TIMELINE

  • TERRA AMATA
    40,000 BCE

    TERRA AMATA

    Is an archeological site in open air located on the slopes of Mount Boron in Nice
  • SPEAR
    40,000 BCE

    SPEAR

    A thrusting or throwing weapon with a sharp blade
  • CATAL HUYUK
    7500 BCE

    CATAL HUYUK

    7500 BC - 5700 BC.
    An early neolithic town where the transition to a fully settled existence has been satisfactorily achieved.
  • TUMULUS OF BOUGON
    4800 BCE

    TUMULUS OF BOUGON

    Is a group of barrows dating to the Neolithic period
  • POTTER´S WHEEL
    4500 BCE

    POTTER´S WHEEL

    MESOPOTAMIA -
    A horizontal revolving disk on which wet clay is shaped into pots or other round ceramic objects
  • DOLMEN
    4200 BCE

    DOLMEN

    A type of a single chamber megalithic tomb.
  • WHEEL
    3200 BCE

    WHEEL

    SUMERIANS - Used for chariots
  • SKARA BRAE
    3100 BCE

    SKARA BRAE

    Stone built, Neolithic settlement.
  • STONEHENGE
    2900 BCE

    STONEHENGE

    It consists of a ring of standing stones, wth each standing stone around 4m high, 2.1m wide and wighting around 25 tones. Archaeologists believe it was used for rituals.
  • ZIGGURAT OF UR
    2100 BCE

    ZIGGURAT OF UR

    SUMERIANS - Built by King Ur-Nammu. A temple complex that served as an administrative center for the city,
  • HAMMURABI
    1810 BCE

    HAMMURABI

    1810BC - 1750BC The ruler of Babylon, he is best known for the development of a code of laws known as the Code of Hammurabi, which was used to regulate Mesopotamian society.
  • QANAT
    700 BCE

    QANAT

    PERSIA - A water managment system used for irrigation
  • NEBUCHADNEZZAR II
    605 BCE

    NEBUCHADNEZZAR II

    605 BC - 562 BC
    King of Babylon. The longest and most powerful reign of any monarch in the Neo-Babylonian empire
  • BABEL TOWER
    600 BCE

    BABEL TOWER

    90m high
  • HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
    600 BCE

    HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

  • TEMPLE OF ARTHEMIS
    600 BCE

    TEMPLE OF ARTHEMIS

  • ARCHIMEDE'S SCREW
    600 BCE

    ARCHIMEDE'S SCREW

    MESOPOTAMIA - A water lifting device making use of a spiral passage in an inclined cylinder. The water is raised when the spiral is rotated
  • ISHTAR GATE
    575 BCE

    ISHTAR GATE

    constructed by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II. It was the eighth gate of the city of Babylon, and was the main entrance into the city. It was part of Nebuchadnezzar's plan to beautify his empire's capital.
  • PERSEPOLIS
    550 BCE

    PERSEPOLIS

    550 BC - 330 BC.
    It was the ceremonial capital of Achaemenid Empire. It was built on an immense half-artificial, half-natural terrace, where the king of kings created an impressive palace complex inspired by Mesopotamian models
  • STATUE OF ZEUS
    453 BCE

    STATUE OF ZEUS

  • ALEXANDER THE GREAT
    356 BCE

    ALEXANDER THE GREAT

    356 BC - 326 BC
    Conqueror and king of Macedonia. King of Persia, Babylon and Asia, and created Macedonian colonies in the region.