The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E.- 500 C.E.: Uniting Large Regions (Part 1)

BCE

100

Germans begin contact with Rome; Slavs migrate into eastern Europe

BCE

133

Decline of Roman Republic

BCE to 200 CE

200

Greater Buddhist influence

BCE to 9 CE

202

Initial Han dynasty; key technical developments of horse collar and water mill

B.C.E.

221

Qin Shi Huang's Army Shi Huangdi proclaimed first emperor of China; Qin dynasty

to 140 B.C.E.

264

History.com The Punic WarsRoman expansion in North Africa (Punic Wars) and eastern Mediterranean

to 100 B.C.E.

300

Greek Thesaurus: Hellenistic PeriodHellenistic Period

B.C.E. to 900 C.E.

300

History.com Rise and Fall of Mayan EmpireHeights of Maya

to 185 B.C.E.

322

The Met Museum; Mauryan EmpireMauryan Empire

to 325 B.C.E.

330

Alexander the Great's Web pageAlexander the Great; Alexander's invasions

B.C.E.

431

Peloponnesian Wars; decline of Greece

to 430 B.C.E.

470

The History Guide: Greek ThoughtHeight of Athenian culture; Socrates and Greek philosophical style

to 449 B.C.E.

500

Ancient Greece- WarGreek wars with Persia; Persia defeated

to 450 B.C.E.

500

Beginnings of Roman republic

to 483 B.C.E.

542

Ancient India: The BuddhaBuddha

B.C.E.

550

The Achaemenid Persian EmpireFormation of the Persian Empire

to c. 233 B.C.E.

551

The Classical Chinese Philosophy PagePeriod of the great Chinese philosophers: Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Legalists

B.C.E.

Jan 1, 600

BBC: Religion: ZoroastrianismZorastrian religion in Iran

to 600 B.C.E.

Jan 1, 750

Ancient Sudan~Nubia: History: The Kushite Conquest of EgyptMeroe (Kush) rules Egypt

to 403 B.C.E.

Jan 1, 770

Later Zhou kingdom, beginning of China's classical period

B.C.E.

Jan 1, 1000

Germans expand southward

to 770 B.C.E.

Jan 1, 1122

The Zhou DynastyInitial Zhou kingdom

to 700 B.C.E.

Jan 1, 1200

Sacred Texts: HinduismVedas composed

to 500 B.C.E.

Jan 1, 1500

Polynesian migrations

B.C.E.

Jan 1, 2000

Germans settle in Denmark

B.C.E.

Mar 2, 2022

Maya CivilizationMaya begins

B.C.E.

Mar 2, 2022

Ancient Greek CitiesRise of Greek city-states

B.C.E. to 1000 C.E.

Mar 2, 2022

ELATE- Bantu MigrationBantu migration, sub-Saharan Africa

to 250 B.C.E.

Mar 2, 2022

Lima History, The Chavin CultureChavin culture (Andes)