Som 1

  • Period: 4000 BCE to 500

    Som 1

  • Period: 3500 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Mesopotamia

  • Period: 3100 BCE to 671 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

  • Period: 2800 BCE to 750 BCE

    Early Greeks

  • Period: 2500 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Eastern River Valley Civilizations

  • 1800 BCE

    Development of Judaism begins

  • 1400 BCE

    Development of Iron Smelting

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 510

    Phonecians and Hebrews

  • Rome is founded
    800 BCE

    Rome is founded

  • Homer writes the Iliad and The Odyssey
    750 BCE

    Homer writes the Iliad and The Odyssey

  • Period: 750 BCE to 200 BCE

    Greek Culture

  • Period: 700 BCE to 335 BCE

    Greek City States

  • Period: 509 BCE to 30 BCE

    Roman Republic

  • Guatama founds Buddhism
    500 BCE

    Guatama founds Buddhism

  • Pericles Creates Golden Age in Athens
    450 BCE

    Pericles Creates Golden Age in Athens

  • Socrates and Plato
    400 BCE

    Socrates and Plato

  • Period: 335 BCE to 145 BCE

    Hellenistic Period

  • Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE

    Punic Wars

  • Period: 27 BCE to 476 BCE

    Roman Empire

  • Jesus founds Christianity
    30

    Jesus founds Christianity

  • Capital of Roman Empire moved to Constantinople
    330

    Capital of Roman Empire moved to Constantinople

  • 476

    Fall of Rome

  • 622

    Muhammad founds Islam

  • 800

    Charlemagne reverse decline of West Europe

  • Period: 800 to 1200

    Golden Age of Islam

  • Period: 1095 to 1291

    Crusades

  • Period: 1100 to 1300

    Development of major European trading centers

  • Development of parliamentary government in England
    1200

    Development of parliamentary government in England

  • Venetians and Arabs Monopolize European Trade
    1200

    Venetians and Arabs Monopolize European Trade

  • English force King John to sign Magna Carta
    1215

    English force King John to sign Magna Carta

  • 1300

    End of Middle Ages in Italy

  • Period: 1300 to 1500

    Renaissance in Italy

  • 1400

    End of Middle Ages elsewhere in Europe

  • Period: 1400 to 500 BCE

    Military Empires

  • Period: 1400 to

    Renaissance elsewhere in Europe

  • Development of moveable type and printing press
    1450

    Development of moveable type and printing press

  • Prince Henry develops and sends ships to African coast
    1450

    Prince Henry develops and sends ships to African coast

  • Fall of Constantinople/ End of Byzantine Empire
    1453

    Fall of Constantinople/ End of Byzantine Empire

  • Discovery and Exploration of New World begins.
    1492

    Discovery and Exploration of New World begins.

  • Da Gama reaches India
    1498

    Da Gama reaches India

  • Period: 1500 to

    Search for a practical NW passage

  • Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    1506

    Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

  • Luther Posts 95 Theses
    1517

    Luther Posts 95 Theses

  • Period: 1519 to 1522

    Magellan expedition circumnavigates the globe

  • Henry VIII heads Church of England
    1534

    Henry VIII heads Church of England

  • Copernicus proposes sun-centered solar system
    1543

    Copernicus proposes sun-centered solar system

  • England defeats the Armada

    England defeats the Armada

  • Period: to

    Thirty Years War

  • Glorious Revolution takes place in England

    Glorious Revolution takes place in England

  • Isaac Newton describes force and motion mathematically

    Isaac Newton describes force and motion mathematically

  • John Kay invents flying shuttle

    John Kay invents flying shuttle

  • James Watt perfects the steam engine

    James Watt perfects the steam engine

  • U.S Declaration of Independence

    U.S Declaration of Independence

  • U.S Constitution goes into effect

    U.S Constitution goes into effect