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)