History Timeline Project #1

By Miguel Batanero
  • 10,000 BCE

    Start of the Neolithic Revolution

    Start of the Neolithic Revolution
    The Neolithic Revolution is the known as the time when humans went from hunters and gatherers to settled agricultural societies. This change allowed human to create large and complex societies than later on would cause, social distinctions, gender inequality, social classes and many technological advancements such as metallurgy, pottery, textile production and many others.
  • 8000 BCE

    Emergence of Agricultural Villages and Towns

    Emergence of Agricultural Villages and Towns
    Arduo 8000 BCE, agricultural villages and towns started to emerge all around the globe, each with their own kinds of domesticated animals and plants. This almost simultaneous event shows that humans have an inclination to start agriculture which allows them to build large and complex civilizations.
  • Period: 7500 BCE to 5400 BCE

    Catal Huyuk Settlements (South Central Anatolia)

    Catal Huyuk was a small neolithic village that grew into a bustling town of about 5000 people. Thanks to its proximity to a large obsidian deposit it became a significant village that probably traded obsidian tools for metal tools, wood carvings, carpets, beads, and jewelry among other products.
  • 7000 BCE

    Emergente of Pottery

    Emergente of Pottery
    Pottery was one of the first craft industries to emerge along with agricultural societies. Before agriculture, humans didn't store any kind of food for long times of period, and even had to walk large distances to get their food and water resources. However it was until the surge of pottery that humans were able to store food and even liquids for long periods of time. Later on people would discover how to ad shapes and colors to their pots causing the creation of this to become a form of art.
  • 6000 BCE

    Earliest evidence of Textile Production

    Earliest evidence of Textile Production
    The early evidence of textile production show how humans were able to domesticate animals and use their skins and natural fibers to create textile products. While the new textile would allow humans to resist the winter, travel places with extremely cold climates, making it one of themes important enterprises in agricultural societies.
  • Period: 6000 BCE to 5000 BCE

    Emergence of Metalworking

  • 5000 BCE

    Climatic Change

    Climatic Change
    After 5000 BCE, the climate around Africa, started to become much hotter and drier which later on forced human kind and other animal species to move towards more habitable areas like the remaining bodies of Lake Chad or the valley of the Nile river.
  • Period: 5000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Yangshao society

  • Period: 3200 BCE to 2350 BCE

    Sumerian Civilization in Mesopotamia

  • 3100 BCE

    Unification of Egypt

    Unification of Egypt
    On the following years after the great climate change that created the sahara desert, Egyptian and Nubian societies started to emerge around the nile river. However it was until 3100 that the Egyptian rulers took control over all the territory between the Nile delta and the river’s first cataract to form much larger and powerful kingdom than any other Nubian state.
  • Period: 3100 BCE to 2660 BCE

    Egypts Archaic Period

    On the archaic period Egypt was separated into two lands: Upper(south) and Lower(north) Egypt, each with its own king. One account tells of a king of Upper Egypt named Menes who sent an army down the Nile and defeated the king of Lower Egypt in battle to united the two kingdoms. Menes became the first pharaoh and the creator of an unified Egypt.
  • 3000 BCE

    Beginnings of agriculture in South America

    Beginnings of agriculture in South America
    In its earliest days agriculture in south america allowed the chain cult and many other civilizations to rise. Unlike other early agricultures this wasn't found in lower land river valley, but instead it was found at the top. The Chavin ideated a way to use the water of the upper parts to irrigate all their potatoes, quinoa, and maize through small platforms that allowed the water to slowly pass as it went down.
  • 3000 BCE

    Austronesian Migrations to New Guinea

    Austronesian Migrations to New Guinea
    The Austronesian were people that foraged for food like many other, however due to their ability to create sailing boats an shipping over great distances, they were able to establish themsefs in New Guinea.
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1850 BCE

    Chinook Society

  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Indo-European Migrations

  • Period: 2660 BCE to 2160 BCE

    Egyptian Old Kingdom

    Kingdom periods in ancient Egyptian history were times when the people of Lower and Upper Egypt were unified under the rule of a single pharaoh. The most enduring symbols of their authority and divine status are the massive pyramids constructed during the Old Kingdom which shows the ability of the pharaohs’ ability to marshal Egyptian resources.
  • Period: 2500 BCE to 1450 BCE

    Early Kingdom of Kush

    During the Archaic Period, tension was built between the Egyptian and the Nubian, but since Egypt gained great power with its unification Nubians people seemed forced to move their last forces towards lower Nubia, where they established a kingdom called Kush.
    Although it wasn't as powerful as united Egypt, the kingdom of Kush was a formidable and wealthy state that dominated the upper reaches of the Nile and even threatened southern Egypt. Late on both Kingdoms started to mix their cultures.
  • Period: 2500 BCE to 1900 BCE

    Harappan Society in South Asia

  • Period: 2350 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Babylonian Dominance in Mesopotamia

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 1766 BCE

    Xia Dynasty

  • 2000 BCE

    Beginning of Bantu Migrations

  • Period: 1766 BCE to 1122 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

  • Period: 1700 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Hittite Dominance in Anatolia

  • 1674 BCE

    The Hyksos and Capture of Memphis (Old Egypt's Capital)

    The Hyksos and Capture of Memphis (Old Egypt's Capital)
    The Hyksos were horse riding nomads that used their technological advantages taken from the Hittites and Mesopotamians to conquer Memphis, the capital of Old Egypt. The Hyksos didn't only conquer Egypt, but they also brought new advancements and ideas to it such as Bronze metallurgy, horses and war chariots which would later be used to push them out of Thebes and Memphis to create a much more powerful Egypt (New Egypt).
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1070 BCE

    Egyptian New Kingdom

    This kingdom grow a lot larger an powerful thanks to the new technological advantages that the Hyksos had brought. Pharaohs of the New Kingdom presided over a prosperous and productive society. Agricultural surpluses supported a population of perhaps four million people as well as an army and an elaborate bureaucracy that divided responsibilities among different offices. Instead of building huge pyramids they builded multiple temples for their multiple gods.
  • 1500 BCE

    Beginning of Aryan Migrations to India

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 500 BCE

    Vedic Age

  • Period: 1500 BCE to Sep 23, 700

    Austronesian Migrations to Pacific Islands

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 500 BCE

    Lapita Society

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 100 BCE

    Olmec Society

  • Period: 1122 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

  • 1000 BCE

    Early Aryan Migrations into the Ganges River Valley

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 612 BCE

    Assyrian Dominance in Mesopotamia

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 300 BCE

    Chavin Cult

  • 900 BCE

    Invention of Iron Metallurgy in Sub-Sahara Africa

  • Period: 800 BCE to 400 BCE

    Composition of the principal Upanishads

  • Period: 600 BCE to 550 BCE

    New Babylonian Empire

  • Period: 403 BCE to 221 BCE

    Warring States Period