Chapters 1-2
Emergence of Homo sapiens in Eastern Africa
Emergence of Homo erectus, an upright, tool-using human
Wide spread of human species across Asia, Europe, Africa; control of fire
Emergence of Homo sapien sapiens, which displaces other human species
Passage of first people to America
Central Russian mammoth bone settlements
Domestication of dogs
Natufian settlements
Development of farming in the Middle East
Domestication of sheep, pigs, goats, cattle
Domestication of sheep
First/ full-fledged town at Jericho
Catal Huyuk at its peak
Beans domesticated in Western Hemisphere
Yangshao culture in north China
Plant domestication becoming widespread
Domestication of maize (corn)
Age of innovation in the Middle East: introduction of writing, bronze metalworking, wheel, plow in Middle East
Maize domesticated in Mexico
Sumerian civilization
Civilization of Sumer
Llamas domesticated
Founding and flowering of Egyptian civilization
Rise of Egyptian civilization
Evidence of cotton cultivation, metallurgy, ceramics
Indus civilization in South Asia
Pottery in use in Mesoamerica
Kotosh culture in Peru
Early cultures in southwestern United States
Origins of Shang kingdom in China
Ceremonial centers in the highlands of southern Mexico
Formation of Babylonian empire in Middle East
Emergence of Shang kingdom in China
Rise of village culture in Mesopotamia
Beginning of Indo-European invasions of India and parts of the Mediterranean and Middle East
Spread of civilization to Crete(Minoan)
Olmec civilizations in Central America/flourish
Moses and Jewish exodus from Egypt
Vedas composed (India)
Zhou Kingdom in China
Olmec civilization in Mesoamerica
Beginning of Maya (Central America) / classic period in Mesoamerica
Early Horizon; Chavin culture flourishes
Beginnings of Chavin culture (Andes)
Beginnings of Bantu migration in Africa
Initial Greek city states
Meroe (Kush) rules Egypt
Potatoes domesticated
Height of Mayan civilization
Nazca culture
Germans in southern Germany, on Roman borders