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3000 BCE
Egypt unites
Menes, also spelled Mena, Meni, or Min, (flourished c. 2925 bce), legendary first king of unified Egypt, who, according to tradition, joined Upper and Lower Egypt in a single centralized monarchy and established ancient Egypt's 1st dynasty. -
2400 BCE
Temple platforms are built in Puru
Made of granite, a high density material in the area. Some were chiseled from the granite bedrock of the mountain ridge. -
2050 BCE
Middle Kingdom of Egypt begins
The Middle Kingdom lasted from approximately 2040 to 1782 BC, stretching from the reunification of Egypt under the reign of Mentuhotep II in the Eleventh. -
2000 BCE
Development of Chinese writing
Ancient Chinese writing evolved from the practice of divination during the Shang Dynasty -
1503 BCE
Reign of Queen Hatshepsut begins
as early as Neithhotep around 1,600 years prior.) Hatshepsut came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 BC. -
1438 BCE
Incan Empire founded
When Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro landed in Peru in 1532, he found unimaginable riches. -
1350 BCE
Akhenaton and Nefertiti begin their rule
Nefertiti was queen alongside Pharaoh Akhenaten from 1353 to 1336 B.C. and may have ruled the New Kingdom outright after her husband's death. -
960 BCE
Song Dynasty began in China
In the year 960, a general named Zhao Kuangyin of one of the 8 kingdoms, Northern Zhou, rebelled against his own king and the court officials and established a new dynasty — the Song -
750 BCE
Greeks colonize the Mediterranean
The ancient Greeks colonized various parts of the Mediterranean -
566 BCE
Buddha is born
Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one of his commemorative inscribed Ashoka pillars there. -
509 BCE
Roman Republic is established
Once free, the Romans established a republic, a government in which citizens elected -
500 BCE
Adena mounds are built in Ohio
Adena Mound, the type site for the culture, is a registered historic structure near Chillicothe, Ohio -
221 BCE
China has first emperor
These colonies were founded to provide a release for Greek overpopulation, land hunger, and political unrest. -
206 BCE
Han Dynasty begins in China
imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization. synonyms: Han. type of: dynasty. a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family. -
55 BCE
Confucius is born
Confucius married when he was 19. Confucius worked as a stable manager and bookkeeper before he married. The six arts that Confucius was schooled in were archery, music, arithmetic, calligraphy, charioteering and ritual. -
44 BCE
Julius Caesar is killed
Julius Caesar was assassinated by about 40 Roman senators on the "ides of March" (March 15) 44 BCE. Caesar's death resulted in a long series of civil wars that ended in the death of the Roman Republic and the birth of the Roman Empire. On March 15, 44 B.C.E., Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in Rome, Italy. -
100
Paper invented in china
Ts'ai mixed mulberry bark, hemp and rags with water, mashed it into pulp, pressed out the liquid and hung the thin mat to dry in the sun. -
476
Roman Empire falls
The most straightforward theory for Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s “barbarian” groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire's borders. -
570
Muhammad is born
was born on 12 Rabiulawal (29 August 570 CE), the third month of the Muslim calendar. The prophet died on his 63rd birthday. The prophet's birthday celebrations were first observed in the 12th century, often followed by a month of festivities. -
600
Islam spreads to North Africa
Arabs in the 7th century CE, Islam spread throughout West Africa via merchants, traders, scholars, and missionaries, that is largely through peaceful means whereby African rulers either tolerated the religion or converted to it themselves. -
800
Arab traders brought paper from China
Paper was used for many things in ancient China including books, writing paper, maps, money, packaging, hats, and screens. -
1215
English magma Carta singed
Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power -
1438
Incan empire founded
The Inca established their capital at Cuzco (Peru) in the 12th century. -
1492
Columbus reaches the Caribbean
On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain in three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. -
Declaration of Independence signed
Declaration of Independence, in U.S. history, document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. -
President Lincoln is killed
Lincoln was the first president to be born outside of the original thirteen colonies. Lincoln was the first president to be photographed at his inauguration. John Wilkes Booth (his assassin) can be seen standing close to Lincoln in the picture. -
WW2 Begins
Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War II. Over the next six years, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war. -
Berlin Wall falls
It was on 9 November 1989, five days after half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest, that the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled. -
Soviet Union breaks apart
Gorbachev's decision to allow elections with a multi-party system and create a presidency for the Soviet Union began a slow process of democratization that eventually destabilized Communist control and contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. -
Nelson Mandela elected President of South Africa
He won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993, along with South Africa's president at the time, F.W. de Klerk, for having led the transition from apartheid to a multiracial democracy.