Post Classical Period

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  • Period: 600 BCE to 600

    Classical Period

  • 563 BCE

    563 BCE

    Siddhart Guatama also known as Buddha begins Buddhism
  • 550 BCE

    550 BCE

    Established massive persian empires
  • 524 BCE

    525 BCE

    Aeschylus launches tradition of Greek tragedy
  • 522 BCE

    522 BCE

    Darius I rules Persian empire successor state to Mesupotamian empires
  • 507 BCE

    507 BCE

    Roman republic begins
  • 500 BCE

    500 BCE

    Maharvia founded Jainism
  • 465 BCE

    465 BCE

    Hanno of Carthage explores the West African Coast
  • 448 BCE

    448 BCE

    Death of Pericles
  • 447 BCE

    447 BCE

    Athenian Empire in Greece
  • 334 BCE

    334 BCE

    Alexander the great of Macedonia conquers Western Asia and begins Hellenisic period
  • 323 BCE

    323 BCE

    Ptolemaic kings rule Egypt
  • 300 BCE

    300 BCE

    Greek colonists set up and trade centre
  • 285 BCE

    285 BCE

    Reign of Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus who favors sea routes for trade over land routes, Saba begins to decline
  • 206 BCE

    206 BCE

    Hen dynasty rules China
  • 138 BCE

    138 BCE

    Zhang Qian , as envoy of the Han emperor, opens up the Silk Road trading route between China and central Asia
  • 54 BCE

    54 BCE

    Roman influence grows in Britain owing to trade
  • 31 BCE

    31 BCE

    Ceaser Augustus rules Roman Empire
  • 1 CE

    1 CE

    First non- stop voyages from Egypt to India
  • 22

    22 CE

    Qin emperor unites Eastern China
  • 30

    30 CE

    Jesus was believed by Christians to be the messiah
  • 67

    67 CE

    Paul of Tarsus christian apostle
  • 70

    70 CE

    Roman army attacked Jerusalem and destroyed the cental focus of Jewish life: the temple
  • 106

    106 CE

    Trajan adopted an aggressive foreign policy
  • 198

    198 CE

    Extensive agriculture practices in Japan
  • 200

    200 BC

    Tree saddle made and exchanged
  • 205

    205 CE

    Lateen sail invented
  • 224

    224 CE

    Sassanid empire rules Persia until the defeat of Chosrues by the Arab muslims
  • 337

    337 CE

    Constantine- Roman /Christian convert
  • 440

    440 CE

    Nomadic huns begin a series of invasions that reduced the empires strength
  • 476

    476 CE

    Germanic invasion
  • 600

    600 BCE

    Iron Metallurgy is known to exist in china