History Timeline

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By Rhiannon.

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Australopithecus

4,000,000 BC

Homo Habilis

2,500,000 BC

Homo Erectus

1,600,000 BC

Human Migration

1,600,000 BC

Last Ice Age

1,600,000 BC - 10,000 BC

Neanderthal

200,000 BC

Cro-Magnon

40,000 BC

Migration over land bridge

12,000 BC - 10,500 BC

Agriculture in Central America

7000 BC - 5000 BC

Sumerians first settle in Mesopotamia

3500 BC

First documented civilization.

Indus river develops farms

3200 BC

Egypt Unites Kingdoms

3100 BC

Upper and lower Egypt join together.

Constant battle between Sumerian City states

3000 BC - 2000 BC

Rough estimation.

Egyptian old kingdom

2649 BC - 2150 BC

First cities of India

2500 BC

Egyptian middle kingdom

2030 BC - 1640 BC

Mycenaean era

1900 BC - 1100 BC

Reign of Hammurabi

1792 BC - 1750 BC

Famous for the code of laws he created.

Shang Dynasty

1675 BC - 1100 BC

Hyksos invade Egypt

1640 BC - 1560 BC

Egyptian new kingdom

1550 BC - 1070 BC

Trojan War

1220 BC - 1210 BC

Olmec

1200 BC - 400 BC

Zhou Dynasty

1027 BC - 800 BC

Chavin

900 BC - 200 BC

Zapotec

900 BC - 600 BC

First Olympics

776 BC

Still played today-- though radically different.

Battle of Thymbra

547 BC - 546 BC

Battle of Marathon

490 BC

Battle of Salamis

480 BC

Peloponnesian War

431 BC - 404 BC

Mayan

400 BC - 900 AD

Reign of Alexander the Great

336 BC - 323 BC

Constantine's Rule

330 BC - 324 BC

Hellenistic Age begins

323 BC

Hannibal invades Italy

225 BC - 220 BC

Fails to capture Rome.

Battle of Carthage

149 BC

Spartacus leads slave revolt

73 BC

Julius Caesar's rule

46 BC - 44 BC

Assassinated in 44BC.

Augustus Caesar's rule

31 BC - 14 AD

Jesus' Life

4 BC - 33 AD

Caligula's rule

37 AD - 41 AD

Colosseum construction

70 AD - 82 AD

Moche

100 AD - 700 AD

Inca

1200 AD - 1532 AD

Aztec

1330 AD - 1521 AD

Lewis Leaky finds tools

1960 AD

They are 2 million years old.

David Johnson finds Lucy

1974 AD

She is an Australopithecus

Mary Leaky finds Hominid footprint

1978 AD

2.3 million year old jaw found

1994 AD

Discovered in Ethiopia.