Story of Mankind

  • 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

  • Development of Judaism
    1800 BCE

    Development of Judaism

  • Development of Iron Smelting
    1400 BCE

    Development of Iron Smelting

  • Period: 1400 BCE to 570

    Military Empires

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 510 BCE

    Phoenicians and Hebrews

  • Rome is Founded
    800 BCE

    Rome is Founded

  • Homer writes Iliad and The Odyssey
    750 BCE

    Homer writes 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

  • 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

    Roman Empire

  • Jesus founds Christianity
    30

    Jesus founds Christianity

  • Jesus Founds Christianity
    30

    Jesus Founds Christianity

  • Capital of Roman Empire moved to Constantinople
    330

    Capital of Roman Empire moved to Constantinople

  • Fall of Rome
    476

    Fall of Rome

  • Gautama Founds Buddhism
    500

    Gautama Founds Buddhism

  • Muhammad founds Islam
    622

    Muhammad founds Islam

  • Charlemagne temporarily reverses decline of Western Europe
    800

    Charlemagne temporarily reverses decline of Western Europe

  • Period: 800 to 1200

    Golden Age of Islam

    mid 800s- mid 1200s
  • Period: 1095 to 1291

    Crusades

  • Period: 1100 to 1300

    Development of Major European Trading Centers

  • Venetians and Arabs monopolize European spice trade
    1200

    Venetians and Arabs monopolize European spice trade

  • Development of Parliamentary Government in England
    1200

    Development of Parliamentary Government in England

    Late 1200s
  • English Nobles Force King John Sign the Magna Carta
    1215

    English Nobles Force King John Sign the Magna Carta

  • End of Middle Ages in Italy
    1300

    End of Middle Ages in Italy

    Early 1300s
  • Period: 1300 to 1500

    Renaissance in Italy

  • Development of moveable type and printing press
    1400

    Development of moveable type and printing press

  • Prince Henry develops marine technologies and send ships to explore coast of Africa
    1400

    Prince Henry develops marine technologies and send ships to explore coast of Africa

  • End of Middle Ages elsewhere in Europe
    1400

    End of Middle Ages elsewhere in Europe

    Mid 1400s
  • Period: 1400 to

    Renaissance elsewhere in Europe

  • Fall of Constantinople
    1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    End of Byzantine Empire
  • Discovery and exploration of New World begins
    1492

    Discovery and exploration of New World begins

    Colombus
  • Da Gama reaches India
    1498

    Da Gama reaches India

  • Period: 1500 to

    Search for a practical NW Passage

  • Da vinci paints Mona Lisa
    1506

    Da vinci paints 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

  • Issac newton describes force and motion in mathematical terms

    Issac newton describes force and motion in mathematical terms

  • John Kay invents the flying shuttle

    John Kay invents the 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.