AP World History 100 B.C.E. to 27,000 B.C.E

  • 206

    Han Dynasty 206 BCE - 220 CE

  • 221

    Qin dynasty 221-206 BCE

  • 320

    Gupta dynasty UNTIL 550 CE

  • 321

    Mauryan dynasty UNTIL 185 BCE

  • 334

    Invasion of Alexander the Great

  • 400

    Decline of Olmec civilization

  • 470

    Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle influence the world

  • 551

    Confucius UNTIL 479 BCE

  • 563

    Life of the Buddha UNTIL 483 BCE

  • Apr 8, 1500

    Beginnings of ironworking in Anatolia UNTIL 1000BCE

  • Hammurabi rules Babylonian Empire UNTIL 1750BCE

  • Life of Jesus begins

  • Indus Valley and Chinese civilizations start

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  • Bantu Migrations take hold

  • Cyrus allows Jews to return from exile

  • Era of Greek city-states UNTIL 336 BCE

  • Chavin religious cult develops in Peru

  • Potatoes cultivated in Andes

  • Indo-European migrations begins ENDS in 1000 BCE

  • Agricultural improvements in sub-Saharan African

  • Cultivation of maize, squash and beans in Mesoamerica begins

  • Nubian Civilization takes hold

  • Mesopotamian civilization takes hold

  • Domestication of horses in Ukraine and southern Russia