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The Assyrians conquered the Kingdom of Israel. Many Israelites were deported to Mesopotamia. Began with the Babylonian exile.
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In the Roman Empire, the aristocracy (wealthy class) dominated the early Roman Republic. In Roman society, the aristocrats were known as patricians. The Roman concept of the citizen evolved during the Roman Republic and changed significantly during the later Roman Empire.
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Buddha set in motion the wheel of teaching. For the next 45 years of his life, the Buddha taught many disciples.
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Confucius interpreted the Analects as ceremonies performed by human agents and embodying the civilized and cultured patterns of behavior developed through generations of human wisdom.
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This philosophy attained prominence during the turbulent warring states era. This religion states that people are controlled by laws.
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This was a war between Athens and Sparta. Athens was forced to dismantle its empire.
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daoism was a retroactive grouping of ideas and writings which were already at least one to two centuries old.
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Philip captured Pydna and the Greek city of Methone which was an Athenian base.
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Alexander the Great conquered Babylonia and Elam. He wanted to invade Persia proper before the winter started.
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The Mauryan empire had overthrown the Nanda dynasty and rapidly expanded his power westward across central and western India.
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This civilization had a highly advanced numeral system with place values.
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The Italian metropolis had to charter several fleets and confront Rome with the experienced Punic endowments. Rome won but still had to face the challenges of a war at sea.
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Ashoka ruled for an estimated 36 years. During the cremation, his body burned for seven days and nights
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The great wall of China was constructed, little of it stands today.
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The Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China. It was also the first empire to run under the Mandate of Heaven.
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The silk road carried Chinese exports such as teas, salt, and porcelains
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Julius was murdered by his own senators at a meeting in a hall next to Pompey’s theatre.
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This was a period of relative peace and stability across the Roman Empire that lasted for over 200 years that begun with the reign of Augustus.
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The Xin Dynasty separated the Han dynasty into western and Eastern Han.
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Christianity began as a Jewish sect in Judea and quickly spread throughout the Roman Empire.
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Cao Pi pressured Emperor Xian into abdicating in his favor.
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The Eastern Empire governed out of Byzantium and the western Empire governed from Rome.
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This Edict raised religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman empire.
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The change of the capital of Rome occurred when Constantine I moved his capital there to Rome.
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The first ruler if the empire was Chandragupta I. The empire was maintained over northern parts of central and western India.
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The fiefs that had grown in importance during the end of the Zhou Dynasty had now become states of their own.
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The Western Roman empire was overthrown by the Germanic leader. Odoacer became the first barbarian to rule in Rome.
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The nomadic tribe of people from central Asia invaded. Regional political kingdoms ruled India.
