BC & BCE

By 2lo38
  • 160,000 BCE

    Earliest Homo sapiens found in Ethiopia

  • 100,000 BCE

    Homo sapiens move out of Africa

  • 11,000 BCE

    Rye is grown east of Aleppo, Syria

  • 5400 BCE

    Farming and irrigation appear in Mesopotamia

  • 3200 BCE

    Earliest hieroglyphics date from this time

  • 2550 BCE

    Great Pyramid at Giza is built for Khufu

  • 2100 BCE

    Stonehenge is built in England

  • 1750 BCE

    The Epic of Gilgamesh is written down

  • 1333 BCE

    King Tut comes to power in Egypt.

  • 1220 BCE

    Israelites leave Egypt

  • 1006 BCE

    David rules over the Kingdom of Israel

  • 750 BCE

    Great epics of Homer are composed

  • 563 BCE

    Birth of Siddhartha Gautama

  • 551 BCE

    Birth of Confucius

  • 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great dies

  • 214 BCE

    The Great Wall of China is completed

  • 164 BCE

    Maccabeans rededicate Temple in Jerusalem

  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar is assassinated

  • 30 BCE

    Queen Cleopatra commits suicide

  • 2

    Population of the Han Empire is 57 million

  • 30

    Jesus of Nazareth is crucified

  • 476

    Fall of the Last Roman Emperor in the West

  • 793

    Vikings attack Lindisfarne Monastery

  • 1193

    Age of Robin Hood

  • 1492

    Columbus's Voyage to the Americas

  • Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

  • Jefferson wrote Declaration of Independence

  • Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

  • World War II began

  • Joe Biden elected President of the USA