AP World History Chapter 1-3 Timeline Flashcards
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| 7217552125 | 2.5 million B.C.E. | Emergence of more humanlike species, initially in eastern Africa. | 0 | |
| 7217552126 | 750,000 B.C.E. | Further development of human species into Homo Erectus. | 1 | |
| 7217552127 | 600,000 B.C.E. | Wide spread of human species across Asia, Africa, Africa; development of fire use. | 2 | |
| 7217552128 | 240,000-100,000 B.C.E. | Apparent completion of basic human evolution; migrations from Africa begins; Homo sapiens displace other human species. | 3 | |
| 7217552129 | 25,000 B.C.E. | Migration of people from Siberia to tip of South America. | 4 | |
| 7217552130 | 14,000 B.C.E. | End of great ice age. | 5 | |
| 7217552131 | 12,000 B.C.E. | Fashioning of stone tools; end of Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age. | 6 | |
| 7217552132 | 10,000-8,000 B.C.E. | Development of farming in Middle East. | 7 | |
| 7217552133 | 9,000 B.C.E. | Domestication of sheep, pigs, goats, and cattle. | 8 | |
| 7217552134 | 8,000 B.C.E. | Transition of agriculture; introduction of silk weaving in China. | 9 | |
| 7217552135 | 6,000 B.C.E. | First potter's wheel. | 10 | |
| 7217552136 | 5,500 B.C.E. | Catal Huyuk at it's peak. | 11 | |
| 7217552137 | 5,000 B.C.E. | Domestication of maize (corn) in Mesopotamia. | 12 | |
| 7217552138 | 4,000 B.C.E. | Yangshao culture in China. | 13 | |
| 7217552139 | 4,000-3000 B.C.E. | Age of innovation in Middle East; introduction of writing, bronze metalwork, wheel, and plow. | 14 | |
| 7217552140 | 3,500-1800 B.C.E. | Civilization of Sumer; cuneiform alphabet. | 15 | |
| 7217552141 | 3,100 B.C.E. | Rise of Egyptian civilization. | 16 | |
| 7217552142 | 2,500 B.C.E | Emergence of Harappan (Indus) civilization | 17 | |
| 7217552143 | 2,000 B.C.E. | Kotosh culture in Peru. Also, conversion to agriculture in northern Europe and southern Africa. | 18 | |
| 7217552144 | 1,500 B.C.E. | Emergence of Shang Kingdom in China; writing develops. | 19 | |
| 7217552145 | 1,200 B.C.E. | Jews settle near the Mediterranean; first monotheistic religion. | 20 | |
| 7217552146 | 1,122 B.C.E. | Western Zhou Kings. | 21 | |
| 7217552147 | 1,029-258 B.C.E. | Zhou Dynasty; introduction of a standard spoken language. | 22 | |
| 7217552148 | 551-478 B.C.E. | Life of Confucius. | 23 | |
| 7217552149 | 500 B.C.E. | Laozi and Daoism. Also, editing of the Five Classics. | 24 | |
| 7217552150 | 450 B.C.E. | Development of Chinese calendar. | 25 | |
| 7217552151 | 402-201 B.C.E. | Era of the Warring States. | 26 | |
| 7217552152 | 221-201 B.C.E. | Qin Dynasty; the First Emperor, the Great Wall begun, a single basic language. | 27 | |
| 7217552153 | 200 B.C.E. | Introduction of ox-drawn plow, horse collar, water mill. | 28 | |
| 7217552154 | 141-87 B.C.E. | Reign of Han Wu Ti, increased bureaucracy; examinations, spread of Confucianism. | 29 | |
| 7217552155 | 1,600-1,000 B.C.E. | Aryan invasions of India. | 30 | |
| 7217552156 | 1,500-1,000 B.C.E. | Vedic Age. | 31 | |
| 7217552157 | 1,200-700 B.C.E. | Sacred Vedas composed. | 32 | |
| 7217552158 | 1,000-600 B.C.E. | Epic Age: Mahabharata, Ramayana, and Upanishads composed. | 33 | |
| 7217552159 | 700-550 B.C.E. | Era of unrivaled brahman dominance. | 34 | |
| 7217552160 | 546-483 B.C.E. | Life of the Buddha. | 35 | |
| 7217552161 | 327-325 B.C.E. | Alexander the Great invades India. | 36 | |
| 7217552162 | 322-298 B.C.E. | Chandragupta Maurya rules. | 37 | |
| 7217552163 | 269-232 B.C.E. | Reign of Ashoka. | 38 | |
| 7217552164 | 200 B.C.E. - 200 C.E. | Period of greatest Buddhist influence. | 39 | |
| 7217552165 | 319 C.E. | Gupta Empire founded; one of world's first universities established. | 40 | |
| 7217552166 | 535 C.E. | Gupta Empire Overturned by Huns. | 41 |