Major Civilizations and Religions Timeline

sources: Wikipedia, SoftSchool timelines, chabad.org

Events

Stone Age/Prehistoric Period (2.5 million-3000 BCE)

5000 BCE - 3000 BCE

Egyptian Civilization (3500-332 BCE)

3500 BCE - 332 BCE

Bronze Age (3300-600 BCE)

3300 BCE - 600 BCE

Israelites and Judaism (3300 BCE-present)

3300 BCE - 2015 CE

Pharaoh rule begins (3100 BCE)

3100 BCE

Old Egyptian Kingdom (2686-2181 BCE)

2686 BCE - 2181 BCE

Great Pyramid of Giza Construction (2580-2560 BCE)

2580 BCE - 2560 BCE

Hinduism (2500 BCE-present)

2500 BCE - 2015 CE

Middle Egyptian Kingdom (2055-1650 BCE)

2055 BCE - 1650 BCE

Ancient Israelites (2000-587 BCE)

2001 BCE - 587 BCE

Abraham birth (2000 BCE)

2000 BCE

Classical Greece (2000-300 BCE)

2000 BCE - 300 BCE

New Egyptian Kingdom (1550-1077 BCE)

1550 BCE - 1077 BCE

Iron Age (1500-520 BCE)

1500 BCE - 520 BCE

Moses (1373-1273 BC)

1373 BCE - 1273 BCE

Akhenaten's Challenge to Egyptian Polytheism (1353-1334 BCE)

1353 BCE - 1334 BCE

Israelite Exodus from Egypt 1250-1200 BCE)

1250 BCE - 1200 BCE

King Saul (1025-1010 BCE)

1025 BCE - 1010 BCE

King David (1010-970 BCE)

1010 BCE - 970 BCE

First Jewish Temple Period (970-422 BCE)

970 BCE - 422 BCE

King Solomon (970-931 BCE)

970 BCE - 931 BCE

Israel/Judah Split (931 BCE)

931 BCE

First Olympic Games (776 BCE)

776 BCE

Greek Empire (776-146 BCE)

776 BC - 146 BC

Early Greek Civilization (750-451 BCE)

750 BCE - 451 BCE

Hebrew Scriptures (745 BCE-50 CE)

745 BCE - 50 CE

Thales (635-543 BCE): 1st philosopher in Greek tradition

635 BCE - 543 BCE

Anaximander (610-546 BCE): Greek philosopher

610 BCE - 546 BCE

Babylonian Exile (605 BCE - 537 CE)

605 BCE - 537 BCE

Pythagoras (570-495 BCE): Greek mathematician

570 BCE - 495 BCE

Persian Empire (550-330 BCE)

550 BCE - 330 BCE

Heraclitus (535-475 BCE): Greek Philosopher

535 BCE - 475 BCE

Pentateuch/Torah (520-320 BCE)

520 BCE - 320 BCE

Second Jewish Temple Period (515 BCE - 70 CE)

515 BCE - 70 CE

Roman Republic and Empire (509 BCE - 455 CE)

509 BCE - 455 CE

Socrates (470-399 BCE): Greek philosopher

470 BCE - 399 BCE

Hippocrates (460-370 BCE): Greek physician

460 BCE - 370 BCE

Buddhism (455 BCE-present)

455 BCE - 2015 CE

Athens becomes center of Greek civilization (450 BCE)

450 BCE

Euclid (450-300 BCE estimates): Greek mathematician, Geometry

450 BCE - 300 BCE

Plato (428-348 BCE): Greek philosopher, mathematician

428 BCE - 348 BCE

First Jewish Temple destroyed (422 BCE)

422 BCE

Eudoxus (408-355 BCE): Greek astronomer, mathematician

408 BCE - 355 BCE

Aristotle (384-322 BCE): Greek philosopher, scientist, Logic

384 BCE - 322 BCE

Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE): Great military conqueror

356 BCE - 323 BCE

Fall of Athens (338-332 BCE)

338 BCE - 332 BCE

Alexander the Great Conquers Egypt (332 BCE)

332 BCE

Archimedes (287-212 BCE): Greek mathematician

287 BCE - 212 BCE

Rome conquers Greece (146 BCE)

146 BCE

Rabbinic Period of Talmud Development (70 BCE-500 CE)

70 BCE - 500 CE

Cleopatra (69 - 30 BCE)

69 BCE - 30 BCE

Jesus/Yeshua (4 BCE - 36 CE)

4 BCE - 36 CE

Christian Era (26 CE to present)

26 CE - 2015 CE

Christian Scriptures (48-97 CE)

48 CE - 97 CE

Jewish Revolt of Roman Rule (66 CE)

66 CE

Second Jewish Temple Destroyed (70 CE)

