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