Events in World History

  • 3000 BCE

    3000 BCE Egypt Unites

    3000 BCE Egypt Unites
    Ancient Egypt was divided into two regions, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt but in 3000 B.C.E. they where united and maintained their own regalia.
  • 2400 BCE

    Temple platforms are built in Peru

  • 2050 BCE

    2050 BCE Middle Kingdom of Egypt begins

    2050 BCE Middle Kingdom of Egypt begins
    The Middle Kingdom of Egypt (also known as The Period of Reunification) is the period in the history of ancient Egypt between about 2000 BC and 1700 BC, stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Twelfth Dynasty.
  • 2000 BCE

    2000 BCE Development of Chinese Writing

    2000 BCE Development of Chinese Writing
    Chinese writing is a system of writing that is made up of logos. It is not known when Chinese writing originated but it is said to have started being developed in the 2nd millennium.
  • 2000 BCE

    2000 BCE Greeks colonize the Mediterranean

    This was part of the migration movement. The first cities appeared about 2000 B.C. in the Eastern part of the Mediterranean, on Cyprus, in Greece and on Crete.
  • 1503 BCE

    Reign of Queen Hatshepsut begins

  • 1350 BCE

    Akhenaton and Nefertiti begin their rule

  • 750 BCE

    Greeks colonize the Mediterranean

  • 566 BCE

    Buddha is born

  • 551 BCE

    Confucius is born

  • 509 BCE

    Roman Republic is established

  • 500 BCE

    Adena mounds are built in Ohio

  • 221 BCE

    China has first emperor

  • 206 BCE

    Han Dynasty begins in China

  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar is killed

  • 1994 C.E. Nelson Mandela elected President of South Africa