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* c. 3200 BC: [[Sumer]]ian [[cuneiform]] [[writing system]].<ref>[http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test4materials/Writing2.htm The invention of writing; Western Washington University]</ref>
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*3200 BC: [[Cycladic civilization]] in Greece
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*3200 BC: [[Norte Chico civilization]] begins in [[Peru]]
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*3200 BC: Rise of [[Proto-Elamite]] Civilization in [[Iran]]
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*3100 BC: [[Skara Brae]] [[Scotland]]
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*3100 BC: [[First dynasty of Egypt]]
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*c. 3000 BC: [[Egyptian calendar]]
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* c. 3000 BC: [[Stonehenge]] construction begins. In its first version, it consisted of a circular ditch and bank, with 56 wooden posts.<ref>Caroline Alexander, "Stonehenge," ''National Geographic'', June 2008.</ref>
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* c. 3000 BC: [[Cucuteni culture|Cucuteni-Trypillian culture]] in [[Romania]] and the [[Ukraine]]
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*3000 BC: [[Jiroft civilization]] begins in [[Iran]]
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*3000 BC: First known use of [[papyrus]] by [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptians]]
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*2800 BC: [[Kot Diji]] phase of the [[Indus Valley Civilization]] begins
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*2800 BC: [[Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors]] period in [[China]]
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*2700 BC: [[Minoan Civilization]] ancient palace city Knossos reach 80,000 inhabitants
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*2700 BC: Rise of [[Elam]] in Iran
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*2700 BC: The [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] begins in Egypt
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*2600 BC: Oldest known surviving literature: [[Sumer]]ian texts from [[Abu Salabikh]], including the ''[[Instructions of Shuruppak]]'' and the ''[[Kesh temple hymn]]''.
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*2600 BC: [[Mature Harappan]] phase of the Indus Valley civilization (in present-day [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]) begins
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*2600 BC: Emergence of [[Maya civilization|Maya]] culture in the [[Yucatán Peninsula]]
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*2560 BC: King Khufu completes the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]].
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*2500 BC: The [[mammoth]] goes extinct.
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*2200 -2100 BC: [[4.2 kiloyear event]]: a severe [[aridification]] phase, likely connected to a [[Bond event]], which was registered throughout most [[North Africa]], [[Middle East]] and continental [[North America]]. Related droughts very likely caused the collapse of the [[Old Kingdom]] in [[Egypt]] and of the [[Akkadian Empire]] in [[Mesopotamia]].
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*2200 BC: completion of [[Stonehenge]].
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*2070 BC: [[Yu the Great]] established the [[Xia Dynasty]] in [[China]]
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*2000 BC: Believed birth year of [[Abraham]] in [[Ur of the Chaldeans]], [[Mesopotamia]], who is the father of [[Abrahamic Religions]] which as of the 21st Century AD are adhered to by more than 50% of humanity;<ref>http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html</ref> [[Domestication of the horse]]
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*1800 BC: [[Middle Bronze Age alphabets|alphabetic writing]] emerges
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*1700 BC: Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the [[Cemetery H culture]]; The beginning of [[Poverty Point Civilization]] in [[North America]]
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*1600 BC: [[Minoan civilization]] on [[Crete]] is destroyed by the [[Minoan eruption]] of [[Santorini]] island.
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*1600 BC: [[Mycenaean Greece]]
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*1600 BC: The beginning of [[Shang Dynasty]] in China, evidence of a fully developed [[Chinese writing system]]
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*1600 BC: Beginning of [[Hittites|Hittite]] dominance of the Eastern [[Mediterranean]] region
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*1500 BC: Composition of the [[Rigveda]] is completed
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*1400-400 BC: [[Olmec]] civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian [[Mexico]], during Mesoamerica's [[Mesoamerican chronology|Formative]] period
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*1496 BC: Traditional date for giving of the [[Ten Commandments]] to [[Moses]] at [[Mount Sinai]] ushering in [[monotheistic]] religion
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*1200 BC: The [[Hallstatt culture]]
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*1200-1150 BC: [[Bronze Age collapse]] in [[Southwestern Asia]] and in the [[Eastern Mediterranean]] region. This period is also the setting of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]'' epic poems (which were composed about four centuries later).
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*c. 1180 BC: Disintegration of [[Hittite Empire]]
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*1100 BC: Use of [[Iron]] spreads.
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*1046 BC: The Zhou force (led by [[King Wu of Zhou]]) overthrow the last king of [[Shang Dynasty]]; [[Zhou Dynasty]] established in China
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*1020 to 930 BC: The beginning of the [[Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)]] occurred sometime between these dates
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*890 BC: Approximate date for the composition of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]''
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*800 BC: Rise of [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] city-states
