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3500 BCE
Hammurabi's Code
First set of laws in History -
Period: 3500 BCE to 612 BCE
Mesopotamian
First civilization in history
Location: Fertile Crescent -
Period: 3300 BCE to 1700 BCE
Indus
Before India's golden age, used caste system
Location:India -
Period: 3000 BCE to 360 BCE
Egyptian
Civilization who was polytheistic and built pyramids
Location: Egypt -
2560 BCE
Pyramid of Cheops
Pyramids built by the Khufu in Egypt -
Period: 1700 BCE to
Chinese
Made great wall, ruled by many dynasties
Location: China -
Period: 1500 BCE to 330 BCE
Persian
Fought Greek army and created bureaucracy
Location: Middle east -
Period: 1500 BCE to 593 BCE
Phoenician
Island based around trading
Location: Mediterranean Sea -
Period: 1500 BCE to
Hebrew
God created religion
Location: everywhere -
1427 BCE
Tenochitilan Founded
Aztecs found their Capital -
Period: 1400 BCE to
Japanese
Chinese people who broke off and created own culture
Location: Japan -
500 BCE
Democracy Begins in Athens
Athenians create a new system of goverment -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
Important battle in the Persian Wars between the Spartans and Persians -
480 BCE
Alex the Great defeats Darius
Alexander the Great defeats King Darius in Persian wars -
Period: 336 BCE to 330 BCE
Hellenistic
Mix of different cultures created by Alexander the great -
Period: 323 BCE to 256 BCE
Hellenic
Roman Greek and Persian culture mixed together
Location: Greece -
Period: 259 BCE to 1500
Mongol
Nomads who attacked everyone in reach
Location: Mongolia -
221 BCE
Qin rule begins
The Qin family takes over rule to the thrown -
Period: 146 BCE to 476
Roman
Diverse civilization that stretched from Spain to Phoenician lands
Location: Mediterranean -
Period: 300 to 900
South American
3 ancient civilizations with different cultures and religions
Location: Central/ South America -
313
Constantinople made capital
Eastern Roman empire capital becomes Constantinople -
Period: 370 to
Indian
Golden age where Buddhism spread
Location: India -
476
Fall of Rome
Mongols take over Rome -
483
Siddartha/Buddha dies
Buddha dies Ashoka takes over -
Period: 500 to 1500
Middle age Europe
Time plagued by black death where rich lived and poor died
Location: Europe -
532
Hagia Sophia is built
Justinian creates the church of the byzantine empire -
600
Fall of Constaninople
Arabians attack Constaninople -
622
Hegia Begins
Muhammad leaves to Yathrin -
Period: 622 to 732
Islamic
Religion who killed everyone who wasn't muslim, created by Muhammad -
661
Schism of Sunni and Shia
Split between 2 cultures in isalm religion -
732
Battle of Tours
Battle of Byzantines and Islamic nations -
Period: 800 to 1100
Vikings
Basically like the mongols but they traveled by sea and were cooler
Location: Scandinavia -
Period: 900 to
Russians
Break off of Easter Orthadox Church that created own culture -
1054
Great Schism
Split between churches in Roman empire -
Period: 1054 to 1453
Byzantine
What was left of Eastern Roman empire after the church split -
1215
Magna Carta
Nobles receive political rights in england