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| 13653091317 | First migrations out of east africa | before 600 BCE | 0 | |
| 13653094147 | Neolithic Revolution | before 600 BCE | 1 | |
| 13653098114 | first river valley civilizations | before 600 BCE | 2 | |
| 13653100866 | first south american civilizations | before 600 BCE | 3 | |
| 13653102166 | first states | before 600 BCE | 4 | |
| 13653103310 | iron production | before 600 BCE | 5 | |
| 13653109605 | Stone tools, fire, pottery, weaving, pastoralism, domesticated agriculture, irrigation, wheels, sails, bronze, iron (Hittites), writing (cuneiform and hieroglyphics), roads (Persian), number systems (India), planned cities (India), chariots (Persia), alphabet (Phoenicians), coins (Lydians) | before 600 BCE | 6 | |
| 13653112526 | Early humans out of rift valley Africa, Aryans into Harappan society, Bantu Migrations, Hittites throughout Mideast | before 600 BCE | 7 | |
| 13653114743 | Hunter-gatherers at first, then rise of agriculture led to settlements, city-state development, tribal nomads in Europe during most of period, empire creation toward end (Persians) | before 600 BCE | 8 | |
| 13653118087 | Animism (Africa, Americas) polytheism, divine right/god-kings (Egypt), nature worship (Europe), mother and/or earth goddesses (Europe, South Asia), divination (China), monotheism (Hebrews, Persians) | before 600 BCE | 9 | |
| 13653120646 | City-states, law codes (Mesopotamian), dynasties (China, Egypt), no established governments in Africa | before 600 BCE | 10 | |
| 13653123374 | Ziggurats (Mesopotamia), pyramids (Egypt, Americas), walled cities, monuments (Chavin, Olmec) | before 600 BCE | 11 | |
| 13653125881 | Trans-regional between Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India East Asia isolated (no Silk Roads yet) Bantu Migrations brought ideas to SE Africa | before 600 BCE | 12 | |
| 13653129783 | Agricultural revolution, irrigation, river-based (except Olmec and Chavin) | before 600 BCE | 13 | |
| 13653131786 | Slavery common | before 600 BCE | 14 | |
| 13653133820 | Matriarchal societies until Agricultural Revolution, patriarchal after with exception of Africa. Women have some power in Egypt, Africa | before 600 BCE | 15 | |
| 13653135546 | Matriarchal societies until Agricultural Revolution, patriarchal after with exception of Africa. Ancestor veneration (China) | before 600 BCE | 16 | |
| 13653137919 | King on top of social structure in most civilizations. No social structure in some areas (India). Religion based social structure in Americas (Chavin and Olmec) | before 600 BCE | 17 | |
| 13653140527 | Akkad Egypt Indus Shang Zhou Olmec Chavin Hittites Assyrians Chaldeans Persian Phoenician | before 600 BCE | 18 | |
| 13653148159 | Development and codification of religions and belief systems, literature and drama evolve, great states and empires develop, imperial administration techniques, long-distance trade networks form, Jewish diaspora, early democracy | 600 BCE-600 CE | 19 | |
| 13653152310 | Steppe people: saddles, stirrups Mideast: lateen sails, dhow China: yokes, paper, cast iron, gunpowder, silk, water mills, compass, Champa rice (SE Asia) India: pi, zero Americas: calendar (365 day Mayan) Rome: cement, advanced roads, arches, domes, aqueducts | 600 BCE-600 CE | 20 | |
| 13653154680 | Jewish diaspora, Bantu Migrations continue, first wave of Polynesian migrations (300-600 CE) | 600 BCE-600 CE | 21 | |
| 13653156851 | Cities in empires Important cities: Chang'an, Athens, Carthage, Rome, Constantinople, Teotihuacan, Timbuktu, Hangzhou (very end of period) | 600 BCE-600 CE | 22 | |
| 13653159475 | Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity ancestor veneration, shamanism, animism in areas outside core civilizations | 600 BCE-600 CE | 23 | |