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*776 BC: First recorded [[Olympic Games]].
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*753 BC: Founding of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] (traditional date)
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*745 BC: [[Tiglath-Pileser III]] becomes the new king of [[Assyria]]. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire.
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*728 BC: Rise of the [[Median Empire]].
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*722 BC: [[Spring and Autumn Period]] begins in China; [[Zhou Dynasty]]'s power is diminishing; the era of the [[Hundred Schools of Thought]].
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*700 BC: the construction of [[Marib Dam]] in [[Arabia Felix]].
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*660 BC: purported date of the accession of [[Jimmu]], the mythical first [[Emperor of Japan]].
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*653 BC: Rise of [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]].
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*612 BC: An alliance between the Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians succeeds in destroying [[Nineveh]] and causing subsequent fall of the Assyrian empire.
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*600 BC: Sixteen [[Mahajanapadas|Maha Janapadas]] ("''Great Realms''" or "''Great Kingdoms''") emerge in India.
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*600 BC: Evidence of writing system appear in [[Oaxaca]] used by the [[Zapotec civilization]].
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*c. 600 BC: [[Pandyan kingdom]] in [[South India]].
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*586 BC: Destruction of the [[First Temple]] in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians.
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*563 BC: [[Siddhartha Gautama]] (Buddha), founder of [[Buddhism]] is born as a prince of the [[Shakya|Shakya tribe]], which ruled parts of [[Magadha]], one of the Maha Janapadas.
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*551 BC: [[Confucius]], founder of [[Confucianism]], is born.
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*550 BC: Foundation of the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]] by [[Cyrus the Great]].
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*549 BC: [[Mahavira]], founder of [[Jainism]] is born.
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*546 BC: Cyrus the Great overthrows [[Croesus]] King of Lydia.
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*544 BC: Rise of [[Magadha]] as the dominant power under [[Bimbisara]].
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*539 BC: The Fall of the [[Babylonian Empire]] and liberation of the [[Jews]] by [[Cyrus the Great]].
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*529 BC: Death of [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]]
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*525 BC: [[Cambyses II]] of [[Persia]] conquers [[Egypt]].
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*c. 512 BC: [[Darius I]] (Darius the Great) of Persia, subjugates eastern [[Thrace]], [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]] submits voluntarily, and annexes [[Libya]], Persian Empire at largest extent.
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*509 BC: Expulsion of the last [[List of Kings of Rome|King of Rome]], founding of [[Roman Republic]] (traditional date).
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*508 BC: Democracy instituted at [[Athens]]
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*c. 500 BC: completion  of [[Euclid]]'s ''Elements''
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*500 BC: [[Pāṇini|Panini]] standardizes the [[grammar]] and [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]] of [[Sanskrit]] in the text [[Ashtadhyayi]]. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as [[Classical Sanskrit]]
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*500 BC: [[Pingala]] uses [[0 (number)|zero]] and [[binary numeral system]]
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*499 BC: King Aristagoras of [[Miletus]] incites all of Hellenic Asia Minor to rebel against the Persian Empire, beginning the [[Greco-Persian Wars]].
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*490 BC: Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at [[Battle of Marathon]]
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*483 BC: Death of [[Gautama Buddha]]
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*480 BC: Persian invasion of Greece by [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]]; Battles of [[Thermopylae]] and [[Battle of Salamis|Salamis]]
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*479 BC: Death of Confucius
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*475 BC: [[Warring States period]] begins in China as the [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
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*470/469 BC: Birth of [[Socrates]]
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*465 BC: Murder of [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]]
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*458 BC: ''[[The Oresteia]]'' by [[Aeschylus]], the only surviving [[trilogy]] of [[Theatre of Ancient Greece|ancient Greek plays]], is performed.
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*449 BC: The [[Greco-Persian Wars]] end.
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*447 BC: Building of the [[Parthenon]] at Athens started
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*432 BC: Construction of the Parthenon is completed
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*431 BC: Beginning of the [[Peloponnesian war]] between the Greek city-states
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*429 BC: [[Sophocles]]'s play ''[[Oedipus the King]]'' is first performed
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*427 BC: Birth of [[Plato]]
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*424 BC: [[Nanda dynasty]] comes to power.
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*404 BC: End of the [[Peloponnesian War]]
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*400 BC: [[Zapotec civilization|Zapotec]] culture flourishes around city of [[Monte Albán]]
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*399 BC: [[Death of Socrates]]
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*384 BC: Birth of [[Aristotle]]
