History Timeline

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  • Jan 1, 1000

    Mesopotamian Civilizations Begin to Form

    Mesopotamian Civilizations Begin to Form
    5000-3500 BC: The first city states being to develope in souhern Mesopotamia.
  • Jan 1, 1001

    First Type of Writing

    First Type of Writing
    3200 BCE: The first form of written writing the Cuneiform is invented by the Sumerian people of Mesopotamia.
  • Jan 1, 1002

    First Code of Laws Written

    First Code of Laws Written
    1750 B.C: First code of laws was written by the sixth Babylonian King of Mesopotamia, Hammurabi.
  • Jan 1, 1003

    Old Kingdom

    Old Kingdom
    2700 B.C: Age of the pyramids. More than 20 major pyramids were built at this time.
  • Jan 1, 1004

    King Tutankhamun dies

    King Tutankhamun dies
    1323 B.C: King Tutankhamun dies of a leg infection. His tomb would later be discovered in 1922 and is one of the greatest archeological discoveries in history.
  • Jan 1, 1005

    Cleopatra Kills Herself

    Cleopatra Kills Herself
    30 B.C: Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra kills herself using a venomous cobra, which led to the fall of Egypt to the Romans.
  • Jan 1, 1006

    First Olympic Games

    First Olympic Games
    776 B.C: First Olympic Games are played in Athens. The games were played in honour of the god Zeus, it consisted of 6 different events and was played by representatives of different city states.
  • Jan 1, 1007

    The Peloponnesian war

    The Peloponnesian war
    431-404 B.C: The Peloponnesian war was a battle between Athens and Sparta to take control over Greece. Athens lost the battle in 404 B.C. and fell to the Spartans.
  • Jan 1, 1008

    Romans Conquer Greece

    Romans Conquer Greece
    146 B.C: Romans conquer Greece and end the empire. This came following the Roman victory in the Battle of Corinth.
  • Jan 1, 1009

    Rome Becomes a Republic

    Rome Becomes a Republic
    509 B.C: The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government.
  • Jan 1, 1010

    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar
    45-44 B.C: Julius Caesar becomes dictator of Rome. This marks the end if the Roman Republic. In 44B.C. Julius Caesar in assassinated in hopes to bring back the Republic, civil war broke out instead.
  • Feb 1, 1011

    Fall of Roman Empire

    Fall of Roman Empire
    The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. Thus marking the beginning of the dark ages in Europe.
  • Jan 1, 1012

    William the Conquerer

    William the Conquerer
    1066 A.D: William of Normandy invades England; the Battle of Hastings takes place.
  • Jan 1, 1013

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc
    1431 A.D: Joan of Arc is executed by the English after leading the French recovery during the Hundred Years’ War.
  • Jan 1, 1014

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    1492 A.D: Christopher Columbus discovers America. He intended to sail to Asia for the gold and spices, but accidentally discovered the Americas.

  • First Upright Human

    First Upright Human
    1,500,000 B.C: First evidence of Homo erectus in Africa: they were taller humans with bigger brains and better tools, and lived in small hunter-gatherer societies.

  • Humans in the Americas

    Humans in the Americas
    13,000 B.C: First evidence of humans migrating to the Americas.

  • Human Development

    Human Development
    10,000 B.C: Agriculture begins, better tools are developed, people begin to settle in villages in some areas.