HUMA 1301 TIMELINE

First humans evolved

250,000 BCE

The Paleolithic Era or the Stone Age was the first era of modern humans. Humans were usually hunters and lived in small groups of people in which gender roles were pretty clear

First Cave Paintings

30,000 BCE

Oldest Cave Paintings ever discovered were found in France. These allow us to see what people believed in and what kind of stuff they did in their day to day lives.

More Cave paintings

18,000 BCE

More Cave paintings found in Spain, these mostly focusing on wild mammals. This also helped us learn about day to day life in these times. Shows us how people expressed themselves.

Agriculture

9000 BCE

The new stone age or the neolithic era brought the creation of agriculture, when people started becoming more settled. Communities were formed. The world started to become more combined.

claiming land

6900 BCE

People became more aware of their settlements and started claiming territories. Causing people to become more settled and create societies.

Crops

5000 BCE

Irrigation and agricultural systems of crops was fully developed. Production boosted and more food was grown. Population growth with more food.

Rulers and food distribution

3400 BCE

Priests (formal rulers) were in charge of distributing food and the different cultivation of stuff. They were responsible for looking over trade. They were supervisors basically.

Uruk period

2900 BCE

Trade through different manners facilitated the rise of great civilizations. This allowed for jobs to be created. Roles in societies strengthened.

Hammurabi

1750 BCE

This king united all of Mesopotamia under the rule of Babylon. He built the biggest empire at this time in a short matter of time. This is also the name for one of the oldest deciphered types of writings.

Late Bronze Age

1700 BCE

During this time many kingdoms collapsed and other arose. The biggest cause of this decline were people called "raiders." During this time, the people of israel also arose.

The palace

1700 BCE

The palace at Knossos was destroyed and rebuilt around this time. It shows evidence of a centralized government. We can also see the close attention to architecture they had.

The new kingdom 1570-1069 BCE

1570 BCE

The New kingdom is an era of uprise for the Egyptians. This new kingdom consists of the Pharaoh which is the leader of the land. Many of the known rulers are from this time period

Hatshepsut

1458 BCE

The first female ruler of Egypt. She had full authority as pharaoh. She ruled as a male but continued to refer to herself as a woman in inscriptions.

Tuthmosis III

1425 BCE

This pharaoh tried to erase all memory of Hatshepsut so that women wouldn't see her as a role model. However, he continued to help Egypt thrive. During his reign, beer production grew.

Rameses II

1213 BCE

Considered the greatest ruler of the New kingdom. He assembled military campaigns which helped restore the borders of Egypt. He was also the only one who was able to defeat the raiders.

Raiders

1178 BCE

The raiders became a huge problem again. Rameses III defeated them once again. However, it was more difficult this time due to all the strengthened efforts

Technological innovations

1050 BCE

During this time everything was improving. Geometry improved and so did art. New ways of doing things were introduced

Spartan troops

508 BCE

Spartan troops helped Athenians overthrow their ruler. They used this to their advantage to help take over. Eventually, the Athenians took back their land.

Greco-persian Wars

499 BCE

A conflict with the Persians that resulted in warfare. Happened after the Persians attempted to steal land from the Greeks. After not succeeding, the Persians appointed tyrants to rule.

A strike in rome

494 BCE

Plebians went on strike outside of rome. Their strike actually worked, and they were granted their representation. It is one of the early views of democracy.

The archaic period

480 BCE

During this time Greece made many developments. They stablished their states and developed their government. The most important innovation was the Greek alphabet.

Twelve Tables

450 BCE

This was created to respond to the plebian concerns. It was also the first Roman code of law. Tackled both family and poverty problems.

Punic Wars

264 BCE

These wars helped Rome grow in power. After these warfs, rival traders were destroyed. This gave Rome absolute power and dominance in trade.

Cybele Cult

201 BCE

Brought to rome around the second punic war. This cult had agricultural appeal to many people since it was focused around that. Symbolized nature.

the aqua marcia

144 BCE

The longest serving aqueduct in rome. It served water to many parts of rome. It was also coated with waterproof mortar.

Agustus

31 BCE

Completely transformed Rome. He strengthened its borders and helped it maintain power. He also completed many major projects.

oldest known church

231

The oldest known church is at Dura Europos. This building shows how strongly built it was. We can also see many artifacts in here that show how the religion was practiced.

Christianity

313

Christianity is officially decriminalized. The emperor took on a role in the church. Christianity starts becoming a big deal.

Constatine

324

Christianity is no longer facing persecution. It is the biggest and preferred religion now. No clear reason was discovered on why he biased this

Muhammad

570

Muhammad was born. He was the founder of Islam. He was born in mecca however his journey starting the religion took a bit of while to start. People from this religion believe him to be the last prophet of god.