| 13653161809 | Legalism, Confucianism, Daoism, classical Greek philosophy, Gravitas (Rome), Greco-Roman philosophy (humanism) | 600 BCE-600 CE | 24 | |
| 13653164254 | Road building, aqueducts, domes, arches, Great Wall of China, tomb of the terracotta warriors, Parthenon, Greek dramas, Hellenistic Period | 600 BCE-600 CE | 25 | |
| 13653166421 | Silk Roads, Indian Ocean trade network, Trans-Saharan trade network, trade in the Americas. Indian Ocean trade allows for spread of Buddhism under Ashoka | 600 BCE-600 CE | 26 | |
| 13653169262 | Production increases due to demand for empires, farming becomes a profession in some societies, crops used as tribute, farming leads to environmental damage (deforestation, desertification, soil erosion, silted rivers), some goods now produced for trade (silk, sugar, rice, cotton) | 600 BCE-600 CE | 27 | |
| 13653173215 | Hierarchies firmly established in empires: laborers, slaves, artisans, merchants, elites | 600 BCE-600 CE | 28 | |
| 13653174860 | Women exempted from social class structure, no rights even in early democracies. Africa still matriarchal. Caste system, Confucianism, organized religion (Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity) used to keep women below men | 600 BCE-600 CE | 29 | |
| 13653177582 | Caste system and other hierarchies common. Gap between rich and poor causes tensions in Rome, Han China | 600 BCE-600 CE | 30 | |
| 13653180320 | Persia Qin Han Maurya Gupta Greece Rome Teotihuacan Maya Moche | 600 BCE-600 CE | 31 | |
| 13653190268 | Intensification of trade along existing trade routes, cultural exchanges, spread of disease, decline of urban areas, then revival of urbanization, intensification of coerced labor, rise of great trading cities (know cultural, religious, commercial, and government function of at least two cities) | 600-1450 | 32 | |
| 13653192354 | Credit, checks, paper money, Grand Canal, camel saddles, printing, Champa rice, navigation (astrolabe, monsoon predictions), ship building (quality sails, Felucca, Baghlah, Sambuk) | 600-1450 | 33 | |
| 13653193541 | Bantu Migrations continue, Viking voyages, trans-Saharan travel, second wave of Polynesian migrations, migration throughout Indian Ocean, Chinese to SE Asia, Sogdians and Mongols along Silk Road, Aztecs (Mexica) into central Mexico | 600-1450 | 34 | |
| 13653193542 | Powerful new trade cities (know cities!), decline of urban areas due to wars, Little Ice Age, and disease, revival of urban areas due to end of invasions, transportation improvements, rise of commerce, warmer temperatures between 800 and 1300, increased agricultural production, rising population | 600-1450 | 35 | |
| 13653195806 | Rise and spread of Islam, codification of Christianity, split of Christianity into Orthodoxy and Catholicism, Sunni-Shia split Aztec and Inca religions established in Americas | 600-1450 | 36 | |
| 13653197242 | Greek and Roman philosophy reaches Europe via Muslims Neo-Confucianism Caliphate rule in Middle East Kamakura shogunate established in Japan | 600-1450 | 37 | |
| 13653197243 | Porcelain, oral literature in Africa, pyramid building in Americas, spread by trade routes, Renaissance in Europe | 600-1450 | 38 | |
| 13653200732 | Trade networks firmly established: Silk Roads used again after fall of Han/Rome (Mongols re-established trade in 13th century), Trans-Saharan, Mediterranean (Western Europe, Byzantine, and Islamic), Hanseatic League | 600-1450 | 39 | |
| 13653201697 | Increased production due to warmer temperatures from 800-1300 and new technology during Muslim Agricultural Revolution (watermills, fertilizer, advanced hybridization), three field crop rotation perfected in Europe | 600-1450 | 40 | |
| 13653202914 | Feudalism began in Japan and Medieval Europe (be able to compare!) Civil service exams in China became common, Mit'a in Incan Empire | 600-1450 | 41 | |
