Classical Period

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  • 800 BCE

    800-1100

    Growth of trans-Sahara gold trade
  • 600 BCE

    600 B.C.E

    Zoroastrian religion in Iran
    Legendary ruler in Japan
  • 600 BCE

    600-500

    Spread of commercial agriculture; rise of social protest
  • Period: 600 BCE to 600

    Classical Period

  • 550 BCE

    550

    Formation of Persian Empire
  • 546 BCE

    546

    Persian empire under Cyrus
  • 525 BCE

    525-456

    Aeschylus launches tradition of Greek tragedy
  • 500 BCE

    500-449

    Greek wars with Persia
  • 500 BCE

    500-449

    Greek defeat of Persia; spread of Athenian empire
  • 500 BCE

    500-450

    Roman Empire Begins
  • 470 BCE

    470-430

    Athens at its height; Pericles, Phidia, Sophocles, Socrates
  • 431 BCE

    431-404

    Peloponnesian Wars
  • 403 BCE

    403-222

    Warring states period
  • 400 BCE

    400-320

    Era of Xunzi
  • 399 BCE

    399

    Socrates condemned
  • 384 BCE

    384-322

    Aristotle
  • 359 BCE

    359-336

    Philip II of Macedon
  • 338 BCE

    338-323

    Macedonian Empire;
  • 334 BCE

    334

    Alexander defeats Persians, end of Persian empire
  • 330 BCE

    330

    Alexander the Great
  • 322 BCE

    322-298

    Chandragupta maurya rules
  • 313 BCE

    313ce

    Constantine legalizes Christianity
  • 300 BCE

    300BCE-900ce

    Height of Maya Civilization
  • 250 BCE

    250-126

    Flourishing of Hellenistic astronomy and mathematis
  • 170 BCE

    170-165

    Yueh-chi invasions
  • 150 BCE

    150

    indo-Greek invasion
  • 88 BCE

    88

    Beginning of Han decline
  • 46 BCE

    46

    Julius Caesar ditator
  • 44 BCE

    44

    Assassination of Caesar
  • 1 BCE

    1 ce

    Crucifixion of Jesus
  • 1 CE

    1-105ce

    Kushana Empire in the northwest
  • 9

    9-23ce

    interregnum of wang Mang
  • 23

    23-220

    Later Han dynasty; invention of paper and the compass
  • 141

    141-87

    Reign of Han Wudi
  • 200

    200-9ce

    development of horse collar, stern -post rudder and windmill
  • 200

    2nd century

    development of porcelain
  • 200

    200-200ca

    greatest Buddhist influence
  • 202

    202-195

    Reign of Liu Bang
  • 221

    221-207

    Qin dynasty
  • 221

    221

    Shi Huangdi proclaimed first emperor of China
  • 221

    221

    Northern walls connected
  • 264

    264-140

    Roman expansion in North Africa and eastern Mediterranean
  • 300

    300-100

    Hellenistic Period
  • 300

    300-100

    Hellenistic Period
  • 300

    300

    Kautilya Arthaspastra written
  • 300

    300-700ce

    Spread of Buddhism
  • 322

    322-185

    Mauryan Empire
  • 327

    327-325

    Alexander invades Persian Empire
  • 476

    476

    Fall of Rome
  • 540

    540ce

    collapse of Gupta dynasty
  • 542

    542-483

    Life of the Buddha
  • 551

    551c-233

    Period of the great Chinese philosophers: Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Legalists