![]() ![]() Great palaces were built at Knossos, Phaistos and Mallia. This was the period of Greek history written about by Homer, and known as the Heroic Period- or Mycenaean Age.ġ900 BC Middle Minoan Culture Begins - Minoan culture reached its high point during this period. They also divided a circle into a 360 units.ġ900 BC Cotton Used For The First Time - Beginning around 1900 BC the Harappans became the first to grow and wove cotten into fabric.ġ900 BC Myceneans Arrive In Greece- Around 1900 B.C., the Mycenaeans arrived from the North and gained control of Greece. They also contained indoor plumbing.Ģ000 BC Babylonia Develop Mathematic System- The Babylonians developed a mathematical system based on units of 60. The palaces were designed to help keep the temperature as cool as possible. Finally, Ur was attacked and destroyed, thereby ending the golden age.Ģ000 BC Great Stone Palaces At Knossos Built- The stone palaces at Knossus and Malia were built on Crete at around 2000 BC. In about 1965 B.C., the Amorites overran Sumer and Akkad. It was also a golden period for Sumerian literature. During this period, an extensive building campaign was undertaken by the Empire. Like his Sumerian forbearers, Shulgi declared himself to be a god. Under his son, Shulgi, the empire of Ur extended as far as Anatolia. ![]() 2060 BC Third Dynasty Of Ur Founded (Sumeria)- Urnammu of Ur seized power from Utukhegal and founded a new Sumerian dynasty. ![]()
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