APWH

6th centry BCE

beginning of confucianism, buddhism, and daoism

130 BCE

silk road trade begins

32 BCE

christianity starts

4th centry CE

trans saharan trade begins

527

rule of justinian

622

founding of islam

730

wood block printing begins in china

900

fall of classical mayan civilization

1054

great schism of christian church

1071

battle of manzikert

8000 BCE

1st agricultural revolution

2000 BCE

harappa and mojen daro founded indus valley

3300 BCE

bronze age begins

5000 BCE

mesopotamia was founded

2500 BCE

epic of gilgamesh written

1900 BCE

babylon was founded

1790 BCE

rule of hammurabi

3000 BCE

phoenicians active by sea in the mediterranean

6000 BCE

egypt was founded

1322-1220 BCE

hittite empire in central asia

1200 BCE

oracle bones used in china

1045 BCE

zhou dynasty begins in china

661-750

moors conquer north africa and southern europe for islam

750

umayyad caliphate ends

750-945

Abbasid caliphate

350

sirijava kingdom begins in sumatra

794

heian period in japan

800s

champa rice arrives in china from vietnam

410

visgoths sack rome

330

constantinople becomes capital of the roman empire

313

edict of milan

325

council of nicea

72

romans sack jerusalem, destroy the jewish temple, diaspora begins

2nd centry

PAX romana

509 BCE

roman republic was founded

550-330 BCE

persian empire

336-323 BCE

rule of alexander the great

800

mississippian culture founded in north america

200

settlement of hawaii by polynesians