Social Studies Timeline

  • Period: 800 BCE to 500

    The Cradle of Democracy

    The Cradle of Democracy
  • 753 BCE

    753 BC- Rome Founded

    753 BC-  Rome Founded
    Romulus and Remus mythology
  • 594 BCE

    594 BC- The origin of Athens Democracy

    594 BC-  The origin of Athens Democracy
    Direct Democracy
  • 509 BCE

    509 BC- The origin of the Roman Republic

    509 BC-  The origin of the Roman Republic
    Representative Democracy
  • 313

    313 AD

    313 AD
    Christianity is made a legal religion throughout Europe
  • 476

    476 AD

    476 AD
    Rome is destroyed by Germanic Tribes/Barbarians
  • Period: 500 to 1500

    The Middle Ages

    The Middle Ages
  • 880

    880 AD

    880 AD
    Feudalism is widely practiced throughout Europe
  • 1088

    1088 AD

    1088 AD
    The first university is established in Bologna, Italy
  • 1095

    1095 AD- The Crusades

    1095 AD- The Crusades
    Holy wars encouraged by the Church
  • 1215

    1215 AD

    1215 AD
    King John of England signs the Magna Carta
  • 1347

    1347 AD

    1347 AD
    Bubonic Plague spreads throughout Europe
  • 1400

    1400 AD

    1400 AD
    Renaissance begins with Michelangelo & DaVinci
  • Period: 1400 to

    The Renaissance

    The Renaissance
  • 1450

    1450 AD

    1450 AD
    Gutenberg invents movable type printing press
  • 1453

    1453 AD

    1453 AD
    Copernicus publishes his ideas on astronomy
  • 1492

    1492 AD

    1492 AD
    Columbus discovers the New World
  • 1609 AD

    1609 AD
    Galileo Galilei makes advancements on the telescope