World History

The Ice Age ends about 10,000 BC. Transition from hunter-gatherer society to agriculture. The first cities emerge in Mesopotamia. First irrigation systems ca. 5,000 BC. 5,000 - 3,000 BC .Rise of the Sumerian Civilization and development of cuneiform writing ca. 3,400 BC.

UnificationDestruction of the city of Babylon by Assyrians in 689 BC. Foundation of Japan by the legendary.Emperor Jimmu on February 11, 660 BC. Assurbanipal destroys the Elamite capital Susa in 647.BC. The Neo-Babylonian Empire is established by Nabopolassar in 626 BC. The Draconian.constitution ca. 624 BC. Collapse of the Assyrian Empire in 614 BC. Josiah, King of Judah is killed.

Over 150 people die in the July 2009 Ürümqi riots in China on July 5, 2009 AD. Former Presidentof the Philippines Corazon Aquino dies on August 1, 2009 AD. Over 500 people are killed by Typhoon Morakot on August 10, 2009 AD. Over 100 people are killed in the 19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings. US Senator Edward M. Kennedy dies on August 25, 2009 AD