Story of Mankind

  • Period: 3500 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Mesopotamia

  • Period: 3100 BCE to 671 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

  • Period: 2800 BCE to 750 BCE

    Early Greeks

  • Period: 2500 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Eastern River Valley Civilizations

  • 1800 BCE

    Development of Judaism

    Development of Judaism
  • 1400 BCE

    Development of Iron Smelting

    Development of Iron Smelting
  • Period: 1400 BCE to 570

    Military Empires

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 510 BCE

    Phoenicians and Hebrews

  • 800 BCE

    Rome is Founded

    Rome is Founded
  • 750 BCE

    Homer writes Iliad and The Odyssey

    Homer writes Iliad and The Odyssey
  • Period: 750 BCE to 200 BCE

    Greek Culture

  • Period: 700 BCE to 335 BCE

    Greek City-States

  • Period: 509 BCE to 30 BCE

    Roman Republic

  • 450 BCE

    Pericles Creates Golden Age in Athens

    Pericles Creates Golden Age in Athens
  • 400 BCE

    Socrates and Plato

    Socrates and Plato
  • Period: 335 BCE to 145 BCE

    Hellenistic Period

  • Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE

    Punic Wars

  • Period: 27 BCE to 476

    Roman Empire

  • 30

    Jesus founds Christianity

    Jesus founds Christianity
  • 30

    Jesus Founds Christianity

    Jesus Founds Christianity
  • 330

    Capital of Roman Empire moved to Constantinople

    Capital of Roman Empire moved to Constantinople
  • 476

    Fall of Rome

    Fall of Rome
  • 500

    Gautama Founds Buddhism

    Gautama Founds Buddhism
  • 622

    Muhammad founds Islam

    Muhammad founds Islam
  • 800

    Charlemagne temporarily reverses decline of Western Europe

    Charlemagne temporarily reverses decline of Western Europe
  • Period: 800 to 1200

    Golden Age of Islam

    mid 800s- mid 1200s
  • Period: 1095 to 1291

    Crusades

  • Period: 1100 to 1300

    Development of Major European Trading Centers

  • 1200

    Development of Parliamentary Government in England

    Development of Parliamentary Government in England
    Late 1200s
  • 1215

    English Nobles Force King John Sign the Magna Carta

    English Nobles Force King John Sign the Magna Carta
  • 1300

    End of Middle Ages in Italy

    End of Middle Ages in Italy
    Early 1300s
  • 1400

    End of Middle Ages elsewhere in Europe

    End of Middle Ages elsewhere in Europe
    Mid 1400s