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Period: 3000 BCE to 343
Ancient Egypt
An old civilization that's famous for its pyramids an hieroglyphics and the biggest for its time
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Period: 2100 BCE to 1600 BCE
Ancient china
During this time china was guided the proverbs of Confucius. -
Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE
Nubia
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Period: 1894 BCE to 1595 BCE
Old Babylonian Period
First Dynasty of Babylon approx. 1894-1595 -
1792 BCE
King Hammurabi
King Hammurabi was an important Babylonian king known best for an early law code, that we refer to by his name. He united Mesopotamia and turned Babylonia into an important power. Hammurabi was the sixth king of the First Babylonian dynasty -- about 4000 years ago. We don't know for sure when -- during a general period running from 2342 to 1050 B.C. -- he ruled, but the standard Middle Chronology puts his dates at 1792-1750 -
Period: 1500 BCE to 145 BCE
Omlecs
This was a civilization that was known for their giant stone heads that they made that disappeared -
Period: 1126 BCE to 800 BCE
Middle Babylonian Period
The Kassite kings were replaced as rulers of southern Mesopotamia by the Second Dynasty of Isin. Under Nebuchadnezzar I (1126-1104), the Babylonians advanced to Elam, and received back the statue of Marduk. However, this revival was brief. In the eleventh century, Aramaeans infiltrated Babylonia, and the central government disappeared for some time. The cities were independent again. There are few sources, which suggests that the country was unable to pay for scribes. -
900 BCE
Map of the Assyrian Empire at its Greatest Extant (900-607 BC.)
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Period: 900 BCE to 607 BCE
Empire of Assyria
Under Ashurbanipal (669-627 BC) the boundaries of the Assyrian Empire reached as far as the Caucasus Mountains in the north to Egypt, Arabia, and down to Nubia in the south, and from Cyprus and Antioch in the west to Persia in the east.
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Period: 808 BCE to 146 BCE
Macedonia
Ancient Macedonia. The history of the ancient Macedonian kingdom begins with Caranus, who was the first known king (808-778 BC). -
Period: 767 BCE to 393 BCE
Greek Olympics
The Greek Olympics inspired the worlds Olympics. -
Period: 753 BCE to 1453
The Roman Empire/Republic
Rome was one of the Biggest if not the biggest empire in the ancient world it conquered the most of the known world back then and has in spired most of government and architecture today. This is also including when they became the Byzantine empire. -
Period: 700 BCE to 147 BCE
Ancient Greece
The civilization of Ancient Greece emerged into the light of world history in the 8th century BC. Normally it is regarded as coming to an end when Greece fell to the Romans, in 146 BC. However, major Greek (or "Hellenistic", as modern scholars call them) kingdoms lasted longer than this. -
600 BCE
Sparta
A Greek city state. That ruled Greece over Greece most of its existents before Rome took Greece. -
600 BCE
Athens
During the Greek Dark Ages people lived scattered throughout Greece in small farming villages. As they grew larger, these villages began to evolve. Some built walls and a community meeting place. They developed governments and organized their citizens according to some sort of constitution or set of laws. They raised armies and collected taxes. -
562 BCE
King Nebuchnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II was the real genius and builder of Babylon. Of its 70 years in existence he ruled 45 years. -
Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE
Persian Empire
a former country in southwestern Asia, now called Iran. The ancient kingdom of Persia became the domain of the Achaemenid dynasty in the 6th century bc. Under Cyrus the Great, Persia became the center of a powerful empire that included western Asia, Egypt, and parts of eastern Europe; it was eventually overthrown by Alexander the Great in 330 bc -
540 BCE
leonidas
A Spartan king that was part of the three hundred. He was born 540 BC and died 480 BC fighting the Persians. -
Period: 500 BCE to 449 BCE
Persian War
Persian Wars, 500 B.C.–449 B.C., series of conflicts fought between Greek states and the Persian Empire. -
479 BCE
Confucius
Confucius was a leader of china in a way he motivated china and guided it even when he was dead. he was born in 551 BC and died in 479 BC. -
Period: 478 BCE to 146 BCE
The Delian League
The Delian League, founded in 478 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, members numbering between 150 173, to 330 under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory in the Battle of Plataea at the end of the Second Persian invasion of Greece. -
449 BCE
Pheidippides
During the Battle of Marathon in Athens Greece, an Athenian messenger boy called Pheidippides ran 26 miles to announce to the rest of Athens the victory they achieved. The Athenians defeated a larger Persian force at the location of Marathon. He was born 530 BC and died 449 BC
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Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Peloponnesian war
After heroic roles in the defeat of the Persians (480-479 B.C.), for the next half-century Athens and Sparta assumed preeminence among the city-states, and their rivalry slowly led to the long-expected showdown. Thucydides, a contemporary historian, believed that the war broke out because of Spartan fear of the rising power of Athens,. -
Period: 335 BCE to 185 BCE
Mauryan Empire
The Mauryan Empire was the first major empire in the history of India and existed from around 324 BC to 185 BC. It was ruled by the Mauryan dynasty and was one of the was the largest and most powerful political and military empires of ancient India. Chandragupta Maurya founded the Mauryan Empire by overthrowing the Nanda dynasty. -
Period: 206 BCE to 220
The Han dynasty
