Pre 1200 Dates

c. 8000 BCE

Beginnings of agriculture.

c. 400 BCE

Compilation of the Upanishads, philosophical texts expressing Hinduism.

566-486 BCE

Buddha in India

6th-5th Century BCE

Beginnings of Confucianism and Daoism with Confucius and Laozi.

32 CE

The beginnings of Christianity.

312 CE

Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity.

380 CE

Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire.

4th Century

Beginnings of the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes.

622 CE

Founding of Islam.

c. 730

Year when printing was invented in China.

750-900

Abbasid Caliphate period of cultural, scientific, and political advancements.

c. 900 CE

Decline of the classical Maya.

960-1279

Song Dynasty, a period of cultural and economic development in China.

1054

Great Schism, the division of Christianity between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

1095-1300

Euro Christian Crusades aimed at reclaiming the Holy Land