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Asian migrants cross Bering Land bridge and enter North America.
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Beginnings of agriculture in Americas, including maize production.
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First settlements in Mesopotamia
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Wheel in first created
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Invention of writing in Mesopotamia
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Upper and Lower kingdoms of Egypt united by King Menes.
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Process to make silk is created in China.
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First Egyptian pyramid constructed
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Development
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Chinese learn how to make bronze.
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Camel domesticated in Somalia
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King Hammurabi's Code created law code
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Created
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City of Carthage founded in Tunisia.
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Confucius is born
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Confucius develops confucianism.
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Egypt conquered by Alexander
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Work on the Great Wall of China begins
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Inscribed
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Roman Concrete Invented
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Maya leave first written records in Western Hemisphere.
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Paper is invented by Imperial Court official Cai Lun.
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Classical Mayan Period
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Established in India, Hinduism becomes major religion of Empire
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Bantu tribes arrive in Zambia
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Buddha is born
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Muhammed makes his pilgrimage to Mecca
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Islam sweeps through North Africa
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Scandinavian Vikings establish forts at Kiev and Novogorod
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Vladamir converts Russia to Eastern Orthodox Church
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Invented by Song Dynasty (China)
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The First Crusade begins
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Aztecs enter and later control Central Valley of Mexico.
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Ghengis Khan leads the Monguls into Russia
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Invented in China
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Created by Johannes Gutenberg
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Columbus makes landfall in the Bahamas
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The Portuguese enter Brazil
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Spanish conquer the Aztecs
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Established, unified North and South India for the first time.
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Emergence of modern science.
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Ivan IV becomes the first Czar of Russia
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Shah Jahan begins construction on Taj Mahal in India
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African slaves begin being transported across the Atlantic
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Czar Peter the Great lays foundation of Russian Empire
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Invented by Gean Cahncel in Paris