Technological and Environmental Transformations, Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies and Regional and Transregional Interactions

  • 8000 BCE

    Neolithic (New Stone Age)

    Earliest agriculture - Mesopotamia- China
  • 2600 BCE

    Beginning of Indus Valley Civilzation

    Location: Indus Valley- South Asia
  • 2000 BCE

    Horses in use in Western Asia

    Most likely hunted for meat and transportation in Eurasia
  • 1500 BCE

    Early "alphabetic" script developed at Ugarit, Syria/Palestine

  • 1430 BCE

    Inca expansion begins

    In Andes
  • 900 BCE

    Chavín civilization in the Indies-America

  • 711 BCE

    Berbers and Arabs invade Spain from North Africa

  • 639 BCE

    Conquest of Egypt by Arabs

    639-42CE
  • 600 BCE

    Iron metallurgy in China

  • 507 BCE

    Establishment of the Republic-Rome

  • 480 BCE

    Greece's Classical period

  • 461 BCE

    Pericles dominant at Athens

    Athens completes evolution to democracy
  • 320 BCE

    Chandra Gupta established Gupta Empire

  • 300 BCE

    Foundation of the Museum of Alexandria

  • 247 BCE

    Parthian rule begins in Iran