State-Building, Expansion, Conflict

Period 1

3000 BCE - 2000 BCE

3000 BC - 1700 BC

2500 BC - 1500 BC

1700 BC - 500 BC

1600 BC - 256 BC

1400 BC - 1100 BC

1400 BC - 1200 BC

900 BC - 300 BC

500 BC - 300 BC

Period 2

2000 BC - 500 BC

559 BC - 651

509 BC - 476 CE

321 BC - 550

300 BC - 800 CE

221 BC - 200

Period 3

600 - 1200

618 - 907

750 - 1258

960 - 1279

1200 - 1450

1279 - 1368

Period 4

1450 - 1750

1492 - 1493

1497 - 1498

1500 - 1600

1513 - 1514

1519 - 1520

1524 - 1525

1597 - 1598

1603 - 1625

1609 - 1610

1618 - 1648

Period 5

1764 - 1787

July 4, 1776 - July 5, 1776

1789 - 1799

1799 - 1804

1810 - 1820

1850 - 1864

1898 - 1901

Period 6

July 28 1914 - November 11 1918

1939 - 1945

1947 - 1991