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*331 BC: [[Alexander the Great]] defeats [[Darius III of Persia]] in the [[Battle of Gaugamela]], completing his conquest of Persia.
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*326 BC: Alexander the Great defeats Indian king [[King Porus|Porus]] in the [[Battle of the Hydaspes River]].
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*323 BC: Death of Alexander the Great at [[Babylon]].
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*321 BC: [[Chandragupta Maurya]] overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of [[Magadha]].
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*305 BC: Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul), Aria (Herat), Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from [[Seleucus I Nicator]], the Macedonian [[satrap]] of [[Babylonia]], in return for 500 elephants.
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*300 BC: Construction of the [[Great Pyramid of Cholula]], the world's largest pyramid by volume (the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] built 2560 BC Egypt stands 146.5 meters, making it 91.5 meters taller), begins in [[Cholula, Puebla]], Mexico.
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*273 BC: [[Ashoka the Great]] becomes the emperor of the [[Mauryan Empire]]
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*261 BC: [[Kalinga war]]
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*257 BC: [[An Dương Vương|Thục Dynasty]] takes over Việt Nam (then Kingdom of Âu Lạc)
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*250 BC: Rise of [[Parthia]] (Ashkâniân), the second native dynasty of ancient Persia
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*232 BC: Death of Emperor [[Ashoka the Great]]; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
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*230 BC: Emergence of [[Satavahana]]s in [[South India]]
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*221 BC: [[Qin Shi Huang]] unifies China, end of [[Warring States period]]; marking the beginning of Imperial rule in China which lasts until 1912. Construction of the [[Great Wall]] by the [[Qin Dynasty]] begins.
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*207 BC: [[Nanyue|Kingdom of Nan Yueh]] extends from [[Guangzhou|Canton]] to North Việt Nam .
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*206 BC: [[Han Dynasty]] established in China, after the death of [[Qin Shi Huang]]; China in this period officially becomes a [[Confucian]] state and opens trading connections with the West, i.e. the [[Silk Road]].
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*202 BC: [[Scipio Africanus]] defeats [[Hannibal]] at [[Battle of Zama]].
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*200 BC: El Mirador, largest early [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city, flourishes.
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*200 BC: [[Paper]] is invented in [[China]].
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*c. 200 BC: [[Chera dynasty]] in South India.
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*185 BC: [[Shunga Empire]] founded.
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*149-146 BC: [[Third Punic War]] between Rome and Carthage. War ends with the complete destruction of Carthage, allowing Rome to conquer modern day [[Tunisia]] and [[Libya]].
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*146 BC: Roman conquest of Greece,'' see [[Roman Greece]]''
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*129 BC: Roman conquest of Turkey.
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*121 BC: Roman armies enter [[Gaul]] for the first time.
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*111 BC: [[First Chinese domination (History of Vietnam)|First Chinese domination]] of [[Vietnam|Việt Nam]] in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
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*c. 100 BC: [[Chola dynasty]] rises in prominence.
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*80 BC: The city of [[Florence]] is founded.
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*49 BC: Roman Civil War between [[Julius Caesar]] and [[Pompey the Great]].
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*44 BC: Julius Caesar murdered by [[Marcus Brutus]] and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of [[Roman Empire]].
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*40 BC: Roman conquest of [[Egypt]].
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*27 BC: Formation of Roman Empire:  [[Octavius]] is given titles of Princeps and Augustus by Roman Senate - beginning of [[Pax Romana]]. Formation of influential [[Praetorian Guard]] to provide security to Emperor
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*18 BC: [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Three Kingdoms]] period begins in [[Korea]]. The [[Herod's Temple|temple of Jerusalem]] is reconstructed.
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*6 BC: Earliest theorized date for birth of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]]. Roman succession:  [[Gaius Caesar]] and [[Lucius Caesar]] groomed for the throne.
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*4 BC: Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of [[Jesus]] [[Christ]].
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*9: [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]], the Imperial [[Roman Army]]'s bloodiest defeat.
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*14: Death of [[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] [[Caesar Augustus|Augustus]] (Octavian), ascension of his adopted son [[Tiberius]] to the throne.
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*26-34: [[Crucifixion of Jesus Christ]], exact date unknown.
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*37: Death of Emperor [[Tiberius]], ascension of his nephew [[Caligula]] to the throne.
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*40: Rome conquers [[Morocco]].
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*41: Emperor [[Caligula]] is assassinated by the Roman senate. His uncle [[Claudius]] succeeds him.
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*43: [[Roman Empire|Rome]] enters [[Great Britain|Britain]] for the first time.
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*54: Emperor [[Claudius]] dies and is succeeded by his grand nephew [[Nero]].
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*68: Emperor [[Nero]] commits suicide, prompting the [[Year of the four emperors]] in Rome.
