Preceden

Ancient and Classical Civilizations

Events

Neolithic revolution 8,000 BCE

8,000 BCE

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Vedic Age

1500 BCE

End of Ancient era and the Beginning of the classical era

1000 BCE

Birth of Jesus

0 AD

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Middle East

Tigris Euphrates River Valley

4000 bce

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Eygpt River Valley Civilization

3000 BCE

Hittites introduce ironwork

1400 BCE

Europe

Jews settle near the Mediterranean

1200 BCE

Rise of Greece

800 BCE - 470 BCE

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First Jewish diaspora, caused by Assyrian conquest

722 BCE

Achaemenid Persian Empire

550 BCE - 330 BCE

Persian conquest of Phoenicia

539 BCE

Roman republic established

509 BCE

Greece's "golden age"

470 BCE - 430 BCE

Alexander the Great's conquests

338 BCE - 323 BCE

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Philip of Macedonia's (Alexander the great's father) conquest of Greece

338 BCE

Hellenistic period

300 BCE - 100 BCE

Julius Caesar's rule

49 BC - 44 BC

Caesar Augustus's rule

27 BCE - 14 CE

Roman Empire

27 BCE - 476 CE

End of Jewish state in Roman empire

70 CE

Roman Empire begins to decline

180 CE

Reign of Constantine

306 CE - 312 CE

China

Shang Civilization

1500 BCE

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Zhou Dynasty

1029 BCE - 258 BCE

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Qin Dynasty

221 BCE - 202 BCE

Han Dynasty

202 BCE - 220 CE

India

Indus River Valley

2500 B.C.E.

Mauryan Civilization

322 BCE - 232 BCE

Years of Ashoka's rule

269 BCE - 232 BCE

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Rise of Buddhism

200 BCE - 200 CE

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Gupta Civilization

319 CE - 535 CE

Americas

Olmec Civilization

1400 BCE

Chavin Civilization

900 BCE

Chavin Civilization

900 BC - 200 BC

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Olmec Civilization spreads

800 BCE - 400 BCE

Establishment of Maya city states

250 BCE

Teotihuacan

100 BCE

Moche Civilization

200 CE - 700 CE

Growth of Mayan Civilization

400 CE