World History Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 20 Sep 2023
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Created byJacob Stuecken
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250,000 BCE:
First developments of technology.
This mainly features the development
of stone tools100,000 BCE:
Modern humans begin to migrate out of Africa
and into other continents such as Eurasia which
is made up of Asia and Europe today.50,000 BCE:
Technology accelerates; cave paintings emerge
as a form of early human expression, more
sophisticated tools are made, and
hunting becomes much more efficient. As a
result, the extinction of many animal species
occurs13,000 BCE:
Humans arrive in North and
South America (the Americas)1,500 BCE:
Migration and trade are linked
between all major world regions1750 CE:
The modern era first begins - rapid
population increase, nationalism,
technological innovations.Periods
300,000 - 200,000 BCE:
Earliest humans first appear in Africa.
This can be connected to the Out of Africa theory.13,000 - 11,000 BCE:
The Agricultural Revolution begins
with humans starting to live in
settlements of communities.3500 BCE - 530 CE:
Ancient Mesopotamia3000 BCE - 30 CE:
Ancient Egypt2500 BCE - 550 CE:
Ancient Inida2500 BCE - 220 CE:
Ancient China1750 - 1914 CE:
The industrial revolution where
machines were introduced1914 - 1945 CE:
20th century crisis - rates of growth within
population, technology, seemed to stall1914 - 1918 CE:
World War 11939 - 1945 CE:
World War 21990 CE - Present Day:
The rise of the internet and digital
technology revolutionizes human
communication, transportation, etc
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