| 13653202915 | None yet, but watermills, windmills, and early mechanization in this period would pave the way for early industry. Developing middle class and merchants in Europe would bring in the capital needed to finance industry. Established trade routes would provide foreign markets for industry | 600-1450 | 42 | |
| 13653205818 | Beginnings of trade protection (Hanseatic League) Foundations for capitalism in Europe (rising middle class, trade, pre-industrial development, rising population) | 600-1450 | 43 | |
| 13653207343 | European feudalism further reduced status of women, Islam discriminated against women even further, Confucianism in China continued to lower status of women (foot binding in China shows poor treatment of women...common by Song Dynasty), veiling common in Europe, Islamic world, and India. Women in Japan show signs of literacy, but write about acceptance of subservience. Mongol women treated well | 600-1450 | 44 | |
| 13653209173 | Feudalism new, emerging middle class in Europe, civil service exams in China help elevate non-elite, middle class demand rights in England (Magna Carta) | 600-1450 | 45 | |
| 13653212232 | Umayyad Abbasid Byzantine Frankish Vikings England France Mongols Russia Tang Song Yuan Ming Japan Ghana Mali Songhai Aztec Inca | 600-1450 | 46 | |
| 13653226139 | Global circulation of goods (due to Columbian Exchange, voyages of Zheng He), establishment of European trade monopoly companies, Reformation, Atlantic slave trade, imperial expansion | 1450-1750 | 47 | |
| 13653233735 | Navigation knowledge (improved maps, knowledge of wind patterns), new crops from Americas, gunpowder and cannon technology improves, Scientific Revolution | 1450-1750 | 48 | |
| 13653234758 | Europeans to the Americas, African slaves to the Americas | 1450-1750 | 49 | |
| 13653236193 | religious diversification through Protestant Reformation (diversifies Christianity) and new syncretic forms of religion such as synthesis of native American, African, and European religions, Sikhism (Hinduism and Islam) in India | 1450-1750 | 50 | |
| 13653237238 | Expansion of land empires (Mughals, Ottomans, Russians) Some empires use religion as a tool of power: European divine right, Safavid use of Shiism, Aztec human sacrifice, Songhai promoted Islam, Enlightenment, idea of social contract in Europe | 1450-1750 | 51 | |
| 13653238587 | Renaissance continues, miniature paintings in Middle East, woodblock prints in Japan, European literacy explodes (Shakespeare, Cervantes), Kabuki theater in Japan | 1450-1750 | 52 | |
| 13653238601 | Columbian exchange leads to global circulation of goods, China isolated at end of period, Atlantic slave trade, triangular trade, European trading posts in Africa and Asia | 1450-1750 | 53 | |
| 13653240728 | New crops from the Americas lead to population increases worldwide, cash crops (sugar, tobacco, cotton) grown on American plantations, African foods brought to the Americas (okra, yams, peanuts) | 1450-1750 | 54 | |
| 13653243403 | African slavery, intensification of peasant labor (Siberia and India), Encomienda and Hacienda systems, modified mit'a, Ottoman Devshirme | 1450-1750 | 55 | |
| 13653243404 | Early industrialization in Europe, silver from the Americas helped drive demand for goods | 1450-1750 | 56 | |
| 13653246162 | Mercantilism, global trade | 1450-1750 | 57 | |
| 13653247879 | Slavery altered male-female ratios in Africa and ends matriarchies African-Americans adopt patriarchy | 1450-1750 | 58 | |
| 13653249159 | Slavery, intensified economic elites (Zamindars in India, European nobility, Japanese daimyo), mestizo, mulatto, creole classes in the Americas | 1450-1750 | 59 | |
| 13653252076 | Ming Qing Tokugawa Safavid Ottoman Inca Aztec Britain France Portugal Spain Netherlands | 1450-1750 | 60 |
