8000 BCE - 600 CE

Middle East

Neolithic Revolution

8000 BCE - 7999 BCE

Sumerians

4000 BCE - 1800 BCE

Egypt

3000 BCE - 900 BCE

Nubia

3000 BCE - 1400 BCE

Israel

2000 BCE - 721 BCE

Babylonians

1900 BCE - 1600 BCE

Assyrians

911 BCE - 612 BCE

Persian

550 BCE - 330 BCE

Sassanid

224 CE - 651 CE

China

Shang Dynasty

1600 BCE - 1046 BCE

Zhou Dynasty

1046 BCE - 256 BCE

Qin Dynasty

221 BCE - 206 BCE

Han Dynasty

206 BCE - 220 CE

Europe

Phoenicians

1200 BCE - 539 BCE

Roman Republic

509 BCE - 49 BCE

Celts

500 BCE - 400 CE

Roman Empire (West)

27 BCE - 476 CE

Roman Empire (East)

330 CE - 1453 CE

Amurica

Mayans

2000 BCE - 250 CE

Inca

1438 CE - 1533 CE