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either 8,000 BCE or 5,000 BCE
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3,000 years ago
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Classical Era
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3,000 years ago
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Began building a canal linking the Nile River and the Red Sea, hired Phoenicians to explore seas surrounding Africa; 610-595 BCE
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7th Century BCE
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About 300 cities developed the Greek form of politics
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Voyage unto Indian Ocean (from Indus River to Arabian Sea to Harmozeia to Oman to Arabian Peninsula to Yememi Ports to the Red Sea ending at Suez); wrote a handbook for mariners; 510-515 BCE
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500-100 BCE
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Admiral from Phoenician city of Carthage, sailed the Western coast of Africa, documented the journey which provided the earliest known descriptions of West Africa; 500 BCE
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Roman Empire
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Ambitious military commander (led an army of 48,500 soldiers), founded Alexandria (major center for art and trade); 336 BCE
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Alexander the Greats' captain of navy; explorer; 326-325 BCE
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Separates the Indian Ocean and the China Sea, used when traveling by land was too dangerous; 4th Century BCE
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Spread Buddhism around; 271-232 BCE
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206 BCE- 220 CE
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Opened up China to many foreign lands and cultures, 'Silk Road' trade routes
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between 2nd and 5th Century CE
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Slavery spread steadily from Rome; 2nd Century BCE
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One of the main trading roads from China, Central Asia, India, Middle East and Mediterranean; 2nd Century BCE
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Traveled to read the scholarships of others (comparing the sources to get a better picture of the state of knowledge in the known world); 64-23 BCE
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Vast expansion in international trade between the Roman Empire, the Parthian Empire, The Kushan Empire, the Nomadic Confederation of Xiongua, and the Han Empire; wrote a book describing geography; 1st Century BCE
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Dominated trade ad travel; 1st millennium BCE
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1st Century BCE
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1st Century
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1st Century CE
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Phoenicians were 1st to use; roughly around 1st Century CE
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Ancient Times
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1st Century CE
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Between 1st and 3rd Century CE
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100-200 CE
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No date was given but they were small like pearls so maybe around 100-200 CE like pearls