-
2560 BCE
Pyramid of Cheops
Fourth dynasty, Giza -
1754 BCE
Hammurabi's Code
included harsh punishments innocent until proven guilty. -
508 BCE
Democracy Begins in Athens
The first known democracy in the world -
483 BCE
Siddartha/ Buddah dies
Brahma, Vishnu, Aryan -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
Spartans, Greece, King Leonidas -
331 BCE
Alex the Great defeats Darius
City States, Asia Minor -
330 BCE
Constantinople made capital
Acropolis, Theodosills -
313
Decree of Milan
Napoleon I plan to defeat the British by waging economic warfare -
476
Fall of Rome
The collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century -
532
Hagia Sophia is built
A domed monument (is a church) -
Jul 16, 622
Hegira Begins
Mecca and Medina -
732
Battle of Tours
Umayyad, Visigothic Christian Kingdoms -
1215
Magna Carta
King John, Charter of liberties -
Dec 17, 1280
Mansa Musa Hajj
Leader of Mali -
1378
Great Schism
Eastern and Western churches