World History

Farming and herding begins in Fertile Crescent

9000 BCE

Which spans parts of modern-day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and the Palestinian Territories.

Jericho was founded

8000 BCE

Jericho was one of the most powerful cities in the land of Canaan, located in the Middle East, where modern-day Palestine and Israel are located now.

Humans settle in the area between and near the Tigris and Euphrates

7700 BCE

The humans needed to survived so they settled in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers because of agriculture.

Domestication of corn in Mexico

5000 BCE

The Mexicans discovered the corn as a power supply to eat and survive, the corn was and is used to make tortillas.

Dawn of Sumerian Civilization

3500 BCE

This was Babylonia, which further divided into the Sumerian south and the Akkadian north along linguistic and cultural grounds (Akkadian being a Semitic language like Arabic and Hebrew; Sumerian being a unique language, not related to any known linguistic group).

First dinasty in Egipt

3400 BCE

The kings of the First Dynasty of Egypt (c. 3150 - c. 2890 BCE) all worked toward the same ends: increasing trade, expansion of the kingdom through military campaigns, engaging in building projects (such as monuments, tombs, and temples), and securing the central rule of the country.

Hindus writes down oldest world scripts

1000 BCE

The most ancient sacred texts of the Hindu religion are written in Sanskrit and called the Vedas. Hinduism does not just have one sacred book but several scriptures. The Vedas scriptures guide Hindus in their daily life.

Invention of coinage by Lydians

600 BCE

Coins were introduced as a method of payment around the 6th or 5th century BCE. The invention of coins is still shrouded in mystery: According to Herdotus coins were first minted by the Lydians, while Aristotle claims that the first coins were minted by Demodike of Kyrme.

Rome becomes a republic and Democracy begins in Athens

509 BCE

As the title says, democracy began in Athens. A sistem of governemet

Mayan first pyramid built

400 BCE

The Maya are perhaps most known for their many majestic pyramids.
They built two kinds of pyramids. Both types of pyramids were similar in many ways, they each had the familiar pyramid shape. They each had steep steps up the side that would allow someone to climb to the top. They each were built for religious purposes and for the gods.

Great Wall of China built.

246 BCE

The Great Wall of China was constructed from the 7th Century BC by the Chu State and lasted until 1878 in the Qing Dynasty. The most remaining we see today was built in the Ming Dynasty about 600 years ago.

Roman Empire

27 BCE

The Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117 CE), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. By 285 CE the empire had grown too vast to be ruled from the central government at Rome and so was divided by Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305 CE) into a Western and an Eastern Empire.

Chichen Itza founded by the Mayans

455

Chichen Itza, located at the northern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula of modern Mexico, was a Maya city that was later significantly influenced by the Toltec civilization. Flourishing between c. 750 and 1200 CE, the site is rich in monumental architecture and sculpture which promotes themes of militarism and displays imagery of jaguars, eagles, and feathered-serpents.

Charlemagne named the “Ruler of the West”

800

Charlemagne's career led to his acknowledgment. This reign, which involved to a greater degree than that of any other historical personage the organic development, and still more, the consolidation of Christian Europe. The period of Charlemagne was also an epoch of reