World Highlights in history 1000 ~ 2000 BC

Highlights in history 1000 ~ 2000 BC

Europe : Mycenaean civilisation dominant in Greece c. 1600
Sack of Troy ends Trojan War c. 1250
Minoan Crete: frescoes, bull leaping at Knossos c. 1700
Linear A writing in Crete c. 1700; Linear B c. 1400
Amber trade from Baltic to Mediterranean c. 1500

Asia : First Assyrian Empire 1814 (-1754)
Hammurabi, King of Babylon: law carved on stele c. 1750
Collapse of Indus Valley cities c. 1700
Hittites sack Babylon 1595
Shang dynasty dominant in China c. 1580 (-1079)
Hittite Empire 1450 (-1200)
Israelites return to Canaan 1250
David unites Jews, capital at Jerusalem c. 1010
Chopsticks in China 2000
Pork taboo in Near East 1800
Farmers' Almanac, Sumerian reference book c. 1500

Americas : First agricultural villages in Oaxaca, Mexico c. 1700
Agriculture spreads through North America c. 1200
Huge heads, Olmec centre of San Lorenzo c. 1200 (-900)

Africa : Hyksos invade Egypt, conquer delta c. 1670 (-1560)
New Kingdom in Egypt c. 1570 (-1070)
Female pharaoh Hatsheput c. 1503 (-1482)
Pharaoh Tutankhamen born c. 1371 (-1352)
Akhenaten institutes worship of one God c. 1370
Ramesses III defeats Sea Peoples 1190

Craftsmen in Shang China cast bronze pots to offer food to their ancestors' spirits.