Preceden

Period 2 (600 BCE - 600 CE)

Europe

Era of Greek City-States

750 BCE - 336 BCE

750-336 BCE - Era of Greek city-states

Life of Zarathustra

700 BCE - 600 bce

Emergence of Greek rationalism

600 bce - 300 bce

Roman Republic

509 bc

Founding of the Roman Republic

Greco-Persian Wars

490 bc - 479 bc

Golden Age of Athens

479 bc - 429 bc

Socrates

469 bc - 399 bc

Peloponnesian War

431 bc - 404 bc

Alexander the Great

336 bc - 323 bc

Reign of Alexander the Great

High Point of Rome

200 bc - 200 ce

Roman Republic to Empire

100 bc - 1 bc

Spartacus slave rebellion

73 bc

Spartacus slave rebellion in Italy

Saint Paul

10 ce - 65 ce

Mount Vesuvius Erupts

79 ce

eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroys Pompeii

Christianity become state religion

300 ce - 400 ce

christianity becomes state religion of Roman Empire, Armenia, Axum

Collapse of W. Roman Empire

500 ce - 600 ce

Collapse of western Roman Empire

Slavery replace by Serfdom

600 ce

slavery replaced by serfdom in Europe

Middle East

Hebrew prophets

800 BCE - 700 BCE

(Amos, Hosea, Michah, Isaiah)

Upanishads Composed

800 BCE - 400 BCE

Jewish Exile

586 BCE - 539 bce

in Babylon

Achaemenid Empire

558 bc - 330 bc

Persian Achaemenid Empire; state support for Zoroastrianism

Jesus

1 ce - 34 ce

Asia

Life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi

550 bc - 450 bc

Life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi

Warring States

500 bc - 221 BC

Mauryan Dynasty

321 bc - 185 bc

India’s Mauryan dynasty empire

Qin Dynasty

221 bc - 206 bc

Han Dynasty

206 bc - 220 ce

Law of Manu

200 BC - 200 CE

Imperial Academy

124 bc

Imperial academy for Chinese officials established

Buddhist Poetry

100 bc - 1 bc

poetry of Buddhist nuns set to writing

Wang Mang

8 ce - 23 ce

Reforming emperor Wang Mang in China

Ban Zhou

45 ce - 116 ce

Yellow Turban

184 ce

Yellow Turban revolt in China

Gupta Dynasty

320 ce - 550 ce

India’s Gupta dynasty empire

Empress Wu

690 ce - 705 ce

Empress Wu reigns in China

Americas

Paleolithic

800 bce - 800 ce