Building a Timeline

  • 3000 BCE

    Stone Tombs were created

    Stone Tombs were created
    The minoans started creating Stone Tombs in Crete.
  • 1900 BCE

    Palace of Knossos

    Palace of Knossos
    The construction of the first palace in Knossos the capital of Crete.
  • 1450 BCE

    Linear B script developed

    Linear B script developed
    Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek.
  • 753 BCE

    Rome was founded

    Rome was founded
    According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demi-gods, Romulus and Remus.
  • 600 BCE

    The Etruscans establish in Italy

    The estruscans founded city states in Northern Italy, and then they expanded to Southern Italy.
  • 509 BCE

    Rome becomes a Republic

    The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government.
  • 479 BCE

    Battle of Platea

    This Battle was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place near the city of Plataea in Boeotia, and was fought between an alliance of the Greek city-states, including Sparta, Athens, Corinth and Megara, and the Persian Empire.
  • 461 BCE

    Peloponessian War

    This was a war that took place in the Peloponnesus penninsula, between Athens and Peloponnesian league led by Sparta.
  • 218 BCE

    Hannibal invades Italy

    With a relatively small army of select troops, Hannibal set out to invade Italy by the little-known overland route. He fought his way over the Pyrenees and reached the Rhône River before the Romans could block his crossing, moved up the valley to avoid their army, and crossed the Alps.
  • 44 BCE

    Assesination of Julius Caesar

    Assesination of Julius Caesar
    A cabal of his opponents in the Senate assassinated Caesar with knives they had concealed under their robes. Some were people who had opposed him before and whom he had treated magnanimusly, such as Brutus (his adoptive son). He was assesinated in the theatre of Pompey.
  • Nov 4, 600

    The Muisca Civilization

    This early civilization flourishes in Northern South Ameria in Colombia.
  • Nov 4, 800

    Teotihuacan Civilization

    Collapse of Teotihuacan civilization in Mexico.
  • Nov 4, 900

    Mayan Civilization

    Mayan Civilization
    Maya power in northern Mexico begins to fade.
  • Nov 4, 1440

    Inca Civilization

    Inca Civilization
    Incas build great fortress at Cuzco.
  • Nov 4, 1470

    Inca Civilization

    The Incas conquer the Chimu civilization based at Chan Chan.
  • Muisca Civilization

    Muisca civilization was ended.