through the 6th dynasty, leads to breakdown of central authority and chaos throughout the country. This is the period of the upsurge of the cult of osiris. 13th dynasty collapses after a succession of short-lived and little known kings.
