Timeline of the Ancient World

By kilatheodora
  • 4000 BCE

    Homo sapiens appear in different regions of the world

  • 3500 BCE

    The Sumerians of Mesopotamia invent writing and the wheel

  • 3100 BCE

    Egypt becomes unified

  • 2800 BCE

    Building begins in Stonehenge, England

  • 2500 BCE

    Indus civilization flourishes in India

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE

    Mycenaean control of Greece

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 400 BCE

    Olmecs civilization flourishes in western Mexico

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 612 BCE

    New Assyrian Empire flourishes

  • 753 BCE

    Foundation of Rome

  • Period: 605 BCE to 562 BCE

    King Nebuchadnezzar rebuilds the city Babylon

  • Period: 476 BCE to 431 BCE

    Golden age of Athens

  • Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great rules the world

  • Period: 27 BCE to 14

    Augustus rules as the 1st Roman emperor

  • 1 CE

    Birth of Christ

  • 476

    Western Roman Empire falls