70 CE

Ptolemy (100-165 CE): Greco-Egyptian mathematician, astronomer

100 CE - 165 CE

Christian Canon (150 AD-397 CE)

150 CE - 397 CE

Coptic Period (Egypt: 300-900 CE)

300 CE - 900 CE

First Council of Nicaea (325 CE)

325 CE

Byzantine Empire (330-1461 CE)

330 CE - 1453 CE

First Council of Constantinople (381 CE)

381 CE

Council of Ephesus (431 CE)

431 CE

Council of Chalcedon (451 CE)

451 CE

Fall of the Roman Empire (455 CE)

455 CE

Middle Ages/Post-Classical Era (500-1350 CE)

500 CE - 1350 CE

Quran (609-632 CE)

609 CE - 632 CE

Islam (610 CE-present)

626 CE - 2015 CE

Third Council of Constantinople (680 CE)

680 CE

Charlemagne (742-814 CE)

742 CE - 814 CE

Second Council of Nicaea II (787 CE)

787 CE

Viking Age (Scandinavia - 79-1066 CE)

793 CE - 1066 CE

The Crusades (1100-1300 CE)

1091 CE - 1300 CE

Fourth Lateran Council (1215 CE)

1215 CE

Dante (1265-1321 CE)

1265 CE - 1321 CE

Ottoman Empire (1299-1923 CE)

1299 CE - 1923 CE

Renaissance (1300-1550 CE)

1300 CE - 1500 CE

Chaucer (1343-1400 CE)

1343 CE - 1400 CE

Council of Florence (1431 CE)

1431 CE

Gutenberg Printing Press (1440 CE)

1440 CE

Copernicus (1473-1543 CE)

1473 CE - 1543 CE

Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE)

1475 CE - 1564 CE

Martin Luther (1483-1546 CE)

1483 CE - 1546 CE

Protestant Reformation (1517-1563 CE)

1517 CE - 1563 CE

Catholic Church holds Council of Trent and Counterreformation begins (1545 CE - 1563 CE)

1545 CE - 1563 CE

Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (1546 CE - 1601 CE)

1546 CE - 1601 CE

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600 CE)

1548 CE - 1600 CE

Francis Bacon (1561 CE - 1626 CE)

1561 CE - 1626 CE

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642 CE)

1564 CE - 1642 CE

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (1571 CE - 1630 CE)

1571 CE - 1630 CE

First Supernova Observed During Medieval Times (1572 CE)

1572 CE

John Donne, English poet (1572 CE - 1631 CE)

1572 CE - 1631 CE

Comet of 1577 which negated the medieval crystalline spheres concept (1577 CE)

1577 CE

Rene Descartes (1596 CE - 1650 CE)

1596 CE - 1650 CE

Last Supernova observed by humans to date in 1604 (1604 CE)

1604 CE

"Starry Messenger", Galileo's book on Sun as center of the universe (1611 CE)

1611 CE

Catholic Church condemns Copernican hypothesis (Sun center of universe) (1616 CE)

1616 CE

Kepler invents the laws governing the motions of the planets (ellipses not spheres) (1618 CE)

1618 CE

Pilgrams land on Plymouth Rock (1620 CE)

1620 CE

"Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" Published (1632 CE)

1632 CE

Galielo Affair: Catholic Church places Galileo under house arrest until his death (1633 CE - 1642 CE) CE)

1633 CE - 1642 CE

Issac Newton (1642-1727 CE)

1642 CE - 1727 CE

Cartesian Bargain: Truce Between the Catholic Church and Scientists about cosmology (1662 CE)

1662 CE

The Enlightenment/Age of Reason (1685 CE -1815 CE)

1685 CE - 1815 CE

Industrial Revolution (1760-1840 CE)

1760 CE - 1840 CE

Reform Judaism begins (1810 CE)

1810 CE

Vatican I (1869 CE)

1869 CE

Post-Modernism (1870-2015 CE)

1870 CE - 2015 CE

Albert Einstein (1879-1955 CE)

1879 CE - 1955 CE

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955 CE)

1881 CE - 1955 CE

Modernism (1900-1930 CE)

1900 CE - 1930 CE

Mass–energy equivalence: E=mc2 (1905 CE)

1905 CE

General Theory of Relativity (1915 CE)

1915 CE

Thomas Merton (1915-1968 CE)

1915 CE - 1968 CE

Fritz Zwicky confirms the concept of Dark Matter (1933 CE)

1933 CE

Israel Independence (1948)

1948 CE

Vatican II (1962 CE - 1965 CE)

1962 CE - 1965 CE

Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess document the concept of Dark Energy (1998 CE)

1998 CE

Double Dark Theory (2003 CE)

2003 CE