Events
First Appearance of Homo Sapiens SapiensOldest Evidence of Belief in the AfterlifeOldest Evidence of Cave PaintingsOldest Evidence of Musical InstrumentsFoundation of the City of JerichoFounadtion of the City of Catal HuyukAbraham Founds CanaanMoses Leads Hebrews out of EgyptKing Menes Unites the Two Kingdoms of EgyptPharaoh Akhenaton Takes the ThroneUse of Hieroglyphics BeginsKush Conquers EgyptAssyrians Conquer KushAxum Conquers KushPeople of the Yangtze Valley Begin Growing RicePeople of the Huang He Begin FarmingFirst Silk ProductionRule of Yu BeginsAmericans Discovered AgricultureFirst People Arrive in OceaniaEND OF THE
EARLY PERIOD OF
HUMAN HISTORYFounding of the Roman KingdomMonarchies to TyrantsBattle of MarathonAssassination of Philip IIBattle of Actium (Rise of Roman Empire)Overthrow of Tarquinius SuperbusPlebians win right to citizentryLaws of the Twelve TablesRome controls entire Italian PeninsulaRomans capture CarthageVandals take Carthage from RomeVandals conquer RomeRomans capture JerusalemPersians conquer JerusalemRoman Emperor Constantine becomes first Christian Emperor.Roman Emperor Constantine moves capitol to Constantinople.Visigoths sack RomeLast Roman emperor replaced by OdovacerSiddhartha Gautama (Buddhism)Persians invade the Indus ValleyAlexander the Great defeats the Persian Empire.Huns destroy trade with Rome.Birth of ConfuciusDeath of Qin Shihuangdi.Qin Dynasty revolt.The Chinese invent paper.Start of peasant revolts.The Caracol observatory is built in the city of Chichén Itzá.Byzantines defeat Bulgars at the Battle of KleidionCyril writes the Cyrillic AlphabetFoundation of the University of ConstantinopleSeljuk Turks defeat Byzantines at the Battle of ManzikertNormans take control of Sicily / southern ItalyPrince Vladimir I the Great marries
the sister of the Byzantine EmperorNaval expedition to raid ConstantinopleNaval expedition to raid ConstantinopleNaval expedition to raid ConstantinopleThe Pechenegs raid the city of KievThe Pechenegs raid the city of KievMuhammad flees from Mecca to MedinaThe capitol of Damascus falls to the AbbasidsIslam is brought to PersiaMongols conquer what remains of the Abbasid EmpireMuslims defeat Byzantines in northern AfricaMuslims invade SpainFrankish forces defeat Muslims in the Battle of ToursEND OF THE
CLASSICAL ERA OF
HUMAN HISTORYBantu speakers obtain iron-making technology.Bantu speakers reach the Great Lakes of East Africa.Bantu speakers reach South Africa.Bantu speakers bring agriculture to East Africa.Sundiata "the Lion Prince" takes back the Kingdom of Mali.Mansa Musa begins pilgrimage.Construction of the Great Zimbabwe is complete.Emperor Sui Yangdi is assassinated.Chinese Buddhist monk, Xuanzang, leaves China.Xuanzang reaches India.Xuanzang returns to China.An Lushan leads a rebellion against the emperor.Capital is moved from Kaifeng to Hangzhou.Taika ReformsThe Fujiwara clan takes over the Japanese
government and moves capital to Nara.The emperor moves the capital to Heian.FIrst Umayyad invasion of Northern India.Second invasion of Northern India by Mahmud of Ghazni.Discovery of gunpowder.The Chinese develop a system of printing.Camels appear in North Africa.Tyrants to DemocracyPeriods
Paleolithic PeriodNeolithic Revolution / Agricultural Revolution / Stone AgeBronze AgeSumariansBabylonian EmpireRule of HammurabiPhoeniciansAncient EgyptThe Old KingdomThe Middle KingdomThe New KingdomRule of Ramses the GreatKingdom of NubiaKingdom of KushKingdom of AxumIndus Valley CivilizationsHarappa & Mohenjo-DaroAryansVedic Age (Hinduism)Xia DynastyShang DynastyChina's 1st Golden AgeThe ChavinIron Age (China)The OlmecAustronesian Speakers Spread (Reach Madagascar <--> Hawaii)"Dark Age"Zhou DynastyCrete & MycenaeThe Great Persian WarsAthens: SolonAthens: Pericles "Golden Age"Athens: Homer (Iliad & Odyssey)Olympic GamesCyrus the GreatDarius IXerxesZarathustra (Prophet)Achaemenid Empire (1st Persian Empire)Peloponnesian WarMacedoniaSeleucidsParthiansSassanid EmpireHellenistic PeriodAlexander the GreatRome (Monarchy)Rome defeats MacedoniaPunic WarsRoman RepublicRoman EmpirePax Romana (Roman peacetime)Second Temple (Judaism)St. Augustine of Hippo (Christianity)Rule of Diocletian (divide of Roman Empire)Indian Civilizations of the Classical Era aka. the Golden AgeMauryan DynastyRule of Ashoka MauryaBactria and Kushan Empires rule IndiaGupta DynastyQin DynastyHan DynastyRule of Han WudiRule of Wang MangThe MocheCity of TeotihuacanThe MayansMayan Classical PeriodByzantine EmpireRule of Justinian I the GreatRule of HeracliusRule of Leo IIIRule of Basil IIRevolt led by Basil the Copper HandRevolt led by IvayloFourth CrusadeKievan RusRule of Yaroslav I the WiseThe Mongols control KievCity of NovgorodMuhammad (Islam)First Four CaliphsRule of Ali, the fourth caliphUmayyad DynastyThe Abbasid EmpireDecline of the Abbasid EmpireAvicennaRumiMigration of Bantu SpeakersIntroduction of Bananas to Sub-Saharan AfricaIncrease of trade in the Sahara due to Islamic merchants.Kingdom of GhanaPeak influence of Ghana.Kingdom of MaliKingdom of ZimbabwePeak of Phoenician influence.Slave revolts in Mesopotamia.Sui DynastyTurmoil in China.Tang DynastyPoet Li BoRule of Emperor Tang TaizongRule of Emperor Hsuan TsungSong DynastyEmergence of Neo-Confucianism.Prince Shotoku TaishiHeian Period / Heian JapanMinamoto and Kamamura ShogunatesChola Kingdom, South IndiaVijayanagar, South IndiaDelhi Sultanate, North IndiaBhakti Movement, South IndiaFunan RuleSrivijayaSingosariMajapahitAngkor Kingdom (Khumer)
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