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Period: 2600 BCE to 1200 BCE
Minoan Civilization(Greece)
Minoan civilization was located on Crete, they were famous because of their architecture, they created the largest and most sophisticated palace, made up of complex stone buildings. They made colorful paintings like frecoes, they drew on their art was bull-jumping (it was practiced by women and men). -
Period: 2000 BCE to 250
Maya Civilization(Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Western Honduras, and Salvador).
The Maya people started to developed agriculture on their earliest villages, they cultivated crops such as maize, beans, squashes and chili peppers, they had accurate calendars with 365 days, they also had astronomers which found out the cycles of sun and moon. -
Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE
Mycenaean Civilization(Greece)
Mycenaeans flourished in the late Bronze Age, it extended to Peloponnese across the Aegean until Crete, they traded foreign objects with Aegeans such as gold, ivory, copper and glass. They expressed art in fresco, pottery, and jewellery, they drew natural forms and flowing design. -
Period: 1500 BCE to 200 BCE
Olmec Civilization(Mexico)
The Olmec built great cities of stone and brick, they had pyramids, sophisticated sculptures and had religious practices. -
753 BCE
Foundation of Rome
Romulus was the founder of Rome(was the first Roman king), he killed his brother Remus to take the power of Rome. -
Period: 600 BCE to
Music Civilization(Colombia)
600-1600 CE- Muisca Civilization flourished, they territory was Cundinamarca and Boyacá. They had an origin that now is known as The Dorado Legend. -
509 BCE
Rome becomes a Republic
Etruscan conquerors ruled over Romans for many years , finally when they were free they created a Republic, the rulers were chosen by the citizens. -
Period: 500 BCE to Jan 1, 900
Zapotec Civilization(Oaxaca Valley)
The Zapotec civilization had architecture as buildings, ball courts, and tombs, they also had finely worked jewelry. -
Period: 480 BCE to 323 BCE
Classical Greece
Refers to the period of wars and conflicts between Greeks and Persians, and Athenians and Spartans. After war Pericles paid to support Athenian artists and thinkers, and also to rebuild the parts of Athens that the Persian Wars had destroyed. -
Period: 323 BCE to 30 BCE
Hellenistic Greece.
They had arts such as sculptures, they exposed artistic styles to show new exotic influences. They produced luxury goods, such as fine bronze statues, furniture decorated with bronze fittings, stone sculpture, and elaborate pottery with mold-made decoration. -
200 BCE
Tayrona Civilization
The Tayrona People started to occupy the region of Sierra Nevada de Santa Martha at Colombia, their language was Chibcha. -
45 BCE
Roman Dictatorship
Julius Caesar was the first dictator of Rome, he defeats Pompey in a civil war and gives end to the republic. -
27 BCE
Roman Empire Begins
Octavian was the first Roman emperor, he gave himself a name, Augustus. He was a good emperor and brought to Rome a period of peace and prosperity. -
64
Rome Burns
Nero sets fire on Rome and blames the Christian, for him not to have the guilt. -
Period: Jan 1, 600 to
Music Civilization(Colombia)
The Muisca Civilization flourished, they territory was Cundinamarca and Boyacá. They had an origin that now is known as The Dorado Legend. -
Period: Jan 1, 1325 to Jan 1, 1520
Aztec Civilization(Valley of Mexico)
Aztecs had complex mythological and religious traditions, they made sacrifices for religious rituals, the largest city was the capital of the empire called Tenochtitlan. -
Period: Jan 1, 1438 to Jan 1, 1533
Inca Civilization.(Peru, Quito & Santiago)
The Incas conquered, and expanded territory, they built a famous site called Machu Pichu.
