Timeline

8000 BCE: Neolithic revolution

5000 BCE: Yangshao culture emerges
3000 BCE: Indus valley civilization
3500 BCE: Development of urbanization in the Sumerian
culture
3200 BCE: First city states in Sumeria
3100 BCE: Menes unifies Egypt
2686 BCE: Old kingdom starts in Egypt
2500 BCE: Writing appears in China
2334 BCE: Akkadian dynasty in Mesopotamia
2181 BCE: 1st intermediate period in Egypt
2040 BCE: Middle kingdom in Egypt
2000 BCE: Minoan civilization
1994 BCE: Xia dynasty
1900 BCE: Epic of Gilgamesh
1894 BCE: Babylonian dynasty
1674 BCE: 2nd intermediate period in Egypt
1552 BCE: New kingdom in Egypt
1550 BCE: Mycenaean civilization
1523 BCE: Shang dynasty
1500 BCE: Collapse of Indus valley civilization
1500 BCE: Rig-Vedic era
1450 BCE: Mycenaean conquer Crete and in 1375 BCE
destroy Minoans
1400 BCE: Development of the Phoenician alphabet
1367 BCE: Akhenaton period in Egypt
1260 BCE: Destruction of Troy
1220 BCE: Mycenaean sack Troy
1200 BCE: Hebrew kingdom begins
1069 BCE: Late period in Egypt
1027 BCE: Zhou dynasty
911 BCE: Assyrian empire
814 BCE: founding of Carthage
800 BCE: Aryans settle in the Ganges
800 BCE: The Upashinadas are composed
753 BCE: Traditional date for foundation
750 BCE: Homer is born
612 BCE: Chaldean empire
563 BCE: Siddhartha Gautama
559 BCE: Persian empires unites Middle East
551 BCE: Confucius is born
540 BCE: Jainism appears
509 BCE: Romans expel the Etruscans and start a
republic
490 BCE: Battle of Marathon
480 BCE: Battle of Thermopylae and Salamis
448 BCE: Delian League is established
469 BCE: Socrates
461 BCE: Pericles rules
431 BCE: Peloponnesian War
427 BCE: Plato
403 BCE: Warring states period
400 BCE: Development of Indian writing system
384 BCE: Aristotle
338 BCE: Phillip II from Macedonia conquers the Greeks
336 BCE: Alexander starts conquering Persia
327 BCE: Alexander the Great arrives to northern India
326 BCE: Romans start its expansion over the Italian
peninsula
322 CE: Chandragupta founds the Mauryan dynasty
269 BCE: Ashoka’s reign
264 BCE: 1st Punic war
221 BCE: Qin Shi Huangdi makes the Qin dynasty and
unites China
221 BCE: Start of building walls to protect China
218 BCE: 2nd Punic war
201 BCE: Han dynasty founded by Liu Bang
200 BCE: Romans conquer Greece
184 BCE: Mauryan dynasty comes to an end
100 BCE: Rise of the Silk Road
82 BCE: Sulla’s dictatorship
73 BCE: Slave revolt led by Spartacus
58 BCE: Caesar conquers the Gauls
49 BCE: Caesar is dictator
44 BCE: Caesar is assassinated
30 AD: Jesus is crucified
96-180 AD: Age of the Good Emperors
320 AD: Gupta Empire starts in India
324 AD: Constantine rises to power
325 AD: Council of Nicaea
330 AD: Constantinople becomes the capital
410 AD: Rome is sacked by the Goths
527 AD: Reign of Justinian
610 AD: Fall of Rome