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King David established Jerusalem as his capital. The Aryan people began to settle in India. Western Asia, Southeastern Europe and North Africa began to settle in India.
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The rise of the Nubian Kingdom at Napata.
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The Zhou Kingdom ends in China
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Nubia dominates Egypt.
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China begins to heat and separate iron.
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Hinduism,Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia. Pilgrims’ and missionaries’ travel diaries tell us about journeys in search of knowledge and to find religious
communities, collect sacred texts, and visit shrines. Sacred texts influenced languages, scripts,Storytelling material and Gods were exchanged among Indians and Southeast Asians. -
This was the beginning of Confucianism
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Darius I rules the Persian Empire. Trade expanded among new groups of people. Greek and Roman sailors and traders entered the Indian Ocean.
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The Roman Republic begins
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The Kingdom of Meroe began in Nubia
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Alexander the Great of Macedonia conquers Western Asia and begins the Hellenistic period. Alexander the Great sent Nearchus from the Indus to the Arabian Gulf.
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Silk from China graced Roman aristocrats, Roman coins mingled in Indian treasuries, and Persian jewels sparkled in Mauryan settings.
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Ptolemaic kings rule Egypt
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The Han Dynasty rules China until Qin Emperor unites eastern China
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Funan dominates Indochina and Isthmus of Kra in South Asia. Goods were carried across the Isthmus of Kra on the Malay Peninsula to reach the South China Sea. Crops such as sugar cane, cotton, sesame, and rice were grown for export with irrigation,
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Caesar Augustus rules the Roman Empire
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The birth of Jesus in Nazareth. The beginning of Christianity after his reported crucifixion.
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The life of Apostle Paul, who traveled and spread Christianity around the Mediterranean.
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The Sassanid Empire rules in Persia until the defeat of chosroes by the Arab Muslims.
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The beginning of the spread of Islam