Preceden

Empires

Events

Brzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire)

330 C.E. - 1450 C.E.

Mali Empire

1076 C.E. - 1324 C.E.

Mongol Empire

1100 C.E. - 1300 C.E.

Inca Empire

1150 C.E. - 1493 C.E.

Ottoman Empire

1299 - 1923

Ashanti Empire

1670 C.E. - present

Qin and Han Empire

Qin and Han Empire

4000 B.C.E. - 1000 C.E.

beginning of shang dynasty

1700 B.C.E.

Zhou conquered the last Shang Synasty

1028 B.C.E.

Beginning of Western Zhou Dynasty

1027 B.C.E.

End of Shang Dynasty

1027 B.C.E

Zhou defeated by enemis (end)

771 B.C.E.

Beginning of Western Zhou Dynasty

770 B.C.E.

Qin wiped out Eastern Zhou ( Beginning of Qin)

221 B.C.E.

Qin died

210 B.C.E.

Liu Bang over threw Qin Dynasty

207 B.C.E.

Western Han Dynasty

206 B.C.E.

end of Han and Beginning of Xin Dynasty

9 A.D.

End of Xin

24 A.D.

Eastern Han Dynasty

25 A.D.

Jin Dynasty

265 A.D. - 420 A.D.

Hittie Empire

Hittite Empire

2000 B.C.E. - 1178 B.C.E.

The Hittite Old Kingdom begins

1700 B.C.

Reign of Lebarnas I:

1680 B.C.E. - 1650 B.C.E.

Founder of the kingdom, united the homeland

Reign of Hattusilis I,

1650 B.C.E. - 1620 B.C.E.

Son of Lebarnas: moved Hittite capital to Hattusa and carried the kingdom to as far as the Euphrates

Reign of Mursilis I,

1620 B.C.E. - 1500 B.C.E.

Adoptive grandson of Hattusilis: defeated Hurrians and destroyed Aleppo, raided Babylon and ended the dynasty, assassinated in palace conspiracy

Hatti faces crisis with enemies attacking (Mitannians, Kaskas, Luwians)

1500 B.C.E. - 1400 B.C.E.

Old Kingdom begins to fall apart

1500 B.C.E.

Hittite territories revolt

1400 B.C.E.

Telipinus saves the kingdom and preserves sequence of kings

1400 B.C.E

The Hittite Middle Kingdom/ Hittite Empire Begins

1400 B.C.E.

Reign of Suppiluliuma I:

1380 B.C.E. - 1336 B.C.E.

Secured Hatti against attacks, ended the Mitanni Empire when at the height of power, regained control over northern Syria with treaties, died of plague

- Reign of Mursilis II,

1336 B.C.E. - 1310 B.C.E.

Son of Suppiluliuma: fought against Arzawa and Kaska in beginning, maintained crisis in Syria when King of Carchemish died

Reign of Muwatallis,

1310 B.C.E. - 1294 B.C.E.

Son of Mursilis II: revived Egyptian interest in Syria caused problems, Battle of Qadesh, died

Battle of Qadesh:

1300 B.C.E.

A battle between the Hittites and Egyptians over control of Syria, Egypt was defeated, Hittite grip on Syria was firm

Reign of Hattusilis,

1290 BC - 1265 BC

Uncle of Mutwatallius: made peace with Egypt in 1284 BC, made Babylon an ally to protect from Assyrians

Reign of Tudhaliyas IV,

1265 BC - 1200 BC

Uncle of Mutwatallius: made peace with Egypt in 1284 BC, made Babylon an ally to protect from Assyrians

Hittite cities are sacked and burned and empire fell to Phrygians

1200 BC

Hittite city states fall and was the official end to the Hittites

1200 BC

Hittite city states survived in the southeastern region of the Hittite Empire

1200 BC - 700 BC

Reign of Suppiluliuma II:

1200 BC - 1200 BC

Dealt with enemy onslaught Hittite Empire fell during reign

Babylonian Empire

Babylonian Empire

1792 B.C.E. - 539 B.C.E.

Hammurabi becomes king of Babylonian and started forging an empire

1792 BC

Hammurabi dies

1750 BC

He left his code of law as his chief legacy

Hitties descend from the north and took over Babylonian

1595 BC

Nebuchadnezzar takes power and launches a belief Babylonian revival

1120 BC

Assyrian emerge as the dominant force in Mesoptamia and surrounding land

900 BC

Babylonian defeated the Assyrian and inherit their land

612 BC

Jerusalem fell in Nebuchadnezzar II

586 BC

by the Babylonian army

Babylonian fell to the Cyrus the Great of Persia

539 BC

Assyrian Empire

Assyrian Empire

746 B.C.E. - 606 B.C.E.

Tiglath Pileser III

746 BC - 727 BC

He comes to power.

Shalmaneser V

727 BC - 722 BC

Sargon

722 BC - 705 BC

Sennacherib

705 BC - 681 BC

Esarhaddon

681 BC - 669 BC

Ashurbanipal

668 BC - 627 BC

Ashur destroyed

614 BC

Nineveh destroyed

612 BC

Mauryan Empire

Mauryan Empire

322 B.C.E. - 185 B.C.E.

Ashoka retained the bureaucracy

268 BC

The Mauryan Empire’s ruler Ashoka retained the bureaucracy created by her grandfather and imposes a system of law Edicts of Ashoka.

Western Roman Empire

Construct Hadrian’s Wall

122 CE

Roman Empire uses engineers to construct Hadrian’s Wall to divide the territory from Scottish Pics and their raids.

Emperor Diocletian divided the Roman Empire

285 CE

  • The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) 330 - 1453 CE
  • The Western Roman Empire (Holy Roman Empire) 285 - 476 CE

Western Roman Empire

285 CE - 476 CE

Decline of the Roman Empire

410 CE

The Western Roman Empire fell to Egypt Arabs and Islamic-believers

Sassanid Empire

Ardashire I

224 CE

He introduced the Sahansah, the Sassanid reign was found

Sassanid Empire

224 C.E. - 651 C.E.

Islam

600 CE

Islam advances into the territory of the crumbling Sassanid Empire