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States and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC

  • Akkadian EmpireIn the year 2334 BC, a man named Sargon stood before the city of Kish as a cupbearer to its ruler. He held no royal blood and wore no crown.
  • AssyriaIn 2600 BC, the settlement of Assur emerged in northern Mesopotamia as a small agricultural village. Archaeological evidence dates the earliest occupation to…
  • Fifth Dynasty of EgyptThe year 2498 BC marks the start of a new era in ancient Egypt, yet historians still argue over how one family replaced another.
  • PhoeniciaThe name Phoenicia appears in Greek records from the 2nd millennium BC, yet it never corresponded to a unified native identity.
  • Minoan civilizationThe island of Crete held the first anatomically modern human presence around 10,000 to 12,000 years before present. Stone-tool evidence suggests hominins may…