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1700 BCE
1700 Indo-European invasion of Greek peninsula
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1600 BCE
1600-1000 Aryan invasion of India
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1500 BCE
1500-1000 Vedic Age
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1400 BCE
1400 Kingdom of Mycenae; Trojan War
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1200 BCE
1200-700 Scared Vedas composed
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1122 BCE
1122-770 Former or western Zhou kingdom
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1000 BCE
1000-600 Epic Age: Mahabharata, Ramayana, and Upanishads composed
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1000 BCE
1000 Polynesians reach Fiji, Samoa
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1000 BCE
1000 Independent kingdom of Kush
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800 BCE
800-600 Rise of Greek city-states; Athens and Sparta become dominant
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800 BCE
800-400 Spread of Olmec civilization:cultivation of maize, potatoes; domestication of turkeys, dogs
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770 BCE
770-403 Later or eastern Zhou kingdom
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700 BCE
700-550 Era of unrivaled brahnam dominance
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700 BCE
700 Homerian epics liad, Odyssey; flowering of Greek architecture
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600 BCE
600 Zoroastrian religion in Iran
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600 BCE
600 Legendary ruler in Japan
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563 BCE
563-483 Life of the Buddha
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551 BCE
551-233 Period of the great Chinese philosopher: Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Legalists
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551 BCE
551-233 Period of "hundred Philosophers"
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550 BCE
550 Formation of Persian empire
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550 BCE
550 Cyrus the Great
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542 BCE
542-483 Life of the Buddha
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535 BCE
535 Gupta empire overturned by the Huns
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509 BCE
509 Beginnings of Roman Republic
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500 BCE
500-449 Greek wars with Persia
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500 BCE
500-450 Beginnings of the Roman republic
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470 BCE
470-430 Height of Athenian culture; Socrates and Greek philosophical style
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470 BCE
470-430 Athens at its height: Pericles, Phidias, Sophocles, Socrates
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450 BCE
450 Twelve Tables of Law
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431 BCE
431 Peloponnesian Wars; decline of Greece
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431 BCE
431-404 Peloponesian Wars
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403 BCE
403-222 Warring states period
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400 BCE
400-320 Era of Xunzi
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359 BCE
359-336 Philip II of Macedonia
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330 BCE
330 Alexander the Great
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327 BCE
327-325 Alexander's invasion of the Persian empire, India
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322 BCE
322-185 Mauryan empire
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322 BCE
322-298 Chandragupta Maurya rules
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300 BCE
300-900 Height of Maya civilization
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300 BCE
300-100 Hellenistic Period
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300 BCE
300-100 Hellenistic
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300 BCE
300 Rise of Axum
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269 BCE
269-232 Reign of Ashoka
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264 BCE
264-140 Roman expansion in North Africa and eastern Mediterranean
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264 BCE
264-146 Punic Wars
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221 BCE
221 Shi Huangdi proclaimed first emperor of China
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221 BCE
221-207 Qin dynasty
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221 BCE
221 Great wall completed
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202 BCE
202-9 Former Han dynasty
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202 BCE
202-195 Reign of Liu Bang
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200 BCE
200-200 Era of strong Buddhist influence
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200 BCE
200-9 former Han dynasty; invention of paper and the compass
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180 BCE
180 Beginning of Rome's decline; population decline
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141 BCE
141-87 Reign of Han Wudi
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133 BCE
133 Decline of the Roman republic
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100 BCE
100 Germans begin contact with Rome; Slavs migrate into eastern Europe
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4
4 Birth of Jesus
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9
9-23 Interregnum of Wang Mang
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23
23-220 Later Han dynasty; invention of paper and compass
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27
27 Augustus founds Roman empire
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27
27 Augustus Caesar rise of Roman empire
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30
30 Crucifixion of Jesus
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30
30 Crucifixion of Jesus
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49
49 Julius Caesar becomes dictator in Rome; assassinated in 44
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63
63 Forced dissolution of independent Jewish state by Romans
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88
88 Beginning of Han decline
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100
100 Beginning of decline of Han dynasty
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101
101-106 Greatest spread of Roman territory
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106
106 Height of Roman territory
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180
180 Death of Marcus Aurelius; beginning of decline of Roman empire
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184
184 Daoist Yellow Turban
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200
200-500 Nasca culture
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200
200-700 Mochica culture
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200
200-1300 Anasazi in North America
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200
2nd century Development of porcelain
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200
200 Extensive agriculture practice in Japan
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220
220 Last Han emperor deposed
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220
220 last Han emperor deposed; Time of Troubles begins; nomadic invasion in North China
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227
227 Beginning of Sassanian empire in Persia
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231
231 First Germanic invasion of Roman empire
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284
284-305 Reign of Diocletian
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284
284-305 Reign of Diocletian
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300
300 Decline of Meroe
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300
300-400 Yamato claim imperial control of Japan
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300
300-700 Rise of Axum; conversion to Christianity
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300
300-900 Intermediate Horizon period
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300
300-1000 Second wave of Polynesian migrations to Hawaii
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300
300 Ethiopia adopts Chritianity
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312
312-337 Constatine; formation of Eastern Empire; adoption of Christianity
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312
312-337 Reign of Constantine; establishment of eastern Roman empire; toleration of Christianity
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313
313 Constantine adopts Christianity
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319
319-540 Gupta empire
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319
319 Gupta empire founded; Buddhist influence
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330
330-379 Basil organizes Eastern monasticism
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354
354-430 Life of Augustine
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370
370-480 Nomadic invasions of western Europe
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400
400 Chinese script imported
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400
400 Growth of Mayan civilization
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400
400 Polynesians reach Hawaii
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400
400-500 Decline of Buddhism
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401
401 Large-scale Germanic invasions in Roman Empire
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401
401 Increase Germanic invasion
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410
410 Rome sacked by Visigoths
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410
410 Hun invasion begin
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450
450 Huns begin to invade India
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476
476 Fall of Rome
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476
476 Collapse of Rome
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476
476 Last Roman emperor in West deposed
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480
480-547 life of Benedict, founder of western monasticism
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500
500 Buddhism takes root in east and southeast Asia
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527
527-565 Reign of Justinian, Eastern emperor
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540
540 Collapse of Gupta dynasty
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589
589-618 Sui dynasty
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Dec 16, 600
600 Beginning of Islam
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Dec 18, 600
600 Tang dynasty
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Dec 16, 606
606-647 Loose empire under Harsha in India
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Dec 18, 606
606-647 Loose empire under Harsha in India
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Dec 18, 610
610 Beginning of Islam
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Dec 16, 618
618 Tang dynasty in China: glorious cultural period
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Dec 18, 657
657 Rajput dominant in India; periodic clashes with Islamic armies in northwest
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Dec 16, 700
700 Shintoism unified into single national religion in Japan
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Jan 1, 800
800-1300 Mississippian culture
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Dec 1, 900
900 Polynesian to New Zealand
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Dec 1, 900
900-1200 Toltecs
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Dec 1, 1000
1000 Height of kingdom of Ghana, Africa