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33921479740,000- 12,000 BCPaleolithic Era: Nomadic hunter-gatherers roam Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle East0
33921479815,000 BCColdest period of the ice age ends1
33921479915,000- 10,000 BCMigrations agross the Bering Strait into the Americas2
3392148008000 BCFarming villages spread around Mediterranean and Persian Gulf3
3392148013500 BCHeight of Sumerian civilation4
3392148023100 BCKing Menes unifies and rules Upper and Lower Egypt5
3392148032900 BCFirst city at Troy6
3392148042750 BCMesopotamia: Gilgamesh, king of Urik7
3392148052686 - 2181 BCEgypt: Old Kingdom8
3392148062500 BCCanaanite tribes in Palestine9
3392148072500 - 2300 BCYao dynasty in China10
3392148082440 - 1786 BCEgypt: Middle Kingdom11
3392148092000 BCIndus Valley civilization in India12
3392148101994 - 1600 BCXia Dynasty in China13
3392148111792 - 1750 BCKing Hammurabi extends boundaries of kingdom in Babylonia14
3392148121600 - 1050 BCShang dynasty in China15
3392148131567 - 1085 BCPharoahs expel Hyksos (Greek) from Egypt and rule New Kingdom16
3392148141500 BCBeginning of Olmec Civilization on coast of Gulf of Mexico17
3392148151500 BCFall of the Indus Civilization18
3392148161225 BCTrojan Wat of legend; fall of Troy19
3392148171200 BCFall of Hittite Empire (Anatolia) to Assyrians20
3392148181100 BCKingdom of Israel established by Jews in Palestine21
3392148191050 - 480 BCZhou dynasty in China22
3392148201000 - 900 BCKing David in Israel, succeeded by Solomon23
339214821850 BCBeginning of Zapotec civilization in Mexico24
339214822753 BCTraditional date of the founding of Rome25
339214823750 BCRise of Greek city-states26
339214825675 BCAssyrians destroy Babylonia, Memphis, Thebes27
339214826600 BCMayan civilization in Mexico28
339214827540 BCRise of Persian Empire under Cyrus II "the Great"; conquers Babylonia in 583 BCE29
339214828525 BCPersians capture Egypt30
339214829510 BCEtruscans expelled from Rome; republic founded31
339214830461 - 451 BCAthens and Sparta at war32
339214831431 - 404 BCPeloponnesian War33
339214832403 BCPeriod of Warring States begins in China34
339214833400 BCDecline of Olmec civilization in Mexico35
339214834390 BCGauls sack Rome36
339214835338 BCPhillip II defeats Athens; rules unified Greece37
339214836334 - 331 BCAlexander the Great invades Persian Empire; takes Egypt; founds Alexandria; conquers Mesopotamia38
339214837330 BCPersian Empire ends with murder of Darius39
339214838323 BCAlexander dies; empire divided40
339214839321 BCChandragupta founds Mauryan Empire in India41
339214840321 - 280 BCMauryan Empire expands through subcontinent42
339214841320 - 275 BCExpansion of Roman power throughout Italy43
339214842304 BCEgypt: Ptolemaic Era begins44
339214843264 - 241 BCRomans defeat Carthage in North Africa in First Punic War, take Sicily45
339214844221 BCQin dynasty begins after conquest and unification of China46
339214845218 - 202 BCSecond Punic War: Hannibal crosses Alps to defeat Romans47
339223489206 BCHan dynasty begins in China48
339223490203 BCHannibal driven back to Algeria; Spain becomes Roman province49
339223491200 BCRise of Zapotecs in Mexico50
339223492187 BCFall of Mauryan Empire in India51
339223493147 - 146 BCThird Punic War; Romans take Carthage52
339223494121 BCRome conquers southern Gaul (France)53
33922349591 BCHuns attack Chinese54
33922349687 BCChinese Empire ruled over Korea and Vietnam55
33922349771 BCSpartacus leads slave revolt against Romans56
33922349860 BCFirst Triumvirate established in Rome57
33922349949 - 47 BCCivil War in Rome58
33922350044 BCJulius Caesar assassinated; second Triumvirate formed in 43 BC59
33922350131 BCOctavian defeats Anthony and Cleopatra at Actium60
33922350227 BCOctavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor61
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