Tiny timelines: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in a global context, 2nd-1st millennia B.C.E.

About this video

A short, music-only visual timeline that places ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in the 2nd and 1st millennia B.C.E. alongside developments in other parts of the world. It encourages students to compare what was happening in different regions at the same time.

You'll be able to

• explain which years the 2nd and 1st millennia B.C.E. cover.
• compare events in Egypt and Mesopotamia with events elsewhere in the same period.

Key words

millennium

A period of 1,000 years; the plural is millennia.

B.C.E.

Before the Common Era: years counted backwards before year 1, so bigger numbers are further in the past.

timeline

A line that shows events in the order they happened, so you can compare them.