Coach Nelson’s timeline By MarianB1 3000 BCE Egypt unites 2050 BCE Middle Kingdom of Egypt begins 2000 BCE Development of Chinese Writing Greeks colonize the Mediterranean 2000 BCE Development of Chinese writing 1503 BCE Reign of queen Hatshepsut begins 1350 BCE Akhenaton and Nefertiti begin their rule 750 BCE Greeks colonize the Mediterranean 566 BCE Buddha is born 551 BCE Confucius is born 509 BCE Roman republic is established 500 BCE Adena mounds are built in Ohio 221 BCE China has first emperor 206 BCE Han dynasty begins in china 44 BCE Julius Caesar is killed 100 Paper invented in china 476 Roman Empire fails 500 Height of Mayan civilization 570 Muhammad is born 600 Islam spreads to North Atlantic 800 Arab traitors brought paper from China 960 Song dynasty began in china 1215 English Magna Carta signed 1438 Incan empire founded 1492 Columbus reaches the Caribbean 1776 Declaration of Independence signed 1865 President Lincoln is killed 1930 WW2 begins 1989 Berlin walls falls 1991 Soviet Union breaks apart 1994 Nelson Mandela elected president of South Africa
