Early Civilization 1000 BCE
This has been a time of great upheaval - civilizations have been damaged, and even destroyed. It is also a period of great progress.
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At this date farming is spreading around the world, but as yet no civilizations exist.
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In the Middle East, the Sumerian civilization has appeared in Mesopotamia. This is the first civilization in world history.
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More major civilizations have appeared: Egypt in North Africa and the Indus Valley civilization in South Asia.
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New civilizations have now emerged in the Middle East and other places - but one has vanished!
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This era marks the high point of the Bronze Age world.
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New civilizations are appearing, old ones are changing.
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The Assyrian empire has now vanished, and has been replaced by three large states - the Babylonian Empire, the empire of the Medes, and a revived Egypt.
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Great new religions and philosophies being taught at this time will shape human history right up to the present day.
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