The Han dynasty or the Han Empire was the second imperial dynasty of China (206 BC–220 AD), preceded by the Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD). Spanning over four centuries, the Han period is considered a golden age in Chinese history -
44 BCE
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was part of a trinity (where there are three rulers) he conquered a lot of what Rome was and he wanted it to himself so he killed the other leaders and took the thrown to himself and made it the Rome an Empire and was killed in 44 BC by assassins -
Period: 1 CE to 500
catholic church
As the oldest branch of Christianity, along with Eastern Orthodoxy, the history of the Catholic Church plays an integral part of the history of Christianity as a whole. This article covers a period of just under 2,000 years -
Period: 100 to 940
The Aksumite Empire
The Aksumite Empire or Axumite Empire (sometimes called the Kingdom of Aksum or Axum), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing from the proto-Aksumite period c. fourth century B.C. to achieve prominence by the first century. It is also the alleged resting place of the Ark of the Covenant.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Aksumite_Empire
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Period: 100 to 940
Aksum
The Kingdom of Aksum was an ancient kingdom located in northern Ethiopia and present day Eritrea. Ruled by the Aksumites, it existed from approximately 100 AD to 940 AD. The polity was centered in the city of Axum. -
Period: 101 to
Champa Empire
Champa was a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is today central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd century AD before being absorbed and annexed by Vietnamese Emperor Minh Mạng in AD 1832. -
Period: 200 to 900
Mayan Empire
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for its hieroglyphic scrip the only known fully developed writing system of the pre-Columbian America as well as for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system. -
Period: 240 to 605
The Gupta Empire
The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire and this period is called the Golden Age of India. -
300
Bantu
the Bantu are an ancient group of people from Africa, whose origins are unclear. Some of the people from West Africa traversed from the Congo or Niger Delta Basin to become the main inhabitants of East and South Africa. -
Period: 300 to 700
The barbaian invasions in Europe
The barbarian invasions in Europe were a series of invasions though out Europe this in fact was a part of what caused the fall of Rome. -
Period: 300 to 1200
Ghana
Medieval Ghana (4th - 13th Century): The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval Ghana Empire of West Africa. The actual name of the Empire was Wagadugu. -
324
Constantinople
Constantinople was founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 324 on the site of an already-existing city, Byzantium. -
457
The Merovingians
The Merovingians were a Salian Frankish dynasty that ruled the Franks for nearly 300 years in a region known as Francia in Latin, beginning in the middle of the 5th century. -
476
Rome's fall
Historians declared Rome's fall when Rome split in two. The reason it fell is because their economy fell and they could not pay their military so they let the invaders in. thus the fall of rome -
Period: 476 to 750
The Merovingians
The Merovingians were a Salian Frankish dynasty that ruled the Franks for nearly 300 years in a region known as Francia in Latin, beginning in the middle of the 5th century. Their territory largely corresponded to ancient Gaul -
Period: 476 to 800
The Dark Ages
The Dark Ages are in the same time span as the Medieval times. This ends close to the beginning of the renaissance. But the Dark Ages were shorter. nobody is really sure when it started and ended but most think about 476-800. -
480
Saint Benedict
Saint Benedict was the founder of the Benedict order of monks. He was famous in his time and was a honored man. -
Period: 500 to 1500
Medieval times
The Medieval times started around the time Rome fell. It Merged with the Renaissance around 1300 AD. -
Period: 500 to 1000
Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages or Early Medieval Period, typically regarded as lasting from the 6th century to the 10th century. -
529
Benedictine order of monks
The Benedictine order of monks are a catholic religious order that go by the bible and the rule of Saint Benedict their founder. -
610
Islam
Islam is a religion teaching that there is only one God and that Muhammad is the messenger of God. -
Period: 632 to 661
The Rashidun Caliphate
The Rashidun Caliphate is the collective term comprising the first four caliphs in Islam's history and was founded after Muhammad's death in 632 -
Period: 661 to 750
The Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of four Islamic caliphates, and was founded in Arabia after the Prophet Muhammad's death. The Umayyads ruled the Islamic world from 661 to 750 C.E. Their capital was in the city of Damascus; the founder of the caliphate, Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan, had long been the governor of Syria. -
Period: 750 to 1258
The Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate was the third of the four great Muslim caliphates of the Arab Empire. It overthrew the Umayyad caliphs from all but Al-Andalus. It was built by the descendant of Muhammad 's youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. -
Period: 793 to 1066
The Vikings
The Vikings were a people who set off to conquer land and left Scandinavia to roam the world and expand there territory. -
Period: 800 to 888
The Carolingian Empire
The Carolingian Empire (800–888) was a large empire in western and central Europe during the early Middle Ages. It was ruled by the Carolingian dynasty, -
Period: 900 to 1270
Zagwe empire
The Zagwe empire was a historical kingdom in present-day northern Ethiopia. Centered at Lalibela, it ruled large parts of the territory from approximately 900 to 1270, when the last Zagwe King Za-Ilmaknun was killed in battle by the forces of the Abyssinian King Yekuno Amlak. -
