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50497185148000 BCE-Neolithic Revolution ("domestication of plants and animals")0
50497250763000 BCE-Beginning of the Bronze Age & the start of civilization in Sumer1
5049734027c. 1500 BCE-The Vedic Age set the cultural foundation for India and Hinduism2
5049744358c. 1300 BCE-Iron Age & the Hittites3
5049748327800 BCE-Olmec ("parent civilization of South Africa")4
50497557866th century BCE-Life of Buddha & in China it's the life of Confucius and Lao Tzu5
50497636805th century BCE-Hellenic ("Classical") Greece= Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pericles and the Athenian Empire; at the time of the Roman Republic the 12 tablets are written6
5049779423323 BCE-Alexander the Great begins the Hellenizing process by spreading Greek culture and knowledge.7
50497894973rd century BCE-Mauryan Dynasty (1st empire in India); Kautilya wrote political treaties ("Rule of the Fishes"); time of Asoka and when Buddhism becomes popular; Qin dynasty; Shi Huangdi uses legalistic practices8
5049814691202 BCE-Han dynasty9
504981744832 CE-Beginnings of Christianity10
5049821049180 CE-End of the Pax Romana (200 years of peace)11
5049826649220 CE-Collapse of Han China & China becomes politically fragmented; the introduction of Buddhism12
5049839634312 CE-Edict of Milan= 1st written law to give religious toleration (specifically to Christians)13
5049848725319-540 CE-Gupta India (cultural peak)= advances in math, science, and literature14
5049859491333 CE-Dividing the Roman Empire into 2 and the capital is moved from the west to the east [new capital= Constantinople]15
50498748264th century CE-Domestication of the camel introduces 2 new trade routes, which are the Trans-Sahara and the Trans-Arabian. With this introduction you have the connection of the Afro-Erasia (Africa, Europe & Asia)16
5049908704476 CE-Collapse of the Romans and the beginnings of the Middle Ages in Europe17
5049914501527 CE-Peak of the Byzantine empire and the rule of Justinian18
5049919790589 CE-Beginning of the Sui Dynasty; the reintroduction of the Mandate of Heaven; and a centralized government19
5049933557632 CE-Origin of Islam20
5049935885650-750 CE-Umayyad Caliphate [an Islamic Empire] {present day: Isis is claiming to be one}21
5049947406732 CE-Battle of Tours [Umayyad vs. Francs (Europeans)] stops the Western progression of Islam into Europe22
5049962324750-1250 CE-Abbasid caliphate= golden age of Islam [advances in math/science/medicine/arts]23
5049975240800 CE-Mayans/Teotihuacan fall; In Europe it's the rule of Charlemagne [beginning of the Holy Roman War which ends in 1919]24
5049989485Great Schism-1st split in the Christian Faith [West= Holy Roman Catholic] [East= Eastern Orthodox]25
50499993841066 CE-Battle of Hastings; England is a centralized gov't26
50500112611095 CE-1st crusade: series of wars [Christian-Europeans vs. Arab-Muslims]; Europeans take idea from Arab technology27
50500381721130-1200 CE-(China) Xhu-Xi= Neo-Confucianist during the Song Dynasty28
50500487701206 CE-The reign of Genghis Khan; Genghis creates the world's biggest empire [the Mongols]29
50500596511258 CE-Mongols attack Baghdad; Official end of the Abbasid caliphate; End of Islamic political unity30
50500699111271-1295 CE-Travels of Marco Polo from Europe to China; Marco becomes part of Kublai Khan's court31
50500921691324 CE-Rule of Mansa Musa & his kingdom of Mali [capital/intellectual center= Timbuktu]32
50501028331325-49 CE-Travels of Ibn Battuta; Ibn travels through Africa, specifically Mali33
50501296161347-48 CE-Bubonic Plague in Europe kills 1/3 of the people34
50501087571405 CE-Zheng He= The "Christopher Columbus" of the Chinese; Maritime exploration of the Indian Ocean35
50501370261433 CE-Ming China closes its borders= 500 years of isolation36
5050149811c. 1450 CE-the Printing Press is invented in Europe; Byzantine collapses; Great Zimbabwe collapses37

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