Ancient Dates By S.L 3000 BCE Pyramids of Egypt are built 1250 BCE Trojan War 1250 BCE Trojan War 480 BCE Classical Greece 356 BCE Birth of Alexander the Great 1 CE Birth of Christ 81 Roman Empire at its height 1347 Black Death Begins 1492 Columbus discovers the Americans 1760 Industrial Revolution Begins 1939 World War 2 1939 World War 2 Begins