To navigate the timeline, click and drag it with your mouse, or click on the timeline overview on the bottom.
6500 BCE
6000 BCE
5500 BCE
5000 BCE
4500 BCE
4000 BCE
3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE
6500 BCE: Jericho is the first major walled city, with a population of about 2,500.
4500 BCE: First walled cities. Uruk in Mesopotamia first city.
4100 BCE - 2900 BCE: Uruk Period in Mesopotamia. First cities.
4000 BCE: First settlement of Ur.
3400 BCE: Priests become the rulers of Mesopotamian cities.
2800 BCE - 1900 BCE: The rise of the great Indian cities of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa.
1900 BCE - 1500 BCE: Decline of the Harappan Culture in India.