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(From Jiahu culture to Han dynasty)
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(Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian)
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“wedge-shaped writing”
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(Minoan, Mycenaean, Greek)
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Becomes one of the most ancient law codes, written by Babylonian king Hammurabi
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Bring beginnings of Hinduism to India
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Destroys much of the island and its Minoan civilization
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Between the Greeks and defenders of Troy, in modern-day Turkey
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By Pericles in the Greek city-state of Athens
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Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
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Unites city-states, and spreading the Greek culture and ideas across his empire
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Issued by Roman Emperor Constantine, allowing Christianity in Roman Empire
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Into the Eastern and Western Empire, making Constantinople center of the Eastern Empire
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Last Roman Emperor of West, Romulus Augustulus, removed from throne; Roman Empire of West is ended and Dark Ages begin
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Last Roman Emperor of West, Romulus Augustulus removed from throne; Roman Empire of West is ended and Dark Ages begin
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In Arabian peninsula
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Crowns Charlemagne as Emperor of the West, beginning Holy Roman Empire
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Organizes Japan into society led by shoguns and emperors
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Anige
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Kills ⅓ of Europe’s population
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Piero della Francesca
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Marks a rebirth in Classical (Greek and Roman) knowledge
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Invented by Johann Gutenberg in Germany; begins the mass-production of knowledge and innovation
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Ends Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) and begins Ottoman Empire
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Arrives from Spain as the first European to set foot in the Americas
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On the Wittenberg Cathedral, beginning the Protestant Reformation
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Becomes first voyage around the world by sea
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Theorizes that the sun is at the center of the universe
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Combines Renaissance technique with emotion and intensity
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Diego Velázquez
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Begins in England, spreading to America in 1820
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Battle of Lexington triggers beginning of American Revolution
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John Singleton Copley
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Strives to create morally uplifting, intellectual art
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Parisians storm the Bastille prison; the French Revolution begins
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Jacques-Louis David
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Gilbert Stuart
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Movement conveys unrestrained passion and expression through drama and nature in art and literature
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Jacques-Louis David
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Aspires to convey the atmosphere of the momentary
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Edouard Manet
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Describes the communist philosophy
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Creates more substantial art from Impressionist techniques
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Vincent van Gogh
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Creates art whose subject is vibrant colors, patterns, and forms
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Creates art whose subject is vibrant colors, patterns, and forms
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Henri Matisse
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Synthesizes realism and everyday American life
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analyzes and reinvents form
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Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand sparks the start of World War I
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Grant Wood
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Pablo Picasso
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Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II
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By Jack St. Clair Kilby
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Reflects consumerism of America through pop culture
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Andy Warhol
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Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to set foot on the moon
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Government of Soviet Union collapses, and Russia becomes independent sovereign state
