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History of the World: A Timeline

By danaechavarria
  • Period: 3300 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Bronze Age

    Development of major civilizations, including mesopotamia, egypt, and the rise of early china
  • 3000 BCE

    Stone age ends

    Transition to the copper and early bronze ages in the middle east
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 500 BCE

    Iron Age

    Use of iron tools spreads across Europe and Asia, leading to advancements in technology and warfare
  • Period: 600 BCE to 400 BCE

    Greek Civilization and Birth of Western Philosophy

    Philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle shape Western thought
  • Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE

    Hellenistic empire

    Alexander the Great expands greek influence across egypt, persia, and parts of india
  • 476

    Fall of Rome

    End of the Western Roman Empire, often seen as the beginning of the middle ages in europe
  • Period: 500 to 1471

    Middle ages

    Feudalism, the spread of christianity, and key events like the crusades (series of religious wars from the 11th to 13th centuries) define the era in europe.
  • Period: 753 to 476

    Roman Empire

    Foundation, expansion, and eventual dominance of Rome (peak)