The world's history
Updated 15 Nov 2018
I am a history student and will expand this timeline whenever I come across new information. Feel free to ask for more info.
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Created byMeike van der Kooij
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Fall of Troygolden agePythagorasDraco's reformsSolon's reformsKleisthenes reformsThemistokles' reformsPerikles' & Ephialtes' reformsCyrus the Great conquers LydiaAthens defeats Darius IPersian Wars:
Battle of
ThermopylaePersian wars:
Battle of PlataeaeFertile CresentSouth AmericaChinaCentral-AmericaSubsahara AfricaNorth East AmericaPeace Greeks–PersiansPersian wars:
battle of MarathonPersian wars:
SalamisBattle of LeuctraBattle of ChaeroneaCorinthian Bond establishedPhilip II fortifies and expandsColumbusEstablishment
of a post
in GhanaReaching Cape of Good HopeVasco da Gama
ventures into
Indian oceanInca empire
brought down
by Hernan Cortes'Discovery' of
AustraliaEdict of MilanCouncil of Nicaeabattle of AdrianopleEdict of ThessalonicaVisigoths sack RomeDeposistion of Romulus AugustulusHijrabattle of Badrdeath of MuhammedSynod of WhitbyPeriods
Mycenean Period/Bronze ageDark Ages/Early Iron ageArchaic periodClassical PeriodHellenistic periodRome: MonarchyRome: republicImperial PeriodSecond Greek expansionAnaxagorasDemocritusTyrannyNeolithic RevolutionsDelian LeagueCimon as Athenian commanderThemistocles as
Athenian commanderPericles as
Athenian commanderSparta vs AthensAthenians help Egyptian revolt against PersiaAthenian growth of
power, prosperity
and cultureGreat peloponnesian warCorinthian warSecond Athenian LeaguePhilip IICyrus II founds Persian EmpireExpansion of Persian Empire by Darius the greatPersian wars:
Ionian revoltGreat Peloponnesian war
Phase IGreat Peloponnesian war
Phase IIGreat Peloponnesian War
Phase IIISparta dominates GreeceTheban dominanceAlexander the Great conquers PersiaShang DynastyZhou DynastyQin DynastyHan DynastyExtention of world relationshipsland -> seaZheng HeVasco da GamaAztec Empire
brought down by
Francisco PizarroReign of ConstantinePope Gregory the GreatUmayyad caliphateconquest of Spain
by Islamic-led armiesiconocasm at Byzantiumiconocasm at Byzantium
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