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2.5 Million B.C.E.
2.5 Million: Emergence of Homo Sapiens in eastern Africa -
1.5 Million B.C.E.
1 Million:Emergence of Homo Erectus, an upright, tool-using human. 600,000: Wide spread of human species across Asia, Europe, Africa; Control of Fire -
150,000 B.C.E.
120,000: Emergence of Homo Sapiens Sapiens, which displaces other human species. -
30,000 B.C.E.
30,000 - 25,000: Passage of first people to Americas. 15,000 - 12,000: Domestication of dogs. -
10,000 B.C.E.
- 8,500 - 6,500: Domestication of sheep, pigs, goats, cattle.
- 8,500 - 3,500: Neolithic Age; development of farming in Middle East.
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8,000 B.C.E.
7,000: First town at Jericho. -
6,000 B.C.E
5,600: Beans domesticated in Western Hemisphere. -
5,000 B.C.E
5,000: Domestication of maize (corn) 5,000 - 2,000: Yangshao culture in north China. 5,000: Early Japanese Settlement. -
4,000 B.C.E.
4,000 - 3,000: Development of writing, bronze metal-working, wheel, plow in Middle East. 3,500 - 1,800: Sumerian Civilization. 2,500 - 1,500: Indus civilization in South Asia. -
2,000 B.C.E.
1,850: Orgins of Shang kingdom in China 1,800: Formation of Babylonian Empire in Middle East. 1,700 - 1,300: Rise of village culture in Mesoamerican. 1,600: Spread of civilization to Crete (Minoan). 1,250: Moses and Jewish exodus from Eygpt (according to Jewish belief). 2,000: Germans settle in Denmark. 1,200 - 700: Vedas Composed. 1500 - 500: Polynesian migrations. 1122 - 770: Initial Zhou kingdom. -
2,000 B.C.E.
1700: IndoEuropean invasions of Greek penunsula. 1400: Kingdom of Mycenae; Trojan War. -
1600 B.C.E.
1600 - 1000: Aryan invasions of India. 1500 - 1000: Vedic Age. -
1000 B.C.E.
800 - 600: Rise of Greek city-states; Athens and Sparta become dominant. c700: Homerian epics Iliad, Odyssey; flowering of Greek architecture. 550: Cyrsu the Great forms Persian Empire. 509: Beginnings of Roman Republic. c1000: Polynesians reach Fiji, Samoa. 1000: Independent kingdom of Kush. 800 - 400: Spread of Olmec civilization: cultivation of maize, potatoes; domestication of turkeys, dogs. c300: Rise of Axum. -
1,200 B.C.E. - 1,000 B.C.E.
1000: Germans expand southward. 900: Maya begins. 850 - 250: Chavin culture (Andes). 800: Rise of Greel city-states. 800 B.C.E. - 1000 C.E.: Bantu migration, sub-Saharan Africa. 770 - 403: Later Zhou kingdom; beginnning of China's classical period. 1029 - 258: Zhou dynasty; introduction of a standard spoken language. 551 - 478: Life of Confusius. 1200 - 700: Sacred Vedas coposed. 1000 - 600: Epic Age: Mahabharata, Ramayana, Upanishads. -
750 B.C.E.
750 - 600: Meroe (Kush) rules Eygpt. 600: Zoroastrian religion in Iran. 551 - C. 233: Periods of the great Chinese philosophers: Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Legalists. 550: Formation of Persian Empire. C. 542 - 483: Buddha. 700c. - 550: Era of unrivaled brahman dominance. 563 - 483: Life of Buddha. -
500 B.C.E.
500 - 449: Greek wars with Persia; Persia defeated. 500 - 450: Beginnings of Roman republic. 470 - 430: Height of Athenian culture; Socrates and Greek philisophical style. 431ff. : Pelopennesian Wars; decline of Greece. 330: Alexander the Great/ 327 - 325: Alexander's invasion. 322 - 185: Mauryan Empire 300 - 100: Hellenistic Period. 300 B.C.E. - 900 C.E.: Hieghts of Maya. 264 - 140: Roman expansion in North Africa (Punic Wars) and eastern Mediterranean. -
