This timeline summarizes major developments from 8000 BCE to 610 AD, including the rise of early civilizations like the Indus Valley, Sumer, Egypt, and Shang dynasties in China. It also covers the development of writing systems, major empires like Assyria, Persia, Greece, Rome, and Gupta India. Key figures that shaped history included Siddhartha Gautama, Confucius, Socrates, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Caesar, and Constantine. The timeline ends with the fall of Rome in 410 AD.
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This timeline summarizes major developments from 8000 BCE to 610 AD, including the rise of early civilizations like the Indus Valley, Sumer, Egypt, and Shang dynasties in China. It also covers the development of writing systems, major empires like Assyria, Persia, Greece, Rome, and Gupta India. Key figures that shaped history included Siddhartha Gautama, Confucius, Socrates, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Caesar, and Constantine. The timeline ends with the fall of Rome in 410 AD.
This timeline summarizes major developments from 8000 BCE to 610 AD, including the rise of early civilizations like the Indus Valley, Sumer, Egypt, and Shang dynasties in China. It also covers the development of writing systems, major empires like Assyria, Persia, Greece, Rome, and Gupta India. Key figures that shaped history included Siddhartha Gautama, Confucius, Socrates, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Caesar, and Constantine. The timeline ends with the fall of Rome in 410 AD.
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This timeline summarizes major developments from 8000 BCE to 610 AD, including the rise of early civilizations like the Indus Valley, Sumer, Egypt, and Shang dynasties in China. It also covers the development of writing systems, major empires like Assyria, Persia, Greece, Rome, and Gupta India. Key figures that shaped history included Siddhartha Gautama, Confucius, Socrates, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Caesar, and Constantine. The timeline ends with the fall of Rome in 410 AD.
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Timeline
8000 BCE: Neolithic revolution
5000 BCE: Yangshao culture emerges 3000 BCE: Indus valley civilization 3500 BCE: Development of urbanization in the Sumerian culture 3200 BCE: First city states in Sumeria 3100 BCE: Menes unifies Egypt 2686 BCE: Old kingdom starts in Egypt 2500 BCE: Writing appears in China 2334 BCE: Akkadian dynasty in Mesopotamia 2181 BCE: 1st intermediate period in Egypt 2040 BCE: Middle kingdom in Egypt 2000 BCE: Minoan civilization 1994 BCE: Xia dynasty 1900 BCE: Epic of Gilgamesh 1894 BCE: Babylonian dynasty 1674 BCE: 2nd intermediate period in Egypt 1552 BCE: New kingdom in Egypt 1550 BCE: Mycenaean civilization 1523 BCE: Shang dynasty 1500 BCE: Collapse of Indus valley civilization 1500 BCE: Rig-Vedic era 1450 BCE: Mycenaean conquer Crete and in 1375 BCE destroy Minoans 1400 BCE: Development of the Phoenician alphabet 1367 BCE: Akhenaton period in Egypt 1260 BCE: Destruction of Troy 1220 BCE: Mycenaean sack Troy 1200 BCE: Hebrew kingdom begins 1069 BCE: Late period in Egypt 1027 BCE: Zhou dynasty 911 BCE: Assyrian empire 814 BCE: founding of Carthage 800 BCE: Aryans settle in the Ganges 800 BCE: The Upashinadas are composed 753 BCE: Traditional date for foundation 750 BCE: Homer is born 612 BCE: Chaldean empire 563 BCE: Siddhartha Gautama 559 BCE: Persian empires unites Middle East 551 BCE: Confucius is born 540 BCE: Jainism appears 509 BCE: Romans expel the Etruscans and start a republic 490 BCE: Battle of Marathon 480 BCE: Battle of Thermopylae and Salamis 448 BCE: Delian League is established 469 BCE: Socrates 461 BCE: Pericles rules 431 BCE: Peloponnesian War 427 BCE: Plato 403 BCE: Warring states period 400 BCE: Development of Indian writing system 384 BCE: Aristotle 338 BCE: Phillip II from Macedonia conquers the Greeks 336 BCE: Alexander starts conquering Persia 327 BCE: Alexander the Great arrives to northern India 326 BCE: Romans start its expansion over the Italian peninsula 322 CE: Chandragupta founds the Mauryan dynasty 269 BCE: Ashoka’s reign 264 BCE: 1st Punic war 221 BCE: Qin Shi Huangdi makes the Qin dynasty and unites China 221 BCE: Start of building walls to protect China 218 BCE: 2nd Punic war 201 BCE: Han dynasty founded by Liu Bang 200 BCE: Romans conquer Greece 184 BCE: Mauryan dynasty comes to an end 100 BCE: Rise of the Silk Road 82 BCE: Sulla’s dictatorship 73 BCE: Slave revolt led by Spartacus 58 BCE: Caesar conquers the Gauls 49 BCE: Caesar is dictator 44 BCE: Caesar is assassinated 30 AD: Jesus is crucified 96-180 AD: Age of the Good Emperors 320 AD: Gupta Empire starts in India 324 AD: Constantine rises to power 325 AD: Council of Nicaea 330 AD: Constantinople becomes the capital 410 AD: Rome is sacked by the Goths 527 AD: Reign of Justinian 610 AD: Fall of Rome