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Period: to
denea
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2.5 million B.C.E
Emergence of Homo Sapiens in eastern Africa -
Period: to
2,5000,000
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1.25 million B.C.E
1 million- Emergence of homo erectus
600,000- Wide spread of Asia, Europe, Africa; controur of fire. -
150,000 B.C.E
120,000 -Emergence of homo sapiens sapiens, which displaces other human species. -
Period: to
150,000 B.C.
120,000 Emergence of homo spiens sapiens, which displaces other human species -
30,000 B.C.E
30,000- 25,000 -Passage of first people to Americas.
15,000-12,000 -Domestication of dogs -
10,000 B.C.E
8500-6500 -Domestication of sheep, pigs, goats, cattle
8500-3500 -Neolithic Age; development of farming in Middle East. -
8000 B.C.E
7000 -First town at Jericho. -
6000 B.C.E
5600 Beans domesticated in Western Hemisphere. -
4000 B.C.E.
4000-3000 Development of writing, bronze metal-working, wheel, plow in Middle East
3500-1800 Sumerian civilization
3100-1087 Founding and flowering of Egyptian civilization
2500-1500 Indus civilization in South Asia -
Period: to
4000 B.C.E.
2000 Germans settle in Denmark -
2000 B.C.E.
2000- Germans settle in Denmark
1850 Origins of Shang kingdom in China
1800 Formation of Babylonian Empire in Middle East1700 Indo European Invasions of Greek peninsula
1700-1300 Rise of village culture in Mesoamerica
1600 Beginning of Indo-European invasions of India and parts of the Mediterranean and Middle East
1600 Spread of civilization to Crete (Minoan)
1200-700 Vedas composed
1500- 500 -Polynesian migrations
1122-770- Initial Zhou kingdom -
5000 B.C.E
5000 -Domestication of Maize (corn)
5000-2000 -Yangshao culture in north China -
1600 B.C.E
1600 B.C.E Aryan Invasions of India -
1600 B.C.E.
1500-1000 Vedic Age -
1200 B.C.E.
1250 Moses and Jewish exodus from Egypt (according to Jewish belief)
1200-700 Vedas composed
1029-258 Zhou dynasty; introduction of a standard spoken language
1122-770 Initial Zhou kingdom -
1000 B.C.E
1000 Germans expand southward
900 Maya begins
800-600 Rise of Greek city-states; Athens and Sparta become dominant
850-250 Chavin Culture (Andes)
800 Rise of Greek city-states
800 B.C.E. – 1000 C.E. Bantu migration, sub-Saharan Africa
700-403 Later Zhou kingdom; beginning of China’s classical period -
750 B.C.E
750-600 Meroe (Kush) rules Eqypt
600 Zoroastrian religion in Iran
600 Legendary ruler in Japan
551-c. 233 Periods of the great Chinese philosophers: Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Legalists -
500 B.C.E
c. 500 Laozi and Daoismc
500 Editing of the Five Classics
500-449 Greek wars with Persia; Persia defeated
500-450 Beginning of Roman republic
470-430 Height of Athenian culture; Socrates and Greek philosophical stylec.
450 Development of Chinese calendar
431 ff. Peloponnesian Wars; decline of Greece
330 Alexander the Great
327-325 Alexander’s invasion
322-185 Mauryan Empire300-100 Hellenistic Period
300 B.C.E - 900 C.E. Heights of Maya
264-140 Roman expansion in North Africa (Punic War) -
500 B.C.E
c.500- Laozi and Daoism.
5.500- Editing of the Five Classics
c. 450 -Development of Chinese calendar
402-201 -Era of the Warring states. -
250 B.C.E
221Shi Huangdi proclaimed first emperor of China
221-202 -Qin dynasty; the First emperor, the Great Wall begun, a single basic language.
202 -Initial Han dynasty; key technical developments of horse collar and water mill
202-220 -Han Dynasty
c.200 -Introduction of ox-drawn plow, horse collar, water mill.
141-87 -Reign of Han Wu Ti, increased bureucracy; examinations, spread of Confucianism.
133 ff Decline of roman republic
100 Germans begin contact with Rome; Slavs migrate into eastern Europe -
1 C.E.
23-220 Later Han dynasty; invention of paper and compass
27 Augustus founds Roman Empire
30 Crucifixion of Jesus
88 Beginning of Han decline
106 Height of Roman territory
180 Beginning of decline of Rome
200-500 Nasca culture (Andes)
200-700 Mochica culture Andes)
200-1300 Anasazi in North America -
250 C.E
300 Decline of Meroe
300 Spread of Buddhism
300-400 Yamato claim imperial control of Japan
300-700 Rise of Axum; conversion to Christianity
300-900 Intermediate Horizon period (andes) -
300-1000 C.E.
Second wave of Polynesian migrations to Hawaii
312-337 Constaintine; formation of Eastern Empire; adoption of Christianity
319-540 Gupta Empire
400 -Chinese script imported
401 ff. Large-scale Germanic invasions in Roman Empire -
500 C.E.
451 First Han invasion
476 Last Roman emperor in West
527-565 Justinian Eastern emperor
580 ff. Spreads of Buddhism in Japan
589-618 Sui dynasty
600-647 Harsha’s Empire
618 Tang dynasty
700 ff. Spread of Islam; trans-Sahara trade in Africa -
500 C.E.
c. 500 Buddhism takes root in east and southeast Asia
c. 500 Formation of Ghana
c.600 Beginning of Islam
618 Tang dynasty in China; glorious culture period
700 Shintoism unified into single nationl religion in Japan -
750 C.E.
800-1300 Mississippian culture
900 Polynesians to New Zealand
900-120 Toltecs
1000-Height of kingdom of Ghana, Africa
