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B.C.
2000 Bronze Age begins in Europe
2000 The Jomon culture increases in Japan
2000 Beginning of settled agriculture in the Niger River Valley
2000 Ur destroyed by Elamites, ending the Sumerian control of Mesopotamia.
2000 Native North-Americans settle in permanent villages, they domesticated dogs, and cultivated manioc, squash, maize, and beans.
1992 Abraham dies
1990 The Hebrews wandered as shepherds in the land of Canaan.
1950 Sesostris I of Egypt invades Canaan
1950 Ur Empire ends
1950 Mycenaeans settle in Greece, a thriving civilization, trading with Crete.
1944 Isaac dies
1925 Hittites conquer Babylon