Second term timeline

  • 9000 BCE

    Domestication of Teosinte into Corn

    Domestication of Teosinte into Corn
  • 3500 BCE

    Rise of Mesopotamian Civilization

    Rise of Mesopotamian Civilization
  • 2500 BCE

    Start of the Preclassic Period (Olmec Civilization in Mesoamerica)

    Start of the Preclassic Period (Olmec Civilization in Mesoamerica)
  • 2334 BCE

    Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia

    Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia
  • 2000 BCE

    Flourishing of Babylonian Culture (Mesopotamia)

    Flourishing of Babylonian Culture (Mesopotamia)
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games in Ancient Greece

    First Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
  • 530 BCE

    Fall of Babylon (Mesopotamia)

    Fall of Babylon (Mesopotamia)
  • 490 BCE

    Greco-Persian Wars (Ancient Greece)

    Greco-Persian Wars (Ancient Greece)
  • 480 BCE

    Classical Period of Ancient Greece

    Classical Period of Ancient Greece
  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great (Beginning of the Hellenistic Period)

    Death of Alexander the Great (Beginning of the Hellenistic Period)
  • 146 BCE

    Fall of Ancient Greece to Rome

    Fall of Ancient Greece to Rome
  • 1 BCE

    Beginning of the Classic Period (Mesoamerica)

    Beginning of the Classic Period (Mesoamerica)
  • 900

    Start of the Postclassic Period (Mesoamerica)

    Start of the Postclassic Period (Mesoamerica)
  • 1521

    Spanish Conquest of Mesoamerica

    Spanish Conquest of Mesoamerica