History of the World

6 Eras

8000 BCE - 500 BCE

500 BCE - 500 CE

500 CE - 1492

1492 - 1750

1750 - 1914

1914 - Present

Key Events

8000 BCE - 3000 BCE

3500 BCE - 1200 BCE

1200 BCE - 550 BCE

499 BCE - 449 BCE

431 BCE - 401 BCE

264 BCE - 146

130 BCE - 1453

200

313

1071

1096 - 1270

1215

1347 - 1352

1350 - 1600

Key People

2370 BCE - 2315 BCE

1792 BCE - 1750 BCE

1479 BCE - 1458 BCE

1304 BCE - 1237 BCE

634 BCE - 562 BCE

604 BCE - 531 BCE

563 BCE - 483 BCE

551 BCE - 479 BCE

470 BCE - 399 BCE

356 BCE - 323 BCE

269 BCE - 231 BCE

156 BCE - 87 BCE

4 BCE - 29 CE

239 - 272

272 - 337

527 - 565

570 - 632

624 - 705

748 - 814

1162 - 1227

1215 - 1294

1280 - 1337

1280 - 1326

1336 - 1405

1412 - 1431

1530 - 1584

Middle East (Southwest Asia)

3500 BCE - 2350 BCE

2575 BCE - 2134 BCE

2334 BCE - 2193 BCE

2040 BCE - 1640 BCE

2000 BCE - present

1900 BCE - 1600 BCE

1550 BCE - 300 BCE

1532 BCE - 1070 BCE

1300 BCE - 1200 BCE

911 BCE - 612 BCE

550 BCE - 330 BCE

323 BCE - 83 BCE

247 BCE - 224 CE

224 - 651

656 - 661

661 - 750

750 - 1250

751

1299 - 1923

1501 - 1736

1526 - 1857

North America

1765 - 1783

Latin America

1400 BCE - 400 BCE

1000 BCE - 300 BCE

100 BCE - 750 CE

200 - 700

250 - 900

1492

1910 - 1920

1959

Europe

2000 BCE - 1500 BCE

1150 BCE - 800 BCE

800 BCE - 500 BCE

509 BCE - 27 BCE

500 BCE - 323 BCE

323 BCE - 146 BCE

27 BCE - 476

330 - 1453

718 - 1482

962 - 1806

1054

1066

1215

1240 - 1502

1337 - 1453

1618 - 1648

China (East Asia)

1600 BCE - 1046 BCE

1046 BCE - 221 BCE

480 BCE - 221 BCE

221 BCE - 206 BCE

206 BCE - 220 CE

589 - 618

618 - 907

960 - 1279

1279 - 1368

1368 - 1644

1644 - 1912

1851 - 1864

1899

1937 - 1938

South Asia (India)

2600 BCE - 1900 BCE

1500 BCE - 700 BCE

322 BCE - 185 BCE

320 - 550

1206 - 1520

1857

Southeast Asia

Central Asia

Africa

3000 BCE - 1500 BCE

1500 BCE - 1000

400 - 1200

1230 - 1600

1899 - 1902

Oceania

East Asia (except China)

645

1603 - 1868