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2900 BC. 2800 BC. 2700 BC. 3000 BC. Akkad. Sumer. Old Kingdom. L Egypt. U Egypt. 2600 BC | 2500 BC. … Quiet times usually signify periods of relative stability Meaning life is normal, and there is nothing particularly challenging. In other words, life is good. 2400 BC. Akkad. Sumer.
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2900 BC 2800 BC 2700 BC 3000 BC Akkad Sumer Old Kingdom L Egypt U Egypt
2600 BC | 2500 BC … Quiet times usually signify periods of relative stability Meaning life is normal, and there is nothing particularly challenging. In other words, life is good
2400 BC Akkad Sumer Old Kingdom Sumer is conquered by ______ of Akkad
2400 BC Akkad Sumer Old Kingdom Egypt is laughing, “everything is good here”
2400 BC| 2300 BC Instability sets in…
Haha! 2200 BC Akkad Sumer Civil Wars Nobles give the Pharaoh the boot
2100 BC Akkad Sumer Middle Kingdom Same culture, new state, different name
Meanwhile, in Mesopotamia 2400 BC | 2300 BC | 2200 BC | 2100 BC Life under a stable Empire seems all right No major wars, time to relax and become advanced. You and your people however, realize that you are better and more advanced than the people controlling you The Babylonians will have this realization
2000 BC Akkad Babylon Sumer Middle Kingdom Wait a second, why are these people suddenly so bossy?
2000 BC | 1900 BC The Babylonians begin to challenge Akkadian power, eventually overthrowing them in a bloody revolution
1800 BC Akkad “Let there be laws that we all must follow!” Said what famous ruler? Babylon Sumer Middle Kingdom The result? A better, more sophisticated empire
We all share common traits and we’d like to trade 1800 BC Ak Babylon We have indoor plumbing S Middle Kingdom So what else is going on?
1700 BC Hyksos Linear A Ak :D Babylon S ( ._.) Middle Kingdom No more hegemon? Kush AHH!
1600 BC A people known as the Hittites become stable in Asia Minor and begin to prosper with their new found… The Kushites control Egypt and become the regional hegemon
Hegemony is good 1500 BC Hittites NOOOOOOO! Put, put, dead New Kingdom The Minoans literally blow up, the New Kingdom reasserts hegemony and the Hittites become a hegemon