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. 1998 The death of Noah at 950 years old (Genesis 9:29)
1996 The Birth of Abram in Ur of the Chaldees (Genesis 11:26)
1986 Sarai the wife of Abram is born
1950 Sesostris I of Egypt invades Canaan
1950 Ur Empire ends
1950 Mycenaeans settle in Greece, a thriving civilization, trading with Crete.