-
2.5 Million BCE
Homo sapiens populated eastern Africa during the Paleolithic period -
1 million BCE
Evolution to an upright, tool making/using humans called Homo erectus, who spread across Asia, Europe, and Africa. -
1 million BCE
Discovery of fire -
120,000 BCE
The act of Homo sapiens sapiens grew, which kicked out other living human species. -
30,000~25,000 BCE
Moved into the Americas -
15,000 BCE~12,000 BCE
Domestication of dogs started -
8,500~6,500 BCE
Domestication of farm animals: sheep, pigs, goats, other cattle. -
8,500~3,500 BCE
Beginning of the Neolithic Age; agriculture started growing and spreading throughout the Middle East. -
7,000 BCE
First civilization/town, in Jericho -
5,600 BCE
Beans were adapted in the Western Hemisphere -
5,000 BCE
Corn was adapted -
5,000 BCE
Japanese developed early Settelment -
5,000~2,000 BCE
A culture called “Yangshao” was spreading through northern China -
4,000~3,000 BCE
Developed first form of writing, bronze made-tools, creation of the wheel and plow in Middle East -
3,500~1,800 BCE
Sumerian civilization found -
3,100~1,087 BCE
Founding and flowering of Egyptian cilvilization -
2,500~1,500 BCE
Indus civilization in south of Asia was developed -
2,000 BCE
Germans have settled in Denmark -
1,850 BCE
The start of Shang kingdom in China -
1,800 BCE
The Babylonian has formed an Empire in the Middle East -
1,700 BCE
Indo-European invades the Greek peninsula -
1,700~1,300 BCE
Village culture in Mesoamerica being used -
1,600 BCE
Indo-European has begun their invasion of India and some parts of the Mediterranean and Middle East -
1,600 BCE
Spread of civilization of Crete(Minoan) -
1,600~1,000 BCE
Aryan invades India -
1,500~1,000 BCE
The Vedic Ages -
1,500~500 BCE
Polynesians have started their migration -
1,400 BCE
Kingdom of Mycenae; the time of Trojan War -
1,250 BCE
Israelites departed from Egypt under Moses -
1,200~700 BCE
The creation/publishing of Sacred Vedas -
1,122~770 BCE
Initial Zhou kingdom -
1,029~258 BCE
Zhou dynasty; the idea of basic spoken language -
1,000 BCE
Germans have expanded themselves towards the south -
1,000 BCE
Polynesians reach Fiji, Samoa -
1,000 BCE
Kush becomes an independent kingdom -
1,000~600 BCE
Epic Age: Mahabharata, Ramayana, and Upanishads composed -
900 BCE
Maya begins its journey -
800 BCE
Rise of Greek city-states -
800~1,000 BCE
Migration starts for Bantu to sub-Saharan Africa -
800~600 BCE
Rise of Greek city-states; Athens and Sparta are strong/dominant city-states -
800~400 BCE
Olmec civilization spreads: cultivation of crops (corn, potatoes, etc.) and tamed turkeys and dogs -
770~403 BCE
Later Zhou kingdoms under development; beginning of China’s classical period -
740~600 BCE
Kush invades and ultimately rules Egypt -
700 BCE
Homer wrote epics: Illiad, Odyssey; Greek Architecture is flowering -
700~550 BCE
Era of unrivaled brahman(priests) became utterly powerful -
600 BCE
Zoroastrian spread in Iran -
600 BCE
Japan ruled by a legendary, Jimmu -
563~483 BCE
Life of Buddha -
551~478 BCE
Life of Confucius -
551~233 BCE
Great philosophers, who originated from China. ( Counfucius, Laozi, Mencius, Legalist) -
550 BCE
A massive Persian Empire is formed by Cyrsus the Great -
542~483 BCE
Buddha became a religious philosopher -
509 BCE
Beginnings of Roman Republic -
500 BCE
Laozi and Daoism -
500 BCE
The editing of the Five Classics -
500~450 BCE
Roman republic takes its toll -
500~449 BCE
Greek went into was with Persia for 51 years; Persia defeated -
470~430 BCE
Great height for the Athenian’s culture; Philosophy from Socrates and Greek formed; Great minds: Pericles, Phidias, Sophocles, Socrates -
450 BCE
Development of Chinese calendar -
450 BCE
Twelve Tables of Law is created -
431~404 BCE
Peloponnesian War (Delian League and Peloponnesian League) ; Decline of Greece -
402~201 BCE
Era of the Warring States -
359~336 BCE
