Time Periods of the Great Ancient Civilisations

Sumerians: 3500 - 1950 BC (Iraq)
Egyptians: 3050 - 30 BC (Egypt)
Hittites: 2200 - 700 BC (Turkey)
Chinese: 2100 BC - 1911 AD (China)
Minoans: 2000 - 1450 BC (Crete)
Babylonians: 1792 - 539 BC (Iraq)
Mycenaeans: 1550 - 100 BC (Greece)
Assyrians: 1500 - 612 BC (Syria)
Philistines: 1200 - 146 BC (Gaza)
Phoenecians: 1200 - 146 BC (Lebanon)
Israelites: 900 BC - - 135 AD (Israel)
Etruscans: 800 - 200 BC (Italy)
Greeks: 800 BC - 30 AD (Greece)
Romans: 753 BC - 476 AD (Italy)
Persians: 569 - 330 BC (Iran)
Byzantine: 550 - 1453 AD (Turkey)