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Chronological Table MESOPOTAMIA EGYPT CHINA 300–3000 Jemdet-Nasr period 300–2686 Early Dynastic period 3000–2800 Early Dynastic I 2800–2500 Early Dynastic II 2500–2334 Early Dynastic III 2334–297 Sargonic (Old Akkadian) 2686–2200 Old Kingdom 297–22 Guti 2200–2040 First Intermediate period 22–2004 Ur III 2004–595 Old Babylonian 2040–786 Middle Kingdom 595–375 Dark Age 786–558 Second Intermediate period 600–066 Shang Dynasty MESOPOTAMIA EGYPT CHINA 375–55 Kassite (Middle Babylonian) (Middle Assyrian) 558–085 New Kingdom 55–626 Neo-Assyrian 070–72 Third Intermediate period 066–77 Western Zhou Dynasty 625–539 Neo-Babylonian 539–332 Persian 72–332 Late period 770–22 Eastern Zhou Dynasty Spring and Autumn Warring States 332–43 Alexander and successors 332–30 Ptolemaic period 22–206 Qin Dynasty 43 BCE–240 CE Parthians 206 BCE–8 CE Western Han 240–636 Sassanians 30 BCE–395 CE Roman period 25–220 Eastern Han xviii Chronological Table ...

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