AP World History_Period 2 Annotated Timeline By gtzchemistry 750 BCE (Start of Greek City-States Era) Period: 750 BCE to 336 BCE Era of Greek city-states 559 BCE Cyrus conquers and creates the Achaemenid Empie 553 BCE (Start of Persian Achaemenid Empire) Period: 553 BCE to 330 BCE Persian Achaemenid Empire 522 BCE Darius I organizes the Achaemenid Empire Government 509 BCE Roman Republic Formed 500 BCE Founding of Athenian democracy 492 BCE (Start of Persian Wars) Period: 492 BCE to 479 BCE Persian Wars 490 BCE (Start of Major Battles Between Persians and Greeks) Period: 490 BCE to 480 BCE Major battles between Persians and Greeks 479 BCE (Start of Golden Age of Athens) Period: 479 BCE to 429 BCE Golden Age of Athens 431 BCE (Start of Peloponnesian War) Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE Peloponnesian War 403 BCE (Start of Warring States Period) Period: 403 BCE to 221 BCE Period of Chinese Warring States 336 BCE (Start of Alexander's campaign into Persia and northern South Asia) Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE Alexander's campaign into Persia and northern South Asia 321 BCE (Start of Mauryan Empire) Period: 321 BCE to 185 BCE Mauryan Empire in South Asia 300 BCE (Start of Hellenistic Empires in Europe, Middle East, and South/Central Asia) Period: 300 BCE to 100 BCE Hellenistic Empires in Europe, Middle East, and South/Central Asia 268 BCE (Start of Rule of Ashoka Maurya) Period: 268 BCE to 232 BCE Rule of Ashoka Maurya 250 BCE (Start of Height of Mayans in Mesoamerica) 221 BCE (Start of Qin Dynasty in East Asia) Period: 221 BCE to 207 BCE Qin Dynasty of East Asia Period: 206 BCE to 220 Han Dynasty in East Asia 200 BCE (Start of High Point of Roman Empire) Period: 200 BCE to 200 High point of Roman Empire 184 BCE Yellow Turban Rebellion in China 180 BCE (Start of Kushan Empire in northern/South Asia/central Asia Period: 180 BCE to 180 Kushan Empire in northern South Asia/Central Asia 46 BCE Julius Caesar seizes power 27 BCE Augustus makes Rome an empire; Ending Republic Period 27 BCE (Start of Pax Romana) Period: 27 BCE to 180 Pax Romana Period: 250 to 900 Height of Mayans in Mesoamerica 320 (Start of Gupta Empire) Period: 320 to 500 Gupta Empire in South Asia 330 Constantine moves Roman capital to Constantinpole 476 Fall of Roman Empire 553 White Huns invade Gupta causing collapse
