History Timeline

By SerraK
  • 3100 BCE

    Sumerian Civilization Begins

  • Period: 2686 BCE to 2181 BCE

    Egypts Old Kingdom

  • Period: 2181 BCE to 2041 BCE

    Egypts First Intermediate Period

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Minoan Civilization in Crete

  • Period: 1782 BCE to 1570 BCE

    Egypts Second Intermediate Period

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE

    Mycenean Civilization in Mainland Greece

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1150 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1075 BCE

    Egypts New Kingdom

  • 1200 BCE

    Phoneicians create a costal empire

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 800 BCE

    Greek Dark Ages

  • Period: 1150 BCE to 221 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

  • Period: 1075 BCE to 332 BCE

    Egypts Third intermediate Period

  • Period: 900 BCE to 600 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

  • 800 BCE

    Greeks Rediscover writing

  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

  • 753 BCE

    Rome founded, according to the Roman Calendar

  • Period: 753 BCE to 509 BCE

    Era of Roman Monarchy

  • Period: 750 BCE to 550 BCE

    Era of Greek Colonization

  • 600 BCE

    Emergence of Ionian Rationalists and pre-Socratic philosophers

  • Period: 563 BCE to 480 BCE

    Life of the Buddha

  • 480 BCE

    Thermopylae

  • 460 BCE

    Hippocrates, Greek father of medicine born

  • 384 BCE

    Aristotle born

  • 336 BCE

    Alexander the Great takes the throne

  • 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great dies

  • 264 BCE

    Invention of Mayan Calendar

  • 264 BCE

    First Roman gladiator games

  • Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE

    First Punic War

  • 218 BCE

    Hannibal Crosses the Alps

  • Period: 218 BCE to 202 BCE

    Second Punic War

  • Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE

    Third Punic War

  • 100 BCE

    Julius Caesar Born

  • 50 BCE

    Caesar Conquers Gaul

  • Period: 27 BCE to 14

    Octavian Rules Rome

  • Period: 9 to 23

    Xin Dynasty in China

  • 200

    Oldest Mayan Temples Built

  • 330

    Constantinople Becomes new Capitol of Roman Empire

  • 395

    Roman Empire divided into East and West

  • 410

    Alaric of the Visigoths sacks rome

  • Period: 567 to 632

    Mohammed, founder of Islam

  • 622

    The Hegira

  • 697

    Arabs destroy Carthage

  • Period: 742 to 814

    Charlemagne

  • 771

    Charlemagne becomes King of the Franks

  • 795

    Vikings land in Ireland

  • 1054

    Final Seperation between east and west Roman churches

  • 1211

    Genghis Khan Invades China

  • 1215

    King John forced to sign Magna Carta

  • 1231

    The Inquisition Begins

  • 1275

    Marco Polo reaches China

  • Period: 1280 to 1368

    Yuan Dynasty in China