Ancient History

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  • 4000 BCE

    First Ironwork

  • Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Sumerian Cuneiform

  • Period: 2550 BCE to 2490 BCE

    Construction of Great Pyramid of Giza

  • Period: 1620 BCE to 1540 BCE

    Minoan Civilisation Destroyed by eruption on Santorini

  • Period: 1260 BCE to 1180 BCE

    Trojan War

  • 700 BCE

    First use of money/coins

  • 551 BCE

    Birth of Confucius

  • Period: 492 BCE to 490 BCE

    Darius’ Invasion of Greece

  • 447 BCE

    Building of the Parthenon

  • Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great conquerors Persia

  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Establishment of Han Dynasty

  • Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE

    2nd Punic War

  • Period: 100 BCE to 650

    Establishment of Teotihuacan

  • Period: 58 BCE to 50 BCE

    Caesar Conquers Gaul

  • Period: 73 to 74

    Siege of Masada

  • 79

    Eruption of Mt Vesuvius buries Pompeii

  • 279

    Celts Sack Delphi

  • 380

    Christianity adopted as official Roman Religion

  • 476

    Fall of Rome