Mankind Timeline

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  • 40,000 BCE

    Earliest known cave art created by early humans.

  • 10,000 BCE

    Beginnings of agriculture and the Neolithic Revolution.

  • 8000 BCE

    Development of pottery.

  • 5000 BCE

    End of Stoneage

  • 5000 BCE

    Start of Metal ages

  • 4000 BCE

    Invention of the wheel.

  • 3500 BCE

    The Sumerians in Mesopotamia develop one of the world's first writing systems, cuneiform.

    The earliest writing system was developed in ancient Mesopotamia around 3100 BCE. It was called cuneiform, which means ''wedge-shaped. '' This name refers to the wedge-like shapes of the symbols, which were produced using a reed stylus pressed against wet clay.
  • 3500 BCE

    End Of Prehistory

  • 3499 BCE

    Beggining of Ancient History

  • 3000 BCE

    Bronze Age begins, leading to advanced tools and weapons

  • 3000 BCE

    End of Metal Ages

  • 3000 BCE

    Fertile Crescent

  • 2600 BCE

    Great Pyramid of Giza constructed in Egypt

  • 2000 BCE

    Start of Classical Civilisations

  • 776 BCE

    First Olimpic games

  • 622 BCE

    Start of the Islamic Civilisation

  • Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE

    Life of confucius in China

  • 30 BCE

    End of Fertile Crescent

  • 27 BCE

    Start of the Roman Empire with the rise of August as first Roman Emperor

  • 1 CE

    Traditional birth of Jesus. Central figure of Christianity

  • 476

    Fall of Western Roman Empire

    In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.
  • 476

    Beggining of Middle Ages

  • 476

    End of Ancient history

  • 476

    End of Classical Civilisations

  • 476

    Start of the Bizantine empire

  • 476

    Start of Christian Empire

  • 622

    The Hijra marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar and the migration of the Prophet Muhammad to Medina.

  • 800

    Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor

  • 1066

    Norman conquest of England

  • Period: 1096 to 1291

    The Crusades, a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land.

  • Period: 1347 to 1351

    The Black Death devastates Europe, causing widespread death and social upheaval.

  • 1453

    The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire marks the end of the Byzantine Empire.

  • 1453

    End of the Bizantine Empire

  • 1491

    End of the Islamic Civilisation

  • 1492

    End of the Middle Ages

  • 1492

    Beggining of the Early Modern Ages

  • 1492

    Cristóbal Columbus discovers America

  • 1494

    End of Christian Europe

  • 1517

    Martin Luthers Ninety-five mark the beggining of the protestant reformation

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    The Thirty Years War in Europe

  • Isaac Newton publishes the "Principia Mathematica," revolutionizing physics and mathematics.

  • Start of the industrial revolution

  • American declaration of Independence

  • End of the Early Modern Ages

  • Beggining of the Modern ages

  • French Revolution begins

    In the late 18th century France was on the brink of bankruptcy due to its involvement in the American Revolution and King Louis XVI's extravagant spending. This led to a people's revolt against the inequalities of French society, the corruption of royal officials, and despair owing to widespread economic hardship.
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    American Civil War

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    I World War

  • Russian revolution and rise of the URSS

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    II World War

  • End of the II World War and beggining of the nuclear age

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    Cold War

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    Africa decolonisation

  • The first human steps on the moon during Apollo 11.

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall and end of the Cold War

  • Yugoslavia disolves

  • URSS disolves

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    The ongoing challenges and developments of the 21st century, including technological advancements and global issues like climate change and pandemics.