Ap World History Timeline

Pyramids Built

2667 BCE

• The pyramids are heavily religious structures, meant to preserve the bodies of their past kings and help their soul ascend to heaven. They were built while Egypt was a very rich and stable country with their kings being somewhere between human and divine.
• Without they Pyramids we would be missing out on an entire civilizations religion and culture, that makes our world how it is today and how they got there. It is also a major tourist attraction today.

Mesopotamian Develop weights and measurement systems

2500 BCE

• This was a very early and basic system of math. Since numbers did not exist then all units and quantities were depicted as symbols. There is roughly 600 of these symbols exist and are known to us, it is a very complex system and is not entirely understood to us.
• This is a very important landmark in history because it paved the way for more modern-day math.

First permanent settlements along the Nile are founded

2000 BCE

• The Nile is a staple landmark that gave way to one of the largest most technologically advanced nation in the world. It gave life to hundreds is not thousands of people and families. This river is one of the largest rivers that people are most dependent on, especially then.
• The Nile let the people in Egypt build a glorious and advanced nation whose technology helped make and shape the world into what it is today.

Babylonians make multiplication systems

1800 BCE

• The Sumerian and Babylonian mathematics was a 60 base number system. Unlike all other civilization’s number systems, it used a place value system like that of our current day decimal system. The only difference is that we use a 10 base number system and they used a 60.
• Their number system was the beginning and start of where our modern-day system comes from.

Trojan War

1190 BCE

• The Trojan war was 10 years long waged by Troy and Mycenean Greece. This gave birth to many stories, hero’s, and legends. They were also led to this because of their roots in the activities of their gods.
• This is an important event because of what it led to. Books such as odyssey and Iliad that play a very important role in our culture today

Odyssey is written

800 BCE

• Odyssey is a legend of the trojan war, mainly passed on by bards of different nature, it was declared to be written by Homer a poet. He and odyssey became a staple of Greek culture and history. Without it we would have little insight into what it was like so that we could embrace and celebrate this culture.

First Olympic games

776 BCE

• These Olympic games are ancient and also a heavily religious festival. They were held in Olympia, Greece which is also where the first modern day Olympics were held. For 13 of these the only event they had was a 700 feet long race.
• The Olympics are a major part of our life and culture and we would not be the world we are today without this major conversion of different nationalities getting together.

First Latin Literature

240 BCE

The first Latin literature was a big part of how they made a living back then. There were a lot of talented writers that led to great pieces that we still study today. As well as giving birth to a popular language base that we still use today and have derived all our words from.

Great Wall of China

214 BCE

• The Great wall is a massive structure 10,000 li long (li is about 1 third of a mile). This structure was meant as a line of defense to stop the barbarian hordes from invading. This is when it first started building and is still being repaired and preserved to this day.
• Even though it did not necessarily work as intended it’s still a staple of the Chinese strength and preservation. Without it China might not have been what it is today making it a very important part of our history.

Jesus Is Born

5

• Jesus being born and the stories that are behind him and what his followers believe in gave way to the most influential and powerful religion. this literally changed the world forever. Many great nations built themselves upon this and others broke it down.
• However, it stood the test of time and is still here today changing people’s lives.

Crucifixion of Jesus

30

• This is the event that truly set his legend in stone. He was one of the most powerful and influential man of the world at this time period. Without him people would be in such a different state of mind with different beliefs.

London is Established

43

• London being established is very important as London grew to being a very popular and important city. It has a lot of culture and history to it and without it we would not have Great Britain as the nation it is now.

First Encyclopedia

77

• The first encyclopedia is Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder who was a roman states man. His 37 chapters of work covering natural history, architecture, medicine, geography, geology, and of the world around him. It supposedly had 200,000 facts from 2,000 works by 200 authors.
• This is very similar to how we study the world and are taught about the world.

Colosseum is Built

80

• The colosseum was actually a gift to the romans, from Emperor Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty. This created a bond between the people and helped the roman people after a great fire. It was an amphitheater used for gladiator fights that would entertain massive amounts of people.
• This is now a symbol of power and majesty of the emperor, Rome and Roman society. It gives us an insight into how things were and what their culture was like.

Paper Making Process

105

• Paper was the top thing used for communication in this age. It was first made in china during the eastern had period, credit given to the court official cai lun. Paper was later used for money and currency in more current times.
• Without the invention of paper and paper making we would not be as advances as we are now. As well as not having a paper money system that has made countries rich and non-reliant of natural materials.

Roman empire makes Christianity the official religion

391

• This massive spread of Christianity led to many conflicts and war, rebellions, etc. However, it did grow the nation to massive heights, it made schools and churches, and gave birth to the main religion that most people follow now.
• Without this happening we would not have the same beliefs and faith that we have today that would have drastically changed the world.

Romanesque Architecture period begins

800

• This was a very powerful movement that gave way to probably the most popular architectural style of Europe. From Sicily to England this style consisted of semi-circle arches that are most commonly found in churches, ext.
• This is a very major point in history as we study it and is very important for religious reasons. Holds a lot of meaning to the style and it was so widespread as well, as well as inspired more unity throughout Europe, it shows they had one large thing in common, Religion.

Treaty of Verdun

843

• The treaty of Verdun was a peace deal between 3 of the sons of the emperor. This was because of an argument of land that led to the dissolution of a great empire. However, it did give rise to some of the most modern nations.
• From this treaty we have gotten many great nations with separate cultures and languages.

The 100-year war

1453

• The hundred years’ war was one of the largest wars in western Europe. It was against France and England, England had claims on the crown of France. This war ended in the English defeat although they did make a lot of good advances and prowess in the war. This made them be recognized as a powerful nation not to be messed with as well as France.
• This was necessary in order for these nations to claim their dominance so that they could grow into the mighty nations they are today.

Americas discovered (Columbus)

1492

• This was a very fast paced point in our history as everyone was looking for a better way to India. This new place soon gave way to multiple great countries and more trade opportunities as well as freedom of religious prosecution.
• This is obviously very important because had we not discovered the Americas we would not be in the world we are in now. It would also have meant that our world would not have embraced multiple kinds of religion and culture because of prosecution.