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750 BCE
Era of Greek City-States
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Period: 750 BCE to 336 BCE
Era of Greek City-States
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559 BCE
Cyrus conquers and creates the Achaemenid Empire
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553 BCE
Persian Achaemenid Empire
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Period: 553 BCE to 330 BCE
Persian Achaemenid Empire
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522 BCE
Darius I organizes the Archaemenid government
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509 BCE
Roman Republic Formed
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509 BCE
Founding of the Roman Republic
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500 BCE
Founding of Athenian Democracy
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500 BCE
Chinese age of Warring States
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Period: 500 BCE to 599 BCE
Founding of Athenian Democracy
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Period: 500 BCE to 221 BCE
Chinese age of Warring States
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492 BCE
Persian Wars
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Period: 492 BCE to 479 BCE
Persian Wars
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490 BCE
Major battles between Persians and Greeks
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480 BCE
Major battles betweeen Persians and Greeks
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479 BCE
Golden Age of Athens
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Period: 479 BCE to 429 BCE
Golden Age of Athens
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431 BCE
Peloponnesian War
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Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Peloponnesian War
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403 BCE
Period of Warring States
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Period: 403 BCE to 221 BCE
Period of Warring States
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336 BCE
Alexander’s campaign into Persia and northern South Africa
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336 BCE
Reign of Alexander the Great
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Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE
Reign of Alexander the Great
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Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE
Alexander's campaign into Persia and northern South Africa
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326 BCE
India’s Mauryan dynasty empire
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Period: 326 BCE to 184 BCE
India's Mauryan dynasty empire
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322 BCE
Mauryan Empire in South Africa
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Period: 321 BCE to 185 BCE
Mauryan Empire in South Africa
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300 BCE
Hellenistic Empires in Europe, Middle East and South/Central Asia
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Period: 300 BCE to 100 BCE
Hellenistic Empires in Europe, Middle East and South/Central Asia
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268 BCE
Rule of Ashoka Maurya
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Period: 268 BCE to 232 BCE
Rule of Ashoka Maurya
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222 BCE
China’s Qin dynasty empire
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221 BCE
Qin dynasty in East Asia
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Period: 221 BCE to 207 BCE
Qin Dynasty in East Asia
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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
China's Qin dynasty empire
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206 BCE
China’s Han dynasty empire
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206 BCE
Han dynasty in East Asia
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Period: 206 BCE to 220
Han Dynasty in East Asia
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Period: 206 BCE to 220
China's Han dynasty empire
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200 BCE
High point of Roman Empire
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Period: 200 BCE to 200
High point of Roman Empire
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180 BCE
Kushan Empire in northern South Asia/ Central Asia
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Period: 180 BCE to 180
Kushan Empire in northern South Asia/ central Asia
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100 BCE
Transition from republic to empire in Rome
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Period: 100 BCE to 1 CE
Transition from republic to empire in Rome
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46 BCE
Julius Ceasar seizes power
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27 BCE
Augustus makes Rome an empire ending Republic Period
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27 BCE
Pax Romana
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Period: 27 BCE to 180
Pax Romana
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184
Yellow Turban Rebellion in China
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220
Collapse of Chinese Han dynasty
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250
Height of Mayans in Mesosmerica
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Period: 250 to 900
Height of Mayans in Mesoamerica
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320
India’s Gupta dynasty empire
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320
Gupta Empire in South Africa
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Period: 320 to 500
Gupta Empire in South Africa
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Period: 320 to 550
India's Gupta dynasty empire
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330
Constantine moves Roman capital to Constantinople
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400
Collapse of western Roman Empire
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Period: 400 to 500
Collapse of western Roman Empire
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476
Fall of Roman Empire
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553
White Huns invade Gupta causing collapse