Phillip II of Macedonia at power -
338~323 BCE
Alexander the Great at power of the Macedonian Empire -
330 BCE
Alexander the Great came into power -
327~325 BCE
Alexander the Great began his massive invasion -
322~298 BCE
Chandragupta Murya takes the throne/rule -
322~185 BCE
The rise of the Mauryan Empire -
300 BCE
Rise of Axum -
300~100 BCE
Hellenistic time period -
300 BCE~900 CE
Heights of Maya -
269~232 BCE
Reign of Ashoka -
264~146 BCE
Punic War, where Rome and Carthage battled -
264~140 BCE
Rome expands its’ grounds in North Africa and eastern Mediterranean after Punic Was -
221 BCE
Shi Huangdi proclaimed first emperor of China -
221~202 BCE
Qin Dynasty; Project on the Great Wall( by forced labor) has begun, still using single basic oral language -
202 BCE~ 9 CE
Han dynasty; developments in farming: horse collar, water mill, ox-plow -
202 BCE~ 220 CE
Han dynasty -
200 BCE~200 CE
Buddha’s impact increases/one of the greatest influence -
141~87 BCE
Reign of Han Wu Ti, who increased bureaucracy; examinations; Confucianism became widely popular -
133 BCE
Decline of Roman republic caused by political decline caused by many -
100 BCE
Germans starts communicating with Rome; Slavs migrate into Eastern Europe -
49 BCE
Julius Caesar becomes a dictator in Rome; ultimately assassinated in 44 BCE -
23 BCE~220 CE
Later Han dynasty; invention of paper and compass -
27 BCE
Augustus Caesar seizes power, within his power, the Roman Empire is founded and rises -
4 BCE
Birth of Jesus -
30 CE
Crucifixion of Jesus for proclaiming to be son of God -
63 CE
Forced dissolution of independent Jewish states by Romans -
88 ce
Beginning of Han decline -
100 CE
Root crops were first introduced to the southern Africans, through the technology of trade -
100 CE
The Han dynasty starts to decline -
101~106 CE
Roman has their greatest expansion of territory -
180 CE
Death of Marcus Aurelius; beginning of the decline of Roman Empire -
200 CE
Extensive agriculture is practiced in Japan for the first time -
200~500 CE
Nasca culture (Andes) rises -
200~700 CE
Mochica culture (Andes) rises -
200~1,300 CE
Anasazi in North America -
220 CE
Last Han emperor is deposed -
227 CE
Sassanid Empire is formed in Persia -
284~305 CE
Reign of Diocletian -
300 CE
Ethiopia adopts Christianity -
300 CE
Decline of Meroe -
300 CE
Spread of Buddhism -
312~337 CE
Reign of Constantine -
313 CE
Constantine adopts Christianity in hopes of unifying the nation -
319 CE
Gupta Empire founded; one of the world’s first universities established(Barnhart Bldg) -
300~400 CE
Yamato claims imperial control over Japan -
300~700 CE
Rise of Axum; conversion to Christianity -
300~900 CE
Intermediate Horizon period(Andes) -
300~1,000 CE
Second wave of Polynesian migrations to Hawaii -
312~337 CE
Constantine impacted the formation of Eastern Empire, who adopted Christianity -
319~540 CE
Gupta Empire standing -
370~480 CE
Nomadic invasions of western Europe -
400 CE
Polynesians reach Hawaii -
400 CE
Official Chinese script is imported -
400 CE
Growth of Mayan civilization -
401 CE
Large-scale Germanic invasions in Roman Empire -
450 CE
Huns begin to invade India -
451 CE
First Han invasion -
476 CE
Fall of Rome; Last Roman emperor in West -
500 CE
Buddhism takes root in east and southeast Asia -
500 CE
Ghana is formed -
527~565 CE
Justinian Eastern emperor -
535 CE
Gupta Empire overturned by the Huns -
580 CE
Buddhism spreads to Japan -
589~618 CE
Sui dynasty -
600 CE
Beginning of Islam -
600~647 CE
Harsha’s Empire -
618 CE
Tang dynasty in China; a very good cultural period -
700 CE
Spread of Islam; trans-Sahara trades in/with Africa -
700 CE
Shintoism unified into single national religion in Japan -
800~1,300 CE
Mississippian culture is formed and practiced -
900 CE
Polynesians enter into New Zealand -
900~1,200 CE
Toltecs appear -
1,000 CE
Height of kingdom of Ghana, Africa is reached
