40,000 BCE-1 BCE: Political & Military: Sparkcharts: Ap World History Flashcards

339214797	40,000- 12,000 BC	Paleolithic Era: Nomadic hunter-gatherers roam Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle East	0
339214798	15,000 BC	Coldest period of the ice age ends	1
339214799	15,000- 10,000 BC	Migrations agross the Bering Strait into the Americas	2
339214800	8000 BC	Farming villages spread around Mediterranean and Persian Gulf	3
339214801	3500 BC	Height of Sumerian civilation	4
339214802	3100 BC	King Menes unifies and rules Upper and Lower Egypt	5
339214803	2900 BC	First city at Troy	6
339214804	2750 BC	Mesopotamia: Gilgamesh, king of Urik	7
339214805	2686 - 2181 BC	Egypt: Old Kingdom	8
339214806	2500 BC	Canaanite tribes in Palestine	9
339214807	2500 - 2300 BC	Yao dynasty in China	10
339214808	2440 - 1786 BC	Egypt: Middle Kingdom	11
339214809	2000 BC	Indus Valley civilization in India	12
339214810	1994 - 1600 BC	Xia Dynasty in China	13
339214811	1792 - 1750 BC	King Hammurabi extends boundaries of kingdom in Babylonia	14
339214812	1600 - 1050 BC	Shang dynasty in China	15
339214813	1567 - 1085 BC	Pharoahs expel Hyksos (Greek) from Egypt and rule New Kingdom	16
339214814	1500 BC	Beginning of Olmec Civilization on coast of Gulf of Mexico	17
339214815	1500 BC	Fall of the Indus Civilization	18
339214816	1225 BC	Trojan Wat of legend; fall of Troy	19
339214817	1200 BC	Fall of Hittite Empire (Anatolia) to Assyrians	20
339214818	1100 BC	Kingdom of Israel established by Jews in Palestine	21
339214819	1050 - 480 BC	Zhou dynasty in China	22
339214820	1000 - 900 BC	King David in Israel, succeeded by Solomon	23
339214821	850 BC	Beginning of Zapotec civilization in Mexico	24
339214822	753 BC	Traditional date of the founding of Rome	25
339214823	750 BC	Rise of Greek city-states	26
339214825	675 BC	Assyrians destroy Babylonia, Memphis, Thebes	27
339214826	600 BC	Mayan civilization in Mexico	28
339214827	540 BC	Rise of Persian Empire under Cyrus II "the Great"; conquers Babylonia in 583 BCE	29
339214828	525 BC	Persians capture Egypt	30
339214829	510 BC	Etruscans expelled from Rome; republic founded	31
339214830	461 - 451 BC	Athens and Sparta at war	32
339214831	431 - 404 BC	Peloponnesian War	33
339214832	403 BC	Period of Warring States begins in China	34
339214833	400 BC	Decline of Olmec civilization in Mexico	35
339214834	390 BC	Gauls sack Rome	36
339214835	338 BC	Phillip II defeats Athens; rules unified Greece	37
339214836	334 - 331 BC	Alexander the Great invades Persian Empire; takes Egypt; founds Alexandria; conquers Mesopotamia	38
339214837	330 BC	Persian Empire ends with murder of Darius	39
339214838	323 BC	Alexander dies; empire divided	40
339214839	321 BC	Chandragupta founds Mauryan Empire in India	41
339214840	321 - 280 BC	Mauryan Empire expands through subcontinent	42
339214841	320 - 275 BC	Expansion of Roman power throughout Italy	43
339214842	304 BC	Egypt: Ptolemaic Era begins	44
339214843	264 - 241 BC	Romans defeat Carthage in North Africa in First Punic War, take Sicily	45
339214844	221 BC	Qin dynasty begins after conquest and unification of China	46
339214845	218 - 202 BC	Second Punic War: Hannibal crosses Alps to defeat Romans	47
339223489	206 BC	Han dynasty begins in China	48
339223490	203 BC	Hannibal driven back to Algeria; Spain becomes Roman province	49
339223491	200 BC	Rise of Zapotecs in Mexico	50
339223492	187 BC	Fall of Mauryan Empire in India	51
339223493	147 - 146 BC	Third Punic War; Romans take Carthage	52
339223494	121 BC	Rome conquers southern Gaul (France)	53
339223495	91 BC	Huns attack Chinese	54
339223496	87 BC	Chinese Empire ruled over Korea and Vietnam	55
339223497	71 BC	Spartacus leads slave revolt against Romans	56
339223498	60 BC	First Triumvirate established in Rome	57
339223499	49 - 47 BC	Civil War in Rome	58
339223500	44 BC	Julius Caesar assassinated; second Triumvirate formed in 43 BC	59
339223501	31 BC	Octavian defeats Anthony and Cleopatra at Actium	60
339223502	27 BC	Octavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor	61