Pre 1200 Dates

c. 8000 BCE

Beginnings of agriculture

By 400 BCE

Upanishads compiled as philosophical expression of Hinduism

566-486 BCE

Buddha in India

6th-5th C BCE

Life of Confucius and Laozi (Confucianism/Daoism begin)

32 CE

Beginnings of Christianity

312

Emperor Constantine converts to Christinity

380

Christianity becomes state Religion of Roman Empire

4th C

Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

622

Founding of Islam

c. 730 

Printing invented in China

750-900

Flourishing of Abbasid Caliphate

c. 900

Decline of classical Maya

960-1279

Song Dynasty in China

1054

Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic an Eastern Orthodox)

1095-c 1300

Euro Christian Crusades to Holy Land