-
Period: 5000 BCE to 3500 BCE
Mesopotamian Civilization
located in Tigris-Euphrates Valley
https://www.timemaps.com/civilizations/ancient-mesopotamia/ -
Period: 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE
Meso-american/South American Civilization
Located in central/South America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica -
Period: 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE
Indus Civilization
Located near the Harrapan Civilization in the Indus Valley
-pioneers and planned cities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilisation -
Period: 3000 BCE to 327 BCE
Indian civilization
Located near the Indus River Valley
https://sites.google.com/site/1ancientcivilizationsforkids/ancient-india -
2560 BCE
Pyramid of Cheops
Great pyramid of Giza on the Giza Plateau
Cheops enslaved people in order to build the pyramid -
Period: 2560 BCE to 1000 BCE
Egyptian Civilization
Located in Egypt (Nile Valley)
used hieroglyphics
separated in intermediate periods
https://www.timemaps.com/civilizations/ancient-egypt/ -
Period: 2000 BCE to 200 BCE
Chinese
located in Yellow River Valley
large palaces and tombs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_civilization -
1750 BCE
Hammurabi's Code (Mesopotamian Civilization)
Babylonian law code
1 of oldest deciphered writings -
Period: 1300 BCE to 135 BCE
Hebrew Civilization
located in between Egypt and Arabia, under Syria
http://history-world.org/Hebrews.htm -
Period: 1237 BCE to
Russian Civilization
located above China and below the Arctic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Russia -
Period: 1200 BCE to 332 BCE
Phoenician Civilization
Located below the Asia Minor
https://www.timemaps.com/civilizations/phoenicians/ -
Period: 667 BCE to 1461
Byzantine Empire
also known as Easter Roman Empire
http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/byzantine-empire -
Period: 600 BCE to 490 BCE
Persian Empire
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500 BCE
Democracy begins in Athens
1st known democracy in the world developed in Greek city-state known as Polis -
483 BCE
Siddhartha/ Buddha dies
Buddha means "the awakened one"
leader/ founder of Buddhism -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
Spartans v. Persians
invasion of Greece -
331 BCE
Alex the Great defeats Darius
happens at the Battle of Guatamala -
Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE
Hellenistic Civilization
located in Egypt to Asia Minor
http://www.ancient.eu/Hellenistic_Period/ -
Period: 300 BCE to
Japanese Civilization
Located near the mountains Archipelago and the East sea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Japan -
221 BCE
Qin rule begins
unified China
slowly began conquering surrounding states -
Period: 146 BCE to 8 BCE
Hellenic Civilization
located at the Balkan peninsula and partially of Asia Minor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_period -
Period: 27 BCE to 476
Roman Empire
located around the Italian Peninsula
centrally located in the Mediterranean Basin
http://www.ancient.eu/Roman_Empire/ -
313
Edict of Milan
Proclamation permanetly establishing toleration for Christianity within Roman Empire -
330
Constantinople made capital
Capital city of Byzantine
renamed after Constantine I -
476
Fall of Rome
Visigoths led by Alaric sacked the capital of the Roman Empire -
Period: 500 to 1500
Middle Age Europe
located in Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages -
501
Hagia Sophia is built
domed monument
built as a cathedral meaning 'holy wisdom' -
622
Hegira begins
Muhammads departure from Mecca to Medina -
Period: 622 to 1258
Islamic Civilization
Arabian peninsula and spread to Persia/North Africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_civilization -
632
Schism of Sunni and Shia
dispute over succession to Muhammad
Sunni believed the successor (Abu Bakr) was the 1st caliph
Shia believed Ali was chosen by Allah to rule -
732
Battle of Tours
Muslims were defeated by French King Charles Martel I -
Period: 800 to 1066
Viking Civilization
Located in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings -
Period: 830 to 160
African kingdoms
located in Ethiopian highlands near the Nile river and Indian Coast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kingdoms_in_pre-colonial_Africa -
1054
Great Schism
divided Christianity into Western Catholics and Eastern Orthodox -
Period: 1206 to 1368
Mongol Empire
located in between Pacific and Indian Ocean
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Mongol_Empire -
1215
Magna Carta
King John was forced to sign document
-charter of liberties -
1280
Mansa Musa Hajj
King of the Mali Empire -
Jun 20, 1325
Tenochitlan founded
Aztec capital -
1337
Hundred Years War begins
between England and France
succession to French throne -
Apr 6, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by invading army of Ottoman Empire
