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Period: 100 to
History Sem-1
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Jun 5, 1000
Mesopotamia/Empire
100B.C.- 200B.C.-- Parthian empire also known as the Arsacid Empire was established was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran, also known as ancient Persia.This is important because Parthian was important in Mesopotamia it indicates the political and cultural power in ancient Iran. -
Jun 5, 1000
Mesopotamia/Sumerian Language
3300 B.C.E. to 100 C.E. Signs used to write the Sumerian language. The Sumerians were one of the earliest urban societies to emerge in the world, in Southern Mesopotamia more than 5000 years ago. They developed a writing system whose wedge-shaped strokes would influence the style of scripts in the same geographical area for the next 3000 years. This is important because it shows how long they had writings and also shows Mesopotamian sumerian language. -
Jun 5, 1000
Egypt Founder
1922A.D.- Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun
1953A.D.- Egypt became independent, This is important becauseit shows the independence in Egypt.
1960A.D.- Aswan High Dam built -
Jun 9, 1000
India/Early Hinduism
Hinduism has been one of the main religions in India for over 2000 years.The earliest records of Hindu gods, goddesses and Hindu beliefs were first written down in about the fourth century A.D. However, by this time, there was already a strong oral tradition which supported these beliefs. Hindu epics and myths help us to understand the evolution of the gods and goddesses and the development of beliefs which form the basis of the modern Hindu religion.This is important because -
Jun 9, 1000
Egyptian/writting, months and days
3100B.C. The Egyptians like the Sumerians, developed a way of writing. They used pictures to stand for sounds. The pictures were put together to make words and sentences. At first they wrote on stone. But later they began to make a kind of paper out of a water plant. Their calendar had 12 months, each of which 30 days, they were also famous for their ideas in medicine. -
Jun 17, 1000
The Roman Republic was created by:
509 BC
Rome replaced the Etruscan rulers with a Republic during the History of Rome. The revolt was led by Lucius Junius Brutus who became the founder of the Roman Republic and traditionally one of the first Consuls of Rome -
Jun 17, 1000
Rome becomes a Republic
509 B.C.
The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government. -
Jun 17, 1000
End of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome
476
The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This is the start of the Dark Ages in Europe. -
Jun 17, 1000
Rome splits
395
In 395 AD, Rome split into two empires - the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Each side had a ruler in charge of it. The Roman Empire was split by Theodosius. -
Jun 17, 1000
Early Chinese settlers
8000 - 2205 BC
Early Chinese settlers build small villages and farm along the major rivers including the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. -
Jun 17, 1000
The warring states #China
403 - 221 BC
The Warring States period. During this time leaders from different areas were constantly fighting for control. -
Jun 17, 1000
Earliest Civilization
3000 BC
The earliest civilization in India seems to have grown out of small communities that had settled in the Indus Valley -
Sep 9, 1000
Egyptian beliefs
3100B.C.
the king of upper Egypt united two kingdoms and Egyptians believed in many gods and in an after life. They believed in Hearts that judged heavy with sin were eaten by beast. Good people, with feather-weight hearts, would live forever in a beautiful other world. -
Jun 5, 1001
Egypt/Languge 700B.C.---900B.C.
Cuneiform used to write Urartian language
900B.C. Aramaic and
Hebrew alphabets developed
800B.C. Phoenician alphabet spreads to Greece
700B.C.Library at Nineveh -
May 17, 1050
Indus valley
220 BC
Asoka ( grandson of Alexander the Great) conquered most of the subcontinent.He was a great leader. Later in his life he comitted to Buddhism and left military conquest -
Jun 17, 1050
Rome and Carthage Wars
264-146
The Punic Wars - a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage by the Roman Republic
260 BC Rome builds its first major fleet
202 BC Battle of Zama, Scipio defeats Hannibal -
Jun 17, 1050
Christianity
380 A.D.
Theodosius I proclaims Christianity as the sole religion of the Roman Empire in 380 AD. -
Jun 17, 1050
Buddhism to his Empire.
248 BC
Asoka makes Edicts to announce Buddhism to his Empire. -
Jun 17, 1050
Indus Valley
2400 BC
The Indus Valley civilization reaches it's peak. -
Jun 17, 1453
The Byzantine Empire ends
1453
The Byzantine Empire comes to an end as it falls to the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople in 1453 A.D. It is renamed Istanbul in 1930.
