COMPARATIVE CHRONOLOGIE
Anatolian History of Civilizations compared to Europe and the Middle East
| Date B.C |
OCCIDENT | ANATOLIA | CAPPADOCIA | ORIENT |
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| 6200 |  |
Mural paintings of Çatalhöyük representing a Volcano, may be Hasan Dag; The most ancient representation of a landscape | ||
| Vth IVth Mil. |  |
Cappadocia was inhabited by Anatolian people organised in small states governed by local princes : Principal city, Puruşhanda | In Mesopotamia and in Iran; the appearance of the first agricultural establishments and the hunters. In Mesopotamia, the first Dynasty of Ur; Edification of temples and Palaces. |
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| IIIrd Mil. |  |
Cupper Age ( Troy I ) |
Foundation of Kaneş. Political and Commercial penetration of Assyrians | The fall of the Elamites in Iran and the Summerians in Mesopotamia |
| 2400-2500 | Formation of different Civilizations around the Aegean Sea ( Tharce. Beotie, Argolide, Attique, Corinthe ) |
The Conquest of Anatolia by Sargon, the King of the Akkads (Middle IIIrd Mil. ) |
The reign of the Sargon, the Ancient Semetic Empire of Akkadians. (2400) |
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| 2320-2384 | Coalition of 17 local Kings (including Zipani King of Kaneş and and Tiş Binki King of Karšuara ) against the successor of Sargon, the King of Assyrians. Diffusion of Cappadocian ceramics in Asia Minor designed with symbols and geometrical motifs. | |||
| 2100-2000 | The Hatti people in the Center and South of Anatolia Amber, Silver and the Golden objects. Art and use of metal. |  |
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| 2000-1750 |  |
Paleo-Hittite period | Abraham (2000) The 1st Assyrian Empire; Arian invasion in Iran (1900) |
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| XIXth c. (1800) | Installation of an important Assyrian colony ( Karum) next to Kaneş and near the small tovns of Zalpa, Wakhşusdana, Şumukha This region becomes the geographical center of the Hittite Kingdom. |
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| 1750-1450 |  |
The Old Hittite Kingdom, conquest of Aleppo and Babylon, the introduction of cuneiform writing in Anatolia. | The reign of Hammurabi in Mesopotamia. Union of Summerians and the Accadians; Capital Babylon (1728 – 1685) |
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| 1700-800 | Bronze Age, adoration of Sun Cult | Th new Arienne invasion in Iran (1500) |
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| 1450-1200 | The Hittite Empire ( Hattuşa, Yazılıkaya. Immigration of Phyrigian population. Mittani civilisation in the East and the South East of Anatolia. |  |
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| 1200 | Dorians in Greece | Dorians in Anatolia. Dark periode (Destruction of Troy) Penetration of Thracian tribes in the South East of Europe, invasion of Sea People. | Collapse of the Cappadocian-Hittite Empire by the intense Nordic invasions, including Phyrigians. The Phyrigians built a new town on the ruins of Kaneş. |  |
| 1000 | Villanovian culture in Italy | The Greek (1000 – 800 ) |
Dark period and foreign invasions in Antatolia and in Cappadocia |
Renaissance in Assyria, reign of Nabuchodonosor the 1st (1146 ) |
| 860 – 585 | Urartian Kingdom | Reign of Assurnazirpal II in Mesopotamia (884 – 860 ) |
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| 850 – 700 | Development of Urartian Kingdom | |||
| 825 | Meds settle in the region of Lake Urmiah | |||
| VIIIth | Iron Age | State of Syro-Hittites in the East Anatolia (800 – 700 ) |