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70,000 BCE
Prehistory
First evidence of humans using fire for survival -
13,000 BCE
Prehistory
First evidence of humans migrating to the Americas -
10,000 BCE
Prehistory
First evidence of agriculture and the development of agrarian societies -
8000 BCE
Prehistory
Evidence of first city―Jericho―in Israel -
3500 BCE
Prehistory
First evidence of written language -
3200 BCE
Ancient Age
Civilization is said to have begun at Sumer. -
2560 BCE
Ancient Age
Building of the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza. -
Period: 1900 BCE to 1300 BCE
Ancient Age
The Minoan Period - Crete. -
Period: 1795 BCE to 1750 BCE
Ancient Age
Hammurabi, who wrote the first legal code, conquered Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. -
1200 BCE
Ancient Age
Fall of Troy - if there was a Trojan War. -
995 BCE
Ancient Age
Hebrew King David captured Jerusalem. -
Period: 780 BCE to 560 BCE
Ancient Age
Greeks sent settlers to create colonies in Asia Minor. -
776 BCE
Ancient Age
Legendary start of the Ancient Olympics. -
753 BCE
Ancient Age
Legendary founding of Rome. -
612 BCE
Ancient Age
Nineveh (Babylonian capital) captured, marking the end of the Assyrian Empire. -
607 BCE
Ancient Age
Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem. Jews of Judea were exiled to Babylon. -
Period: 546 BCE to 538 BCE
Ancient Age
King Cyrus of Persia and the Medes defeated Croesus and captured Lydia. Cyrus freed Jews in Babylon. -
499 BCE
Ancient Age
Greek city-states revolted against Persian rule. -
490 BCE
Ancient Age
Battle of Marathon -
336 BCE
Ancient Age
Alexander The Great rules Macedonia -
331 BCE
Ancient Age
Battle of Gaugamela - defeat of Darius III, King of Persia at Gaugamela near Arbela. -
221 BCE
Ancient Age
Great Wall of China Building begun during the Qin Dynasty. The wall was built along 1,200 miles of China's northern border. -
2
Ancient Age
Jesus was born -
29
Ancient Age
Jesus got baptized -
33
Ancient Age
Jesus gave his precious life for the humankind -
64
Ancient Age
Rome burned in the reing of Nero -
324
Ancient Age
Constantine the Great established his capital at Byzantium (Constantinople) -
410
Ancient Age
Rome sacked by the Visigoths. -
451
Ancient Age
Attila the Hun faced the Visigoths and Romans together in the Battle of Chalons. He went on to invade Italy but was convinced to withdraw by Pope Leo. He died in 453 -
476
Ancient Age
Western Roman Empire ended - Emperor Romulus Augustulus was removed from office. -
600
Post- Classical Age
Islam Begins to Spread Across North Am. -
800
Post- Classical Age
Charlemange is Crowned Holy Roman Emperor -
840
Post- Classical Age
Tang Dynasty Destroys Buddhism in China -
1054
Post- Classical Age
The Great Schism -
1096
Post- Classical Age
The First Crusade -
1202
Post- Classical Age
The Last Crusade -
1215
Post- Classical Age
Mongols Conquer China -
1312
Post- Classical Age
Reign of Mansa Musa -
1453
Post- Classical Age
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks -
Modern Age
Industrial Revolution started -
Modern Age
Discovery of Antarctica -
Modern Age
American Civil War began -
Modern Age
Invention of Lightbulb -
Modern Age
Invention of Cars -
Modern Age
Airplane was flown for the first time -
Modern Age
World War 1 -
Modern Age
Russian Revolution -
Modern Age
Great Depression -
Modern Age
World War 2 began -
Modern Age
Cold War Began -
Modern Age
Cuban Missile Crisis -
Modern Age
First man on the moon -
Modern Age
Dissolution of the Soviet Union -
Modern Age
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