| Between the years 133 and 70 B.C.E., the tribunate was used by a number of men for reforms. |
| Yet, as a whole, the events that transpired between 1900 and 2000 B.C.E. still manage to confound the contemporary imagination. |
| The invention of the north Arabian camel saddle between about 500 and 100 B.C.E. allowed tribally organized camel raisers to enhance their power and influence. |
| Archaeological evidence dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. indicates that the main island probably was settled by Sumerians. |
