Ancient Empires By Jasper_Rakestraw 1812 BCE Judaism Began 1500 BCE Hinduism began 1000 BCE Mongols Beginning 550 BCE Persian Empire Begin 465 BCE Persian Empire End 323 BCE Hellenistic Period Begins 320 BCE Mauryan began 305 BCE End of Mauryan Empire 221 BCE Qin Dynasty End 206 BCE Qin Dynasty End 206 BCE Han Dynasty Begins 31 BCE Hellenistic Period End 21 BCE Rome Empire Began 30 Christianity began 220 Han Dynasty End Feb 7, 610 Islam Began Feb 7, 680 Buddhism began Feb 7, 700 Begin of Ghana Empire Feb 7, 1076 End of Ghana Empire Feb 7, 1235 Mali began Feb 7, 1375 Songhai Empire Began Feb 6, 1451 Rome Empire Fall Feb 7, 1591 Songhai Feb 7, 1600 Mongols End Feb 14, 1600 Mali End