Anotated Timeline #1

Events

Emergance of Hominid in Africa

200,000 BCE

(4 million BCE)

Homo-erectus Appear

200,000 BCE

(1.6 million BCE)

Neandertal Appearance

200,000 BCE - 30,000 BCE

Paleolithic Age

200,000 BCE - 8,000 b.c.e.

(2.5 million BCE)

Cro-magons Emerge

40,000 BCE - 8,000 BCE

Competition of the Great Pyramid

24504 BCE

Neolithic Age

8,000 BCE - 3,000 BCE

City-states form in Mesopotamia

5,000 BCE - 3,000 BCE

Phoenicians Dominate Trade

2,500 BCE

Sargon Conquers Sumer

2,300 BCE

Greek City-states Begin to Colonize

2000 BCE

Mycenaean Culture Thrives

2,000 BCE

Hammurabi's Code

1792 BCE - 1750 BCE

Minoan Civilization Prospers

1,500 BCE

Minoan Civilization Ends

1450 BCE

Isrealites Flee Egypt (Exodus)

1447 BCE

Draco Develops Legal Code

621 BCE

Cyrus the Great Building His Empire

550 BCE

Solon Outlaws Debt Slavery

549 BCE

Cleisthenes Opens the Assembly

508 BCE

Battle of Marathon

490 BCE

Battle of Thermopylae

480 BCE

Golden Age of Athens

480 BCE

Parthenon is Built

447 BCE

Peloponnesian War Begins

431 BCE

Pericles Dies

429 BCE

Peloponnesian War Ends

404 BCE

Philip Conquers Greece

359 BCE

Chandragupta Founds Mauryan Empire

332 BCE

Gupta Empire Forms in India

320 BCE

Asoka the Great Rules India

273 BCE

Qin Dynasty Collapses

207 BCE

Paper is Invented in China

206 BCE

The Great Wall of China is Built