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Period: 1000 BCE to 300
Classical Period
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800 BCE
Rise of Nubian kingdom at Napata.
From 712-660 BCE, Nubia dominates Egypt. -
771 BCE
Zhou kingdom ends in China
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600 BCE
Iron metallurgy is known in China.
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Period: 563 BCE to 483 BCE
Life of Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha, in India, and the beginning of Buddhism as a religion.
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Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE
Life of Confucius in China, and the beginning of the philosophy of Confucianism
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Period: 522 BCE to 486 BCE
Dairs I rules the Persian Empire
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507 BCE
The Roman Republic begins.
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505 BCE
Camels and Date Production
Camels and date palms spread from southern Arabia to Somalia and then from there to Ethiopia and Egypt. -
500 BCE
Hanno
Hanno was the king of Carthage. Around this time, he sailed around the western coast of Africa. He was sent to explore Libya. His route went from the Straits of Gibraltar and around the African coast. It went down as far as the present-day Gabon. He established several colonies and cities along the coast of Morocco as well as a trading post located on a small island that is off the coast of Mauritania. -
Period: 477 BCE to 404 BCE
Athenian Empire in Greece
The Age of Pericles from the end of the Persian Wars in 448 BCE to the death of Pericles in 329 BCE. Trial and death of Socrates in 399 BCE. -
440 BCE
Cinnamon in the Histories of Herodotus
Herodotus suggests that cinnamon came from Bacchus' birthplace. Others think it was India or Africa. We now know it was traded along the silk road -
Period: 400 BCE to 300 BCE
Kingdom of Meroe in Nubia
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Period: 334 BCE to 323 BCE
Alexander the Great of Macedonia conquers western Asia and begins the Hellenistic period
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Period: 323 BCE to 330 BCE
Ptolemaic kings rule Egypt
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465
Hanno of Carthage explores West African coast