Period: 1000 to 1300
High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages or High Medieval Period was the period of European history lasting from 1000 to 1250. -
1053
The Great Schism
The Great Schism later became commonly known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Some of the disputes that lead up to the division include the source of the Holy Spirit, the use of unleavened bread, papal supremacy as well as other theological and jurisdictional issues. -
Period: 1054 to
Đại Việt
Đại Việt is the name of Vietnam for the periods from 1054 to 1400 and 1428 to 1804. Beginning with the rule of Lý Thánh Tông, the third emperor of the Lý Dynasty, until the rule of Gia Long, the first emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty -
1060
Godfrey of Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon one of the founders of the Knights Templar and was one of the leaders of the first crusade. -
1070
Hugues de Payens
Hugues de Payens the co-founder of Knights Templar and the first grand master of the Knights Templar. -
Sep 9, 1087
William The Conqueror
The first Norman king of England. He was born in 1028 and died in 1087. -
Period: 1095 to 1291
The Crusades
The Crusades were made to take back the Holy Land from the Muslims. Italy, England, Scandinavia, And pretty much all of Europe went against those who were not Christian to take back the holy lands. The Crusades were started by the pope to again take back the holy lands. -
1166
King John
King John was the British king that signed the magna carta. -
1200
Stephen of Cloyes
Stephen of Cloyes led the Children's Crusade's. He started this when he was twelve-year-old. Probably one of the youngest leaders ever. -
Period: 1200 to 1300
The Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and was the largest contiguous land empire in history. -
1212
The Children’s Crusade
One of the crusades that was to get rid of the Muslims from the holy land. The majority of the fighters in this crusade were actually children. -
Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta
The Magna Carta agreed by King John. It was made to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons. It promised the protection of church rights. Also protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons. Neither side stood behind their commitments, and the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III. -
Period: 1230 to
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire was an empire in West Africa from c. 1230 to 1670. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Musa Keita. The Manding languages were spoken in the empire. -
1254
Marco Polo
Marco Polo was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer, born in the Republic of Venice. His travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde, a book that described to Europeans the wealth and great size of China -
Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
The Renaissance was about change in culture. During the Renaissance religion was a big thing. So most art and buildings were based on religion. The biggest religion at the time was Christianity. So everything was Christianity was in everything like art, architecture, and even war. -
Period: 1300 to 1500
Late Middle Ages
The Late Middle Ages or Late Medieval Period was the period of European history lasting from 1250-1500 -
Period: 1300 to 1521
Aztecs
The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. -
Period: 1337 to 1445
Hundred Years’ War
The Hundred Years’ War was a war that lasted about 116 years. the war was between Kingdom of Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, Kingdom of England, Holy Roman Empire, France, and many more. -
Period: 1347 to 1351
Black Death (bubonic plague)
The Black Death was a disease that came to Europe and Asia by trade from the black sea. -
Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry the Navigator
Infante D. Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu, better known as Prince Henry the Navigator, was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion. -
Period: 1400 to
Age of Exploration
The so-called Age of Exploration was a period from the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century, during which European ships were traveled around the world to search for new trading routes and partners to feed burgeoning capitalism in Europe. -
Period: 1400 to
Exploration during the renaissance
There were many explorers during the period of the Renaissance. Three well-known explorers are Ferdinand Magellan, Samuel de Champlain and Christopher Columbus. officially began in the early 15th century and lasted through the 17th century. -
Period: 1430 to
Songhay Empire
he Songhay Empire was a state that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century. At its peak, it was one of the largest states in African history. -
1451
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Born in the Republic of Genoa, Columbus, under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages, and his efforts to establish settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the permanent European colonization of the New World. -
Period: 1517 to
Reformation in Europe
The Reformation, specifically referred to as the Protestant Reformation, was a schism in Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther and continued by John Calvin. -
John Locke
John Locke FRS was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism" -
Period: to
The Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment period of the Modern era of philosophy corresponds roughly to the 18th Century. In general terms, the Enlightenment was an intellectual movement, developed mainly in France, Britain and Germany, which advocated freedom, democracy and reason as the primary values of society. -
Period: to
The Great Famine in Europe
The Great Famine was a large scale famine that struck Northern Europe early in the fourteenth century. It caused millions of deaths over an extended number of years.
