Events
Founding of the Roman RepublicYellow Turban revolt in ChinaCollapse of Chinese Han dynastyImperial academy for training Chinese officialsSpartacus slave rebellion in ItalyEruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroys PompeiiLoosening of restrictions on elite Chinese women as Han dynasty collapsedSlavery replaced by serfdom in Roman worldTrade-borne disease enters Greece from Egypt(Early Centuries) Knowledge of monsoons enables expansion of Indian Ocean commerceAll-water route opened between India and ChinaIbn Battuta visits West AfricaSpread of Buddhism to Central Asian cities and northern ChinaPeriods
Persian Achaemenid EmpireGreco-Persian WarGolden Age of AthensPeloponnesian WarsReign of Alexander the GreatChina's Warring States PeriodIndia's Mauryan dynasty empireChina's Qin Dynasty empireHigh point of Roman EmpireChina's Han Dynasty empireIndia's Gupta dynasty empireTransition from Republic to Empire in RomeCollapse of Western Roman EmpireUpanishads composedHebrew prophets (Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah)Life of Zarathustra (ESTIMATED)Emergence of Greek rationalismLife of Buddha, Confucius, LaoziJewish Exile in BabylonLife of SocratesLife of JesusLife of St. PaulChristianity becomes state religion of the Roman Empire, Armenia, and AxumLife of Aspasia in AthensLaws of Man prescribing proper social behavior in IndiaPoetry of Buddhist nuns set to writingReforming emperor Wang mang in power in ChinaLife of Ban ZhouEmpress Wu reigned in ChinaBegginnings of silk industry in ChinaInitial flourishing of Silk Road commerceBeginning of trans-Saharan tradeChinese monopoly on silk production brokenRise of Islamic stateSrivijaya kingdomKhmer kingdom of AngkorSwahili civilization along East African coastMongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerceKingdom of Zimbabwe in southeastern AfricaMarco Polo in ChinaBlack Death enters Europe via transcontinental trade routesAztec and Inca empires facilitate commercial exchange in the AmericasEra of Greek city-states
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