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