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90,000 BCE
Migration
Migration out of Africa to Southwest Asia towards India
90000 BCE - 85000 BCE -
75,000 BCE
75000 BCE
Mt Toba volcano super-eruption in Sumatra causes widespread death of human and animal populations. Ash in the atmosphere causes 'volcanic winter' -
60,000 BCE
60000 BCE - 40000 BCE
Humans cross from Southeast Asia into the Sahul (Ice Age Continent between SE Asia and Australia) -
50,000 BCE
50000 BCE
A great leap forward, when modern human behavior and culture appear in the fossil record and including trade, refined toolmaking, and art, which scientist think resulted from the development of language -
40,000 BCE
40000 BCE
Rock painting and evidence that corpses were cremated in Australia -
30,000 BCE
30000 BCE
The total population of homo sapiens in the world at this time estimated at 300,000 people -
26,000 BCE
26000 BCE
New technology; fired clay (terra cotta) figurines and vessels -
20,000 BCE
20000 BCE
New technology; flint cores are heated before chipping them to make new tools -
17,000 BCE
17000 BCE - 15000 BCE
Oldest known human use of cereal grains in Eygpt -
13,000 BCE
13000 BCE
New technology; bows and arrows, spear throwers make hunting easier -
12,500 BCE
12500 BCE - 10000 BCE
The earliest dated evidence of human migration to the Americas -
8000 BCE
8000 BCE
Pleistocene, or last Ice Age ends. Geological Era begins -
7500 BCE
7500 BCE - 5500 BCE
Global warming causes sea levels to rise, separating from the Asia continent. -
7000 BCE
7000 BCE
early experiments with agriculture are dated to this time -
1453 BCE
1453 CE
Ottomans overthrow Byzantine Empire and established capital in Constantinople -
1453 BCE
1453 CE
Ottomans overthrow Byzantine Empire and establish the capital in Constantinople -
1000 BCE
1000 BCE
Iron metallurgy is known in Western Asia, Southeastern Europe, and North Africa. Aryan people begin to settle in India, King David establishes Jeurulism as his capital city -
800 BCE
800 BCE
Rise of the Nubian Kingdom at Napata from 712-660 BCE, Nubia dominates Eygpt. -
771 BCE
771 BCE
Zhou kingdom ends in China -
600 BCE
600 BCE
Iron metallurgy begins in China -
563 BCE
563 BCE - 483 BCE
Life of Siddharta, Guatama, known as Buddha, in India, and the beginning of Buddhism as a religion. -
551 BCE
551 BCE - 479 BCE
Life of Confucius, in China and the beginning of the philosophy of Confucianism -
522 BCE
522 BCE - 486 BCE
Darius I rules the Persian Empire -
507 BCE
507 BCE
The Roman Republic begins -
465 BCE
465 BCE
Hanno of Carthage explores the West African coast -
400 BCE
400 BCE - 300 BCE
Kingdom of Meroe in Nubia -
334 BCE
334 BCE - 323 BCE
Alexander the Great of Macedonia conquers western Asia and begins the Hellenistic period -
31 BCE
31 BCE- 14 BCE
Ceasar Augustus rules the roman empire