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*70: Destruction of [[Jerusalem]] by the armies of [[Titus]].
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*79: Destruction of [[Pompeii]] by the volcano [[Vesuvius]].
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*98: After a two-year rule, Emperor [[Nerva]] dies of natural causes, his adopted son Trajan succeeds him.
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*106-117: Roman Empire at largest extent under [[Trajan|Emperor Trajan]] after having conquered modern-day [[Romania]], [[Iraq]] and [[Armenia]].
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*117: Trajan dies of natural causes. His adopted son [[Hadrian]] succeeds him. Hadrian pulls out of Iraq and Armenia.
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*126: Hadrian completes the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]] in Rome.
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*138: Hadrian dies of natural causes. His adopted son [[Antoninus Pius]] succeeds him.
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*161: Death of [[Antoninus Pius]]. His rule was the only one in which Rome did not fight in a war.
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*192: [[Kingdom of Champa]] in [[Tay Nguyen|Central Việt Nam]].
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*200s: The [[Buddhist]] [[Srivijaya]] Empire established in [[Maritime Southeast Asia]].
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*220: [[Three Kingdoms]] period begins in China after the fall of [[Han Dynasty]].
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*226: Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the [[Sassanian Empire]].
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*238: Defeat of [[Gordian III]] (238–244), [[Philip the Arab]] (244–249), and [[Valerian (emperor)|Valerian]] (253–260), by [[Shapur I]] of Persia, (Valerian was captured by the Persians).
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*280: [[Emperor Wu of Jìn|Emperor Wu]] established [[Jin Dynasty (265–420)|Jin Dynasty]] providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating [[Three Kingdoms]] period.
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*285: [[Diocletian]] becomes emperor of Rome and splits the Roman Empire into [[Eastern Roman Empire|Eastern]] and [[Western Roman Empire|Western]] Empires.
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*285: [[Diocletian]] begins a large-scale persecution of [[Christians]].
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*292: The capital of the Roman empire is officially moved from Rome to Mediolanum (modern day [[Milan]]).
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*301: Diocletian's edict on prices
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*313: [[Edict of Milan]] declared that the Roman Empire would tolerate all forms of religious worship.
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*325: [[Constantine I]] organizes the [[First Council of Nicaea]].
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*330: [[Constantinople]] is officially named and becomes the capital of the eastern Roman Empire.
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*335: [[Samudragupta]] becomes the emperor of the [[Gupta empire]].
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*337: Emperor [[Constantine I]] dies, leaving his sons [[Constantius II]], [[Constans I]], and [[Constantine II (emperor)|Constantine II]] as the emperors of the Roman empire.
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*350: [[Constantius II]] is left sole emperor with the death of his two brothers.
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*354: Birth of [[Augustine of Hippo]]
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*361: [[Constantius II]] dies, his cousin [[Julian (emperor)|Julian]] succeeds him.
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*378: [[Battle of Adrianople]], Roman army is defeated by the [[Germanic tribes]].
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*380: [[Roman Emperor]] [[Theodosius I]] declares the Arian faith of Christianity heretical.
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*395: [[Theodosius I]] outlaws all religions other than Catholic Christianity.
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*406: Romans are expelled from Britain.
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*407-409: [[Visigoths]] and other Germanic tribes cross into Roman-[[Gaul]] for the first time.
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*410: [[Visigoths]] [[Sack of Rome (410)|sacks Rome]] for the first time since 390 BC.
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*415: Germanic tribes enter Spain.
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*429: [[Vandals]] enter [[North Africa]] from Spain for the first time
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*439: [[Vandals]] have conquered the land stretching from [[Morocco]] to [[Tunisia]] by this time.
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*455: Vandals sack Rome, capture Sicily and Sardinia.
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*c. 455: [[Skandagupta]] repels an [[Indo-Hephthalite]] attack on [[India]].
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*476: [[Romulus Augustus]], last [[Western Roman Emperor]] is forced to abdicate by [[Odoacer]], a chieftain of the [[Germanic tribes|Germanic]] [[Heruli]]; Odoacer returns the imperial regalia to [[Eastern Roman Emperor]] [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]] in [[Constantinople]] in return for the title of ''dux'' of [[Italy]]; most frequently cited date for the end of ancient history.

Latest revision as of 09:16, 16 October 2016

Using terms as BC and AD these need to be replaced with their counterparts when year 0 event has been established.

| 10,300 BC - Nomadic tribes moving to find food. fighting over resources.

| 10,200 BC - Few groups settle, begin cultivating land.

| 10,200 BC - [name] and [name] domesticated.

| 10,200 BC - 10,250 BC - Warring between tribes, farmlands raided etc

| 10,250 BC - Tribe [name] discovers ores copper/tin, learns to smelt.

| 10,250 BC - [Name here] uses new metal tools to wage final War of Tribes. unifies all tribes under one builds city state.

| 10,500 BC - Domestication of local animals [list 3 animals]

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| 2006 AD - Fahets Written, first visit to Age.

| 2009 AD - Fahets Book rediscovered.

| 2011 AD - Destabliziation Event.


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