Classical Age Timeline (600 BCE - 600 CE)

Carthage and Greece fight for dominance

580 BCE

Carthage and Greece's fight for dominance was often referred to as the Sicilian Wars. These wars were a series of conflicts between these two city-states. The goal of these wars was for land and to send troops to protect Sicily from invading countries.

Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire

550 BCE

Cyrus the Great is well known for his political philosophy of tolerance and respect for non-Persians. He was also know for showing mercy to his defeated competitors. The Achaemenid Empire grew into power through Cyrus after defeating the Median Empire.

Persian Conquest of Ionian Greek City-State

545 BCE

After the Persians conquered the Greek settlement; Ionia. The Ionians revolted 40 years later and this triggered another Persian war. There were many Persian wars and Persia conquered territory after territory. City-state after city-state.

Polycrates rules as tyrant of samos

522 BCE

Polycrates was a tyrant that flourished in the 6th century BCE. He was the Tyrant of Samos, which is located in the eastern Aegean Sea. Polycrates established their navy and took control of the archipelago. Polycrates was crucified by Oroetus.

Founding of Daoism

500 BCE

Daoism is a way of life. The goal of daoism is to be at one with nature and have a relaxed approach to life. Daoism is of Chinese Origin and they created this concept to be in harmony with all the earth.

Creation of Zoroastrianism

500 BCE

Zoroastion religion was founded in the 6th century BCE in Persia. This religion is a polytheistic teaching about the highest god. The main belief of Zoroastrianismis that there is a profound dichotomy between good and evil.

Darius of Persia Invades Greece

492 BCE

The invasion was ordered by Persia's king Darius the Great to punish the city-states. These few cities had aided and supported Ionia in its revolt against Persia. This invasion eventually led to one of the many Persian wars.

Beginning of Persian War

492 BCE

The first Persian War was sparked when Athens and Eretria sent aid to the Ionians in their revolt against Persia. Persia was angry and demanded Greeks to submit to the Persians. A war started between the Persians and the Greeks because of this and their wars continued for multiple years.

Peloponnesian War

431 BCE

The Peloponnesian War was fought between Ancient Greece Athens and Sparta. Going into the war Athens was the most powerful city-state in Greece . The power quickly shifted to Sparta. The main cause of this war was Greece's fear of Athenian Imperialism. The war fell into 2 different periods with a 6 year truce period. In the end Sparta took control of Athens.

Buddhism created

400 BCE

Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism after he was enlightened under the Bodhi Tree. He created the idea of the 4 noble truths. These truths....

Founding of Maya Copan

331 BCE

The Copan was founded around 1000 BCE but became important to the Mayans in 300 BCE. The Copan was one of the most spectacular archaeological sites of the ancient Maya civilization. It is so historic because of the architecture and sculptured monuments. It was also considered a religious center to the Mayans.

Persian Empire falls to Alexander the Great

330 BCE

Alexander the Great conquered Persian Empire in one brutal final battle at the battle of Gaugamela. Only after a few years of war Persia became part of Macedonia's territory. Alexander the Great spread Greek culture all across the Middle East.

Alexander Expansion of Greek Empire

323 BCE

Alexander the Great spent most of his life expanding his empire. He expanded to Persia, Babylon, Egypt, and many more. Throughout all these countries and city states he spread Greek Culture.

death of Alexander the Great

323 BCE

Alexander the Great died in 323 BCE at the age of 32. Alexander died of Alcohol liver disease and many other diseases. One of the main causes was Typhoid fever.

Gupta Dynasty

320 BCE

The Gupta Dynasty was founded by Sri Gupta. This dynasty is located in Northeast India and is extremely large area of land. This dynasty is widely known for its cultural and artistic achievements.

Julius Caesar Assassination

44 BCE

Julius Caesar was a dictator of Rome. A group of senators who worked for Julius Caesar all came and stabbed him in the back, literally. Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times, once by each of the senators who was involved in his murder.

Birth of Jesus Christ

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Jesus' Parents Mary and Joseph were engaged and an angel of the Lord came to Mary she found out she was pregnant. Jesus was born in a stable with other animals because there was no room for them in the Inn. When Jesus was born there was a big bright shinning star that people followed to come see him.

baptism of Jesus

28

Jesus was baptized around the age of thirty by his cousin John. John the Baptist had been baptizing other people and when Jesus asked for John to baptize him. John was stunned because Jesus was perfect he didn't need to be baptized. Jesus did it because he wanted to do everything right.

Jesus walks on water

28

Jesus and the disciples were in a bad storm and the disciples were freaking out. Jesus came to them walking on the water. Jesus asks peter to walk to him on the water. He has little faith but does it anyway and is able to walk as well.

Crucification of Jesus Christ

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Jesus was born to a virgin mother. Jesus claimed to be the son of God. The Jewish leaders didn't like Jesus so they plotted to kill him for many years. Finally, they found a way to convict Jesus of a crime worth death. Jesus was crucified on a cross next to 2 sinners as the only perfect person to ever walk on the earth.