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Jan 1, 1234
Ardipithecus Ramidus
The first known ancestors of humans. 4.5 million years ago. -
Period: Jan 1, 1234 to Jan 3, 1234
Prehistory
2 000 000 BCE - 3500 BCE -
Jan 2, 1234
Ice Age
14000 BCE - 12000 BCE. The ice sheets that covered Europe, Asia and North America are dissapearing. The climate is getting warmer and there are more plants to be used as food sources. -
Jan 3, 1234
Paleolithic Age
2.5 million BCE - 10 000 BCE. Also known as the Old Stone Age. Used stone tools and lived as hunterers/gatherers. -
Feb 1, 1234
Cuneiform
3500 BCE - 1900 BCE. This is the first known form of writing used in the first cities. -
Period: Feb 1, 1234 to Feb 3, 1234
Mesopotamia
1000 BCE- 1AD -
Feb 2, 1234
First Law
1792 BCE. Hammurabi creates the first known Law system; an eye for an eye. This means if you kill my son I can kill you, if you cut off my hand I cut off yours etc. -
Feb 3, 1234
Alexander the Great beats the Persians
334 BCE. He began a series of campaigns that lasted ten years. The most notable battles while taking over Persia were Issus and Gaugamela. -
Mar 1, 1234
Hieroglyphic Script created
3000 BCE. This was the form of writing all throughtout the time of Ancient Egypt. They wrote these symbols on papyrus paper and in the tombs. -
Period: Mar 1, 1234 to Mar 3, 1234
Ancient Egypt
1069-653 BCE -
Mar 2, 1234
Pyramids of Giza built
2560 BCE. Located on the west bank of the Nile River in Northern Egypt. Inside there is a chamber for the Queen, King and a Grand Gallery. They were made of casing stones and white limestone. -
Mar 3, 1234
Tutankhamun becomes pharaoh.
1336 B.C. to 1327 B.C. He obtained the throne around the ages of 9 and 10 and died when he was only 18. He ruled for 9 years. -
Apr 1, 1234
Democracy is invented
500 BCE. Democracy is born in Athens, Greece. -
Period: Apr 1, 1234 to Apr 3, 1234
Ancient Greece
6000 - 146 BCE -
Apr 2, 1234
Trojan War
1194-1184 BCE. The Achaens (Greeks) fought against the Trojans in this war. -
Apr 3, 1234
Olympics
776 BCE. The Greeks invent the athletic competition The Olympics which we still have today. -
May 1, 1234
Rome is built.
753 BC. Rome is built by two brothers named Romulus and Remus. They were raised by a female wolf. They got into a fight and Romulus killed Remus. Rome is named after Romulus. -
Period: May 1, 1234 to May 3, 1234
Ancient Rome
753 BC- 476 AD -
May 2, 1234
Julius Caeser.
He lived from 100 BC to 44 BC. He was in office as Rome's leader from 49 BC - 44 BC. He had a critical role in the rise of the Roman Empire -
May 3, 1234
Colosseum built.
70 AD. It was made of concrete and stone. It was used for gladiatorial contests and public shows. It could hold between 50,000 and 80,000 people. -
Jun 1, 1234
Romanesque style replaced
1144 CE. The Abbey Church of St. Denis, a burial shrine for French Kings and Queens is torn down and replaced by Gothic architecture. -
Period: Jun 1, 1234 to Jun 3, 1234
Medieval Europe
5th to the 15th century. -
Jun 2, 1234
Famine takes over
1315 CE. Due to bad weather and a crop failure, many people die in northwestern Europe of manutrition. A mixture of this, war and plague decreased the population by half. -
Jun 3, 1234
Henry VIII becomes the king of England.
1509 CE. He is known for his six marriages and his role in seperating the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church.
