Events
Humans inhabit all major land masses except AntarcticaFarming emerges, groups settle in Fertile CrescentLarge complex societies emerge in Fertile CrescentEarly city centers in South America are establishedJudaism founded in present-day Middle EastEarly city in Mesoamerica (modern Mexico) founded (Olmecs)Alphabet invented in SW AsiaChariot revolution across EurasiaCommon foot soldier with armor and weapons democratize warfareCognitive revolutionIntentional crop-planting and animal domestication first begins in Fertile CrescentDomestication of large animals in Asia and North AfricaHumans are only surviving homininsMuhammad founds IslamFirst Olympic games in Olympia, GreeceLargest cities are Constantinople and Xi'an (China)Most of the world's largest cities today already existedCueva de Las Manos in ArgentinaDevelopment of cities along Nile RiverSumerian law code writtenTora was writtenBuddhism emerges in IndiaQin Dynasty ends and Han Dynasty beginsPeriods
Abundant global evidence of artistic expressionGlaciers melt, temps and sea levels riseWorld population grows from 6 million to 120 millionHinduism founded in present-day IndiaHumans crossed the Bering Strait into the AmericasLast Neanderthals live in Southern FranceAxial AgeKing Hammurabi of Babylon conquers Mesopotamia, Hammurabi's CodeMamluks rule EgyptHan DynastyZhou Dynasty, Shi HuangdiMiddle millenniumRise of Rome
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