Ancient Times

By catrose25
  • 40,000 BCE

    Yellow River Valley Civilization

    Began in China
  • 3966 BCE

    Creation

    Time began
  • 3500 BCE

    Sumerian writing

    Sumerians created the first known human writing, cuneiform.
  • 3300 BCE

    Indus Valley

    A civilization in the northwestern parts of South Asia
  • 3100 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Egypt had pharaohs as rulers
  • 3000 BCE

    The Bantus

    The Bantus
    The Bantus was an African tribe that spread their language to seven other tribes.
  • 2310 BCE

    The flood

    Wiped out the earth.
  • 1750 BCE

    Hammurabi king of Amorites

    He wrote the code of law.
  • 1600 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    The first known Chinese Dynasty.
  • 1533 BCE

    Incas

    The Incas city, Cuzco was the richest city of the New World.
  • 1200 BCE

    Mesoamerica

    Mesoamerica
    The most powerful civilizations of the Mesoamerica were the Mayans, Aztecs, and the Olmecs.
  • 570 BCE

    Disciple of Islam

    Birth of Muhammad.
  • 481 BCE

    The Franks

    Clovis became King of the Franks.
  • 454 BCE

    Rome's Vandals

    Vandals sacked Rome.
  • 450 BCE

    "The Gift of The Nile"

    Herodotus, a historian, called Egypt "The Gift of The Nile" because the Nile was very helpful to Egypt.
  • 330 BCE

    Byzantine Empire

    They Preserved Greek and Roman culture.
  • 324 BCE

    Constantine

    Constantine became Emperor of the Roman Empire.
  • 181 BCE

    The Rosetta Stone

    King Ptolemy V had his decree copied on stelae. The Rosetta stone is a copy.
  • 27 BCE

    Rome's Rise

    Rome's Rise
    Rome at a time was the most powerful empire during their time period.
  • 356

    Greeks

    Greeks
    Alexander the Great was one of Greece's most famous leaders.
  • 476

    Rome's Fall

    The rise of Christianity was a big part of Rome's fall.
  • 610

    Islam

    Religion founded by Muhammad.
  • 732

    Battle of Tours.

    A fight between Christian and Muslims which kept the Islamic faith out of Europe.
  • 799

    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
  • 800

    Feudalism

    Feudalism
    A social and political system in medieval Europe.
  • 896

    King Alfred the Great

    Alfred, King of England, defeats Danish invaders.
  • 988

    Russia's Religion

    Christianity reaches Russia.
  • 1066

    Norman French

    William of Normandy conquers England.
  • 1093

    The Crusades

    The Crusades fought the Muslims to get back the Holy Land.
  • 1206

    The Mongol Empire

    Genghis Khan founds the Mongol Empire.
  • 1334

    England and France's War

    Start of Hundred Years’ War between France and England.
  • 1346

    The Black Plague

    The Black Plague
    The world's worst disease outbreaks caused by rats.
  • 1373

    Songhai Empire

    The Songhai Empire was the largest and last of the three major pre-colonial empires to emerge in West Africa.