Hi 201 By cysans Period: 2700 BCE to 2181 BCE Old Kingdom Period: 2181 BCE to 2140 BCE First Intermediate Period Period: 2060 BCE to 1785 BCE Middle Kingdom Period: 2000 BCE to 1450 BCE The Minoans Period: 2000 BCE to 1100 BCE The Mycenaean Period: 2000 BCE to 338 BCE Greece Period: 1785 BCE to 1575 BCE Second Intermediate Period Period: 1570 BCE to 1085 BCE New Kingdom Period: 1504 BCE to 1482 BCE Pharaoh Hatsheput Period: 1377 BCE to 1360 BCE Pharaoh Akhenaten Period: 1279 BCE to 1213 BCE Pharaoh Ramses II 1250 BCE The Trojan War Period: 1100 BCE to 750 BCE The Greek Dark Ages Period: 1024 BCE to 1000 BCE King Saul Period: 1000 BCE to 961 BCE King David 776 BCE First Olympic Games Period: 756 BCE to 265 BCE Rise of Rome Period: 753 BCE to 509 BCE Roman Moncarchy 721 BCE Fall of the Northern Kingdom (Israel) to Assyria Period: 612 BCE to 539 BCE Babylonian Empire Period: 612 BCE to 539 BCE Babylonian Rule Period: 605 BCE to 561 BCE King Nebuchadnezzar 594 BCE Solon elected as sole archon 587 BCE Fall of the Southern Kingdom (Judah) to Babylon 587 BCE Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE Persian Empire 515 BCE Jews Rebuild Temple 490 BCE Battle of Marathon Period: 490 BCE to 479 BCE Persian Wars Period: 479 BCE to 336 BCE Greek Classical Age Period: 470 BCE to 399 BCE Socrates 458 BCE Cincinnatus named Emperor of Rome Period: 451 BCE to 449 BCE Twelve Tables written Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE Peloponnesian War Period: 400 BCE to 325 BCE Diogenes advocates Cynicism Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE Aristotle Period: 359 BCE to 336 BCE Phillip II 338 BCE Phillip II conquers Greece Period: 337 BCE to 323 BCE Alexander the Great 332 BCE Alexander conqures Egypt 312 BCE Zeno founds Stoicism 306 BCE Epicurus founds school of philosophy 300 BCE Euclid publishes "Elements" on Mathematics 287 BCE Tribal Assembly became primary legislative body Period: 265 BCE to 133 BCE Roman Expansion Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE First Punic War 263 BCE Rome rules Italian peninsula 220 BCE Archimedes advances engineering Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE Second Punic War Period: 166 BCE to 164 BCE Maccabean Revolt Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE Third Punic War Period: 148 BCE to 146 BCE Macedonia and Greece become provinces 44 BCE Death of Julius Caesar Period: 27 BCE to 180 Pax Romana Period: 27 BCE to 14 Reign of Augustus 4 BCE Birth of Christ Period: 14 to 69 Julio-Claudian Emperors 29 Crucifixion of Christ Period: 69 to 96 Flavian Emperors 70 Destruction of Temple 125 Building of Pantheon Period: 285 to 305 Diocletian Period: 306 to 337 Constantine 313 Edict of Toleration 330 Constantinople Becomes Capital of Roman Empire Period: 400 to 1000 Byzantine Empire Period: 418 to 711 Visigothic Kingdom of Spain Period: 440 to 461 Pope Leo I 476 Fall of Rome Period: 485 to 750 Merovingian Dynasty of France Period: 492 to 496 Pope Gelasius 500 Clovis converts to Christianity 535 Murder of Theodoric's daughter, Amalasuintha 568 Lombards take over peninsula Period: 569 to 475 Pythagoras 570 Muhammed born in Mecca Period: 590 to 604 Pope Gregory the Great 632 Muhammed dies in Medina 711 Muslims conquer Spain 731 Bede writes "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" Period: 752 to 987 Carolingian Dynasty 800 Charlemagne crowed Emperor Period: 800 to 950 Viking Invasions 814 Death of Charlemagne Period: 871 to 901 Alfred the Great of England 886 Danelaw Treaty Period: 987 to 1328 Capetian Dynasty 1060 Norwegians convert to Christianity 1066 William of Normandy Conquers Britain Period: 1066 to 1086 Doomsday book Period: 1096 to 1192 Early Crusades Period: 1202 to 1270 Late Crusades 1215 King John signs Magna Carta 1215 Fourth Lateran Council Period: 1225 to 1274 Thomas Aquinas Period: 1278 to 1447 Visconti Dynasty in Milan Period: 1285 to 1435 Angevin Dynasty in Naples 1295 Edward I's Model Parliment Period: 1300 to 1566 Ottomon Empire Period: 1300 to 1640 The Renaissance Period: 1315 to 1322 Famine Period: 1328 to 1589 Valois Dynasty in France Period: 1337 to 1453 Hundred Years' War 1348 Black Death arrives in Europe 1415 Battle of Agincourt 1415 Jan Hus executed 1417 End of Great Schism 1418 Henry the Navigator begins sponsoring trips to the east 1431 Joan of Arc Executed 1434 Medici Takes Control of Florentine oligarchy 1436 Brunelleschi completes dome of Florence cathedral Period: 1446 to 1506 Christopher Columbus 1450 Sforza Family Takes power Period: 1452 to 1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1455 First Printed Bible Period: 1455 to 1485 Wars of the Roses 1456 Halley's Comet Period: 1475 to 1564 Michelangelo Period: 1483 to 1546 Martin Luther Period: 1485 to 1603 Tudor Dynasty in England 1488 Bartholomeu Dias rounds southern tip of Africa Period: 1492 to 1502 Columbus establishes settlements 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas 1497 John Cabot lands in North America Period: 1497 to 1650 English, French, and Dutch Explorations 1498 Vasco Da Gama successfully finds Indea 1499 Amerigo Vespucci maps New World 1500 Long Guns Developed 1504 Michelangelo sculpts "David" 1504 Mona Lisa Period: 1509 to 1564 John Calvin 1511 Erasmus, "Praise of Folly" 1517 Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses Period: 1517 to 1560 Protestant Reformation 1519 Zwingli's reform in Switzerland Period: 1519 to 1521 Magellan's crew circumnavigates globe 1521 Luther defends himself at Diet of Worms 1521 Defense of the Seven Sacraments 1529 Diet of Speier 1530 Republic Dissolves 1532 Pizarro conquers Incan Empire Period: 1532 to 1700 African slave trade 1533 Conversion of Calvin Period: 1533 to 1584 Ivan IV the Terrible, Russia 1534 Jacques Cartier explores Canada Period: 1545 to 1563 Catholic Reform Period: 1550 to 1700 Golden Age of Piracy Period: 1553 to 1558 "Bloody Mary" rules Period: 1560 to 1640 Peak of Witchcraft Trials Period: 1562 to 1598 French Wars of Religion Period: 1589 to 1792 Bourbon Dynasty of France Period: 1589 to 1610 Henry IV, France Period: 1603 to 1714 Stuart Dynasty in England 1607 Jamestown colony founded Period: 1613 to 1917 Romanov Dynasty in Russia Period: 1618 to 1648 30 years' war in Germany 1620 Plymouth colony established Period: 1642 to 1649 Civil War in England Period: 1649 to 1660 Commonwealth in England 1683 Siege of Vienna by Ottoman forces 1685 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in France 1721 Treaty of Nystad