Preceden

Troy Timeline

LA project

Math

five interesting

Sumerians divide circle into 360 degrees

3000 BC

Sumerians divide circle into 360 degrees

Sumerians divide day into 24 hours

3000 BC

Sumerians divide day into 24 hours

Sumerians divide hour into 60 minutes

3000 BC

Sumerians divide hour into 60 minutes

Sumerians divide minute into 60 seconds

3000 BC

Sumerians divide minute into 60 seconds

Egyptians use calendar with 365 days

2773 BC

Egyptians use calendar with 365 days

War

Mycenae dominates Aegean

1450 BC

Mycenae dominates Aegean

Hittites first employ iron for weapons

1300 BC

Hittites first employ iron for weapons

Ramses II, pharaoh, known to Greeks as Ozymandias, total army of 100,000

1290 BC

Ramses II, master builder pharaoh, known to Greeks as Ozymandias, has total army of 100,000

Trojan War: between Troy and Mycenae

1190 BC

Trojan War: between Troy and Mycenae

Age of Darkness in Aegean: Dorian & Ionian invasions disrupt Mycenaean

1100 BC

Age of Darkness in Aegean area, Dorian and Ionian invasions interrupt Mycenaean civilization

Mycenae falls to invaders

1100 BC

Mycenae falls to invaders

Science

5 interesting

Pharaoh Atothis writes first book about human body

3000 BC

Pharaoh Atothis writes first book about human body

Sumerians use fillings in bad teeth

3000 BC

Sumerians use fillings in bad teeth

Chinese record sighting of comet

2296 BC

Chinese record sighting of comet

Water clock in Egypt

1600 BC

Water clock in Egypt

Glassmaking perfected in Middle East, including bottles in Egypt

1500 BC

Glassmaking perfected in Middle East, including bottles in Egypt

Troy

Troy Inhabited

3000 BC

Troy Inhabbited

Mycenae flourishes

1600 BC

Mycenae flourishes

Mycenae reaches its peak

1320 BC

Mycenae reaches its peak

First Olympic Games

776 BC

First Olympic Games

Homer writing

750 BC

Homer writing