500 B.C.E.
300 - 100: Hellenistic Period. 264 - 146: Punic Wars. -
500 B.C.E
500: Laozi and Daoism 500: Editing of the Five Classics. 450: Development of Chinese calender. 402 - 201: Era of the Warring States. 327 - 325: Alexander the Great invades India. 322 - 298: Chandragupta Maurya rules. 296 - 232: Reign of Ashoka. 470 - 430: Athens at its height: Periclesm Phidias, Sophocles, Socrates. 450: Twelve Tables of Law. 431 - 404: Peloponnesian Wars. 359 - 336: Phillip II of Macedonia. 338 - 323: Macedonian Empire, Alexander the Great. -
250 B.C.E
141 - 87: Reign of Han Wu Ti, increased bureaucracy; examinations, spread of Confucianism. 200B.C.E. - 200C.E.: Period of greatest Buddhist influence. 49: Julius Casear becomes dicator in Rome; assignated in 44. 27: Augustus Casear seizes power; rise of Roman Empire. c4: Birth of Jesus. -
250 B.C.E.
221: Shi Huangdi proclaimed first emperor of China. 202B.C.E. - 9C.E.: Initial Han Dynasty; key technical developments of horse collar and water mill. 200B.C.E. - 200C.E.: Greater Buddhist influence. 133ff. : Decline of Roman republic. 100: Germans begin contact with Rome; Slavs migrate into eastern Europe. 221 - Qin dynasty: The first emperor, the Great Wall begun, a single basic language. 202B.C.E. - 220C.E.: Han dynasty. c. 200: Introduction of ox-drawn plow, horse collar, water mill. -
1 C.E.
c30: Forced dissolutionof independent Jewish state by Romans. 101 - 106: Greatest spread of Roman territory. 180: Death of Marcus Aurelius; beginning of decline of Roman
Empire. c30: Root crops introduced to southern Africa through trade. 100: Beginning of decline of Han dynasty. 180: Rome begins to decline. c200: Extensive agriculture practiced in Japan. 227: Beginning of Sassanid Empire of Persia. -
1 C.E.
23 - 220: Later Han dynasty; invention of paper and compass. 27: Augustus founds Roman Empire. 30: Crucifixion of Jesus. 88: Beginning of Han decline. 106: Height of Roman territory. 180: Beginning of the decline of Rome. 200 - 500: Nasca culture (Andes). 200 - 700: Mochica culture (Andes). 200 - 1300: Anasazi in North America. 220: Last Han emperor deposed. 319: Gupta Empire Founded; one of the world's first universities established. 535: Gupta Empire overturned by the Huns. -
250 C.E.
300: Decline of Meroe. 300: Spread of Buddhism. 300 - 400: Yamato claim imperial control of Japan. 300 - 700: Rise of Axum; conversion to Christianity. 300 - 900: Intermediate Horizon period (Andes). 300 - 1000: Second wave of Polynesian migrations to Hawaii. 312 - 337: Constantine; formation of Eastern Empire; adoption of Christianity. 319 - 540: Gupta Empire. 400: Chinese script imported 401ff : Large scale Germanic invasions in Roman Empire. -
250 C.E.
313: Constantine adopts Christianity. 476: Fall of Rome. 284 - 305: Reign of Diocletian. c300: Ethiopia adopts Christianity. c312 - 337: Reign of Constantine. 370 - 480: Nomadic invasions of western Europe. c400: Growth of Mayan civilization. 450: Huns begin to invade India. 476: Collapse of Rome. -
500 C.E.
451: First Han invasion. 476: Last Roman emperor in West. 527 - 565: Justinian Eastern emperor. 580ff. : Spread of Buddhism in Kapan. 589 - 618: Sui Dynasty. 600 - 647: Harsha's Empire 618: Tang Dynasty. 700ff. : Spread of Islam; trans-Sahara trade in Africa. -
500 C.E.
c500: Buddhism takes roots in east and southeast Asia. c500: Formation of Ghana. c600: Beginning of Islam. 618: Tang dynasty in China: glorious cultural period. 700: Shintoism unified into single national religion in Japan. -
750 C.E.
800 - 1300: Mississippian culture. 900: Polynesians to New Zealand. 900 - 1200: Totlecs. 1000: Height of kingdom of Ghana, Africa.
