History Timeline

  • 7000 BCE

    Minoan Civilization

    Farming villages began to apear in Crete, trade routes spread out
  • 2000 BCE

    Minoan Civilization

    They began buliding palaces, the biggest and sophisticated was in Knossos
  • 1400 BCE

    Mycenaean Civilization

    First evidence of palaces structures and treasury tombs in Mycenae
  • 1375 BCE

    Azteca

    The first ruler Acamapichtli came to power
  • 1200 BCE

    Inca

    The Inca lived around the city-state of Cuzco they didn’t try to expand their territory
  • 1200 BCE

    Roman Monarchy

    The Etruscan Civilization reaches North Italy
  • 900 BCE

    Olmec

    San lorenzo was destroyed, La Venta became the capital
  • 800 BCE

    Tairona

    Tairona made the Ciudad Perdida, their capital until the Spanish people arrive
  • 776 BCE

    Classical Greece

    First Olympic Games
  • 600 BCE

    Maya

    The Maya begin to farm, so the society could support larger populations
  • 509 BCE

    Roman Republic

    Rome replaced the Etruscan rulers with a Republic. Led by Lucius Junius Brutus who became the founder of the Roman Republic.
  • 335 BCE

    Classical Greece

    Destruction of Thebes, Aristotle teaches in Athens
  • 27

    Roman Empire

    Octavius appoints himself "Augustus", which means the first emperor.
  • 64

    Roman Empire

    Nero set fire to Rome and blames the Christians for it.
  • 80

    Roman Empire

    The Colosseum was built. The completion of the Colosseum was celebrated with 100 days of games.
  • 400

    Muisca

    Musical started to settle in the gente of Colombia