World History Chronology

Evolution of Hominids

Foraging Societies

Settled Agriculture

Primary Urbanization

Classical Empires

Unification of Eurasia

Unification of the Hemispheres

Formation of World Culture

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Classical Empires

3200 to 550 BC

 

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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