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35,000 BCE
Paleolithic Era
35,000 BCE. Stone age. -
28,000 BCE
Venus of Willendorf
Vienna, Austria. c. 28,000-21,000 BCE. Limestone -
25,500 BCE
Apollo 11 Stones
Nambia. c. 25,500-25,300 BCE. Charcoal on Stone -
25,000 BCE
Humans in the Americas
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6000 BCE
Neolithic Era in Near East
6,000 Bronze age -
4200 BCE
Beaker with Ibex Motifs
Susa, Iran. c.4,200-3,500 BCE. Painted Terra Cotta -
4000 BCE
Anthropomorphic Stele
Arabian Peninsula, c.Fourth Millemmium BCE, Sandstone -
4000 BCE
Neolithic Era in Europe
Bronze age -
3500 BCE
White Temple and its Ziggurat
Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), Sumerian, c. 3500-3000 BCE, Mudbrick -
3000 BCE
Palette of King Narmer
Predynastic Egypt, c.3000-2920 BCE. Greywacke -
2649 BCE
Old Kingdom Egypt
2649-2150 BCE. Strong central government, prosperous economy, pyramids were built -
2620 BCE
Seated Scribe
Saqqara Egypt. Old Kingdom Fourth Dynasty. c.2620-2500. Painted Limestone. -
2600 BCE
Standard of Ur
From Royal Tombs of Ur (Modern Tell El- Muquyyar), Sumerian, c. 2600-2400 BCE. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli and red limestone. -
2550 BCE
Great Pyramids
Giza, Egypt. Old Kingdom Fourth Dynasty. c.2490-2472 BCE. Cut limestone -
2500 BCE
Stonehenge
Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe c. 2500-1600 BCE. Sandstone -
2500 BCE
Probable date of the first iron objects
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1792 BCE
The Code of Hammurabi
Babylon (Modern Iran) Susian c.1792-1750 BCE. Basalt -
1570 BCE
New Kingdom Egypt
1570 -1070 BCE. The golden age of the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the time of wealth, prosperity, and power. -
1500 BCE
Ambum Stone
Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. 1500 BCE. Greywacke -
1473 BCE
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom Fourth Dynasty. c.1473-1458 BCE. Sandstone, Partially carved into rock cliff and red granite. -
1353 BCE
Amarna
1353- 1336 BCE. Akhenaton becomes ruler, religion becomes monotheistic, the capital moves from Thebes. -
1353 BCE
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
New Kingdom (Amarna) 18th Dynasty. c. 1353-1335 BCE. Limestone -
1200 BCE
The fall of Troy
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1200 BCE
Tlatilco Female Figurine
Central Mexico, Site of Tlatilco. c. 1,200-900 BCE. Ceramic -
776 BCE
First Olympic games
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753 BCE
Rome founded
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720 BCE
Lamassu
From Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharukin (modern Khorsabaa, Iraq), Neo-Assyrian, c. 720-705 BCE, Alabaster -
600 BCE
Athenian Agora
Archaic - Hellenistic Greek. c.600-150 BCE. Marble -
530 BCE
Anavysos Koros
Archaic Greek c. 530 BCE. marble with remnants of paint -
530 BCE
Peplos Kore
Archaic Greek. c. 530 BCE. Marble. Painted details -
520 BCE
Audience Hall (Apadana) of Darius and Xerxes
Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c. 520-465 BCE. Limestone -
509 BCE
Republic Rome
509–27 BCE. Rome's decisions were decided by the people, the Senate made decisions, was ruled by rich families. -
500 BCE
Classical Greek
500-323 Had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire and on the foundations of western civilization, politics, artistic thought, scientific thought, theatre, literature, and philosophy derives from this period. -
490 BCE
Persian Wars
449- 479 BCE -
450 BCE
Doryphoros
Polykleitos (sculptor), original Greek bronze (450-440 BCE) Roman bronze copy (120-50 BCE) -
447 BCE
Acropolis
Athens, Greece. 447-410 BCE. Marble -
323 BCE
Hellenistic Greek
323-146 BCE. Greek cultural influence and power was at its peak in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia -
323 BCE
Alexander the Great Dies
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100 BCE
Seated Boxer
Hellenistic Greek. c. 100 BCE. Bronze -
100 BCE
Alexander Mosaic from House of Faun, Pompeii
Republican Rome. c. 100 BCE. Mosaic -
44 BCE
Assassination of Julius Caesar
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50
Imperial Rome
50- 479 CE. Agustus took power as emperor, took over a lot of territories- controlled land from Middle East to Western Europe -
50
Augustus of Prima Porta
Imperial Roman, Early First century CE, Marble -
70
Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. 70-80 CE. Stone and Concrete -
118
Pantheon
Imperial Roman. 118-125 CE. Concrete with stone facing. -
476
Western Rome falls
