Foraging Societies

Settled Agriculture

Primary Urbanization

Classical Empires

• Early River Valley Empires
• Expansion and Contraction of Empires
• Cosmopolitan Empires

• Formation of Eurasian Ecumene
• Barbarian Invasions
• Islamic Expansion
• Mongol Dominance
• Second Islamic Age

Unification of the Hemispheres

• Voyages of Exploration
• Chinese Dominance
• The New Imperialism

Formation of World Culture

• Modern Western Civilization
• The New Imperialism
• The World Wars
• Decolonization
• After the Cold War

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Early River Valley Empires: 3200 to 1500 BC c. 3200 BC: Sumerian Civilization c. 2900 BC: Egypt c. 2500 BC: Harappan Culture c. 1700 BC: Shang China c. 1500 BC: Olmec Civilization Expansion and Contraction of River Valley Empires c. 1400 BC: Expansion and Contraction of Mesopotamian Empires c. 1300: Aryan migration into the Indus Valley 2205 BC: Early Chinese Civilization 2000 BC: Meso-American Civilization 500 BC: Nok Culture AD 600: Andean Civilization Cosmopolitan Empires 550 BC- AD1400 550 BC-AD 1453: Cosmopolitan Empires in the Eastern Mediterranean 332 540 BC: Cosmopolitan Empires in India 221 BC-AD 220: Early Imperial China AD 400-1500: African Kingdoms and Empires "The Axial Age:" 600 to 400 BC 630-553 BC: Zarathustra b. 604 BC: Lao Tse c. 585 BC: Thales of Miletus 611-546 BC: Anaximander of Miletus 550-480 BC: Siddhartha Gautama called the Buddha c. 550 BC: Mahavira d. 585 BC: Jeremiah 511-479 BC: Kung Fu-tse

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