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3000 BCE
Egypt unites
royal cubit -
2400 BCE
Temple platforms are built in peru
The Temple of the Moon is an Incan ceremonial temple on Huayna Picchu near Machu Picchu -
2050 BCE
Middle Kingdom of Egypt begins
After toppling the last rulers of the Tenth Dynasty, Mentuhotep began consolidating his power over all of Egypt. -
2000 BCE
Greeks colonize the Mediterranean
sailors and explorers, settling regions around the Mediterranean Sea. -
2000 BCE
Development of Chinese Writing
from the practice of divination -
1989 BCE
Berlin Wall falls
guarded concrete barrier -
1776 BCE
Declaration of Independence signed
the name given to the Second Continental Congress's public act of declaring the American colonies independent from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. -
1438 BCE
Incan Empire founded
The Inca civilization is known for creating the largest empire ever seen in the Americas. -
1350 BCE
Akhenaton and Nefertiti begin their rule
helped Akhenaten transform the Egyptian religious landscape. -
1215 BCE
English Magna Carta signed
writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. -
960 BCE
Song Dynasty began in China
The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. -
800 BCE
Arab traders brought paper from China
The Important Paper making, printing, gunpowder and the compass. -
750 BCE
Greeks colonize the Mediterranean
The Greeks began founding colonies as far back as 900 to 700 B.C.E. -
600 BCE
Islam spreads to North Africa
via merchants, traders, scholars, and missionaries -
570 BCE
Muhammad is born
The Quran asserts that Muhammad was a man who possessed the highest moral excellence -
566 BCE
Buddha is born
the huge blocks of stone previously used to erect temples and royal edifices were replaced by standard-sized stone bricks—Talatats -
551 BCE
Confucius is born
Confucius was a philosopher and teacher who lived from 551 to 479 B.C.E. -
509 BCE
Roman Republic is established
Republic began in 509 BCE when a group of noblemen overthrew the last king of Rome. -
500 BCE
Adena mounds are built in Ohio
These mortuary buildings were intended to keep and maintain the dead until their final burial was performed. -
500 BCE
Height of Mayan Civilization
Mayan civilization consisted of more than 40 cities, each with a population between 5,000 and 50,000. -
221 BCE
China has first emperor
China's First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang -
206 BCE
Han dynasty begins in china
The Han dynasty is known its long reign and its achievements. -
44 BCE
Julius Caesar is killed
Republic and its laws, was a smarty pants -
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 collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century. -
1438
Incan Empire founded
they were created by the sun god, Inti, who sent his son Manco Capac to Earth through the middle of three caves in the village of Paccari Tampu. -
1492
Columbus reaches the Caribbean
Columbus and his ships landed on an island that the native Lucayan people called Guanahani. Columbus renamed it San Salvador. -
1503
Reign of Queen Hatshepsut begins
portrays the female pharaoh Hatshepsut with the body of a lion and a human head wearing a nemes–headcloth and false beard. -
President Lincoln is killed
Shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln died the next morning. -
WW2 Begins
Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany -
Soviet Union breaks apart
a single-party Marxist–Leninist state. -
Nelson Mandela elected President of South Africa
He was the first non-White head of state in South African history, as well as the first to take office following the dismantling