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In 265, Rome takes control of all of Italy.
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In 332 BCE, Alexander the Great of Macedonia takes control of Egypt.
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Alexander the Great begins his conquest of Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia, and India.
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Small independent kingdoms spring up in Italy, Gaul, Spain, Germany, Belgium, and Britain
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Odoacer kills the last Roman emperor in the west and proclaims himself king in 476 CE.
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John of England signs the Magna Carta.
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The Assyrians establish an independent kingdom in the north of Mesopotamia, with the capital at Ashur, in 1300 BCE
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Thutmose I expands his empire into south west Asia.
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Nomads of the west, the Amorites establish their capital at Babylon in 1900 BCE.
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Athens develops the most democratic government of all the city-states.
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Wooden castles are built
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Achean invaders enter the Greek mainland around 2500 BCE, Trojan War begins circa 1250 BCE
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Sumerians move in from the north to take over Mesopotamia in 3300 BCE.
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Julius Caesar is assassinated in the Roman Senate (44 BCE)
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In 48 BCE, Cleopatra VII forms alliance with Julius Caesar.
