World History

By EPHomeschooler
  • 4000 BCE

    Creation

    Creation
    In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  • Period: 4000 BCE to

    Timespan

  • 3300 BCE

    The Indus River Civilization

  • 3200 BCE

    Cuneiform is invented in Mesopotamia.

    Known to have been created by the Sumerians.
  • 2910 BCE

    Noah

    2910
  • Period: 2600 BCE to 250

    Maya

    The Maya originated in Yucatan.
  • 2310 BCE

    The Flood, Tower of Babel, Sumerians, Egyptians

  • 2070 BCE

    Xia dynasty

  • 2018 BCE

    Abraham born

  • 1990 BCE

    Pyramids first appear

  • 1950 BCE

    Sumerians attacked by the Elamites and Amorites (the beginning of the decline of the Sumerians)

  • 1918 BCE

    Isaac born

  • 1750 BCE

    Hammurabi, king of the Amorites, writes code of law

  • Period: 1700 BCE to 1000 BCE

    The Greek Bronze Age

    Important parts of this Timespan.
    The Myceneans and Minoans were the first recorded Greeks
  • 1644 BCE

    Qing Dynasty

  • 1600 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

  • 1368 BCE

    Ming Dynasty

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 400 BCE

    Olmec Civilization

    The Olmec derived from Veracruz and Tabasco in Mexico.
  • 1046 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

  • Period: 1000 BCE to

    Bantu Culture

    The start of an African civilization
  • 960 BCE

    Song dynasty

  • Period: 625 BCE to 31 BCE

    Founding of Rome

    The founding of Rome is basically shrouded in myth. Many of its beginnings start from myths.
    Much of Rome's culture was based off of the Greek culture. The rise of Christianity divided Rome into two parts, those of Christianity and those who did not follow the new religion. Jesus shared much of the good news here.
  • Period: 480 BCE to 336 BCE

    The Golden Age of the Greeks

    In this time period Athens and Sparta were popular.
    Sparta was simple and Warlike and Athens valued education and art.
    City-states were made and many things started to become more popular such as writing, pottery, art, literature, and theater.
  • 356 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great
    Alexander was an important figure of Greek culture. He was an outstanding military figure and conquered many lands in a short time.
  • 206 BCE

    Han Dynasty

  • 159 BCE

    Africans in Rome

    Africans in Rome
    Some Africans in Rome were slaves but some of them were important figures. Some were emperors, soldiers, theologians, philosophers and more. They were integrated into society more than in early America.
  • Period: 1200 to 1519

    The Aztecs

    This Native American Tribe went to Mexico to build a civilization.
  • Period: 1400 to 1500

    The Incas

    Native South Americans conquered land from Ecuador to Cuba

  • The Rosetta Stone

    The Rosetta Stone