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Last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees (5.5 million)

First bipedal human ancestor. (4 million)

Homo erectus in Africa, Asia, and Indonesia. First use of crude stone tools and may have harnessed naturally occuring fire. (.8 million - 100,000)

Modern humans appear (Homo sapiens). (150,000 - 60,000)

Archaic Homo sapiens (Neanderthals). (150,000 - 30,000)

("big bang"). Homo sapiens. First standardized stone tools. First jewelry. First painting. (60,000 - 40,000)

Neanderthals disappear. (40,000 - 35,000)

80% ancestors modern arrived in Europe. (30,000-20,000)

And 10% came in the Neolithic when the Ice Age ended and agriculture was first introduced to Europe from the Near East. (10,000)

Beginnings of trade. (6500)

Rising seas of the Mediterranean burst through the narrow Bosporus Valley, and the salt water of the Mediterranean poured into the now-Black Sea. (5600)

First pyramids, made of earth, constructed in Peru. (3500)

Sumerian city-state of Uruk reaches 10,000 population. (3500 )

Sumerian Period in Mesopotamia. (3500-2400)

Rise of Greek city-states. (800 BC)

Neo-Assyrian Empire. conquered Mesopotamia and Syro-Palestine in savage campaigns. (883 - 612)

Composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey. (890 BC)

The Zhou force overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty. (1046 BC)

The beginning of the Iron Age in Greece. (1100 BC)

Disintegration of Hittite Empire. First Babylonian Empire falls into anarchy. (1180 BC)

Bronze Age collapse in Southwestern Asia and in the Eastern Mediterranean region. (1200-1150 BC)

The Hallstatt culture. (1200 BC)

Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico. (1400-400 BC)

Mayan Empire arises in Central America. (1500)

Triumph of Egyptian Empire over 'known world'; 18th Dynasty in Egypt; Capitals Thebes & Akhetaten. (1580)

Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China. (1600 BC)

Babylonian Empire arises. (1792)

Alphabetic writing emerges. (1800 BC)

Completion of Stonehenge. (2200 BC)

Akkadian Empire is founded. (2334 or 2270 BC)

• Egyptians discover use of papyrus, Potter's wheels and kilns used in Mesopotamia. • Egyptian ships import gold from Africa Map of Babylonia, Bow and arrow used in warfare. • The horse is domesticated in China. • lunar year of 360 days changes to variable sun-moon cycle ,Austronesian Expansion reaches Indonesian islands of Celebres and North Borneo and Timor. (2500)

The mammoth goes extinct. (2500 BC)

King Khufu completes the Great Pyramid of Giza. (2560 BC)

Oldest known surviving literature. (2600 BC)

First paved rode, Egypt. (2600)

2700 BC The Old Kingdom begins in Egypt.

Imhotep, the first great physician and architect in history, contructs the first (stepped) stone pyramid at Saqqara. (2750 BC)

The Old Kingdom begins in Egypt. (2700 BC)

Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80,000 inhabitants. (2700 BC)

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China. (2800 BC)

Pyramid of Djoser near Cairo. (2800)

Stonehenge construction begins. Egyptian calendar, First known use of papyrus by Egyptians. (3000 BC)

The Bronze Age in Greece. (3000-1100)

First dynasty of Egypt. (3100 BC)

Newgrange built in Ireland. Sumerian cuneiform writing system. (3200 BC)

Regional and Transregional interactions. (C 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E)

Muslims conquered Byzantine Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. (633 and 637)

Expanded to Egypt and North Africa. (640’s)

Controlled Persia. (651)

Hindu India, Northwest Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula. The Umayyad Dynasty. (718)

1815-1837

Battle of Tours. (732)

Coronation of Charlemagne. (800)

Charlemagne divides Empire. (843)

Monastery of Cluny Founded. (910)

Beginning of Holy Roman Empire. (962)

Schism between Latin and Orthodox Church (1054)

First Crusade / Pope Urban. (1059)

Muslims conquer Byzantine Syria, Egypt and Tunisia. (634-650)

Varangians Take Control. (880)

Vladimir becomes grand prince of Kievan Russia. (980)

Alexius Comnenus rules Byzantine Empire calls for western military aid against Muslims. (1081-1118)

Western knights sack Constantinople in 4th Crusade. (1204)

• Birth year of Abraham the father of Abrahamic Religions. • Babylonia knows signs of the zodiac • Egyptians use knotted rope triangle with "Pythagorean" numbers to construct right angles. • Minos palace has light and air shafts, bathrooms with water supply • Irrigation system in Egypt utilizes Nile floods (2000 BC)

• Water dam in India built of polished marble • Edwin Smith Papyrus describes medical and surgical practices • Mercury used in Egypt • Four basic elements known in India: earth, air, fire, and water. • China's first written accounts, during the Xin Dynasty. (200 BC)

From the Conquest to Chaucer. (1066-1400)

From Chaucer to Spenser. (1400-1599)

The Age of Shakespeare. (1564-1616)

The Age of Milton. (1608-1674)

From the Restoration to the Death of Pope. (1660-1744)

The Death of Pope to the French Revolution. (1744-1789)

The French Revolution to the Death of Scott. (1789-1832)

From the Death of Scott to the Present Time. (1832-1893)

The Colonial Period. (1607-1765)

The Revolutionary Period. (1765-1815)

The Era of National Expansion. (1815-1837)

The Concord Writers. (1837-1861)

The Cambridge Scholars. (1837-1861)

Literature in the Cities. (1837-1861)

Beginnings of Literature. (1861)

First recorded Olympic Games. (776 BC)

Founding of Rome. (753 BC)

Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. (745 BC)

Rise of Persian Empire. (653 BC)

An alliance between the Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians succeeds in destroying Nineveh and causing subsequent fall of the Assyrian empire. (612 BC)

Nebuchadnezzar builds "Hanging Gardens". (604-561)

Fall of Jerusalem. (597)

Destruction of Jersulame's. (587/586)

Confucius was born. (551)

The Persian War. (499-479)

Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon. (490 BC)

Death of Gautama Buddha. (483 BC)

Beginning of the classical period in architecture. (479)

Peloponnesian War. (431-404)

Democracy restored to Athens. (403)

The Hellenistic Age. (323-146)

Roman Empire arises and conquers the 'known world. (197 BC - AD 476)

Birth of Jesus Christ. (4 BC)

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. (26-34)

Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would tolerate all forms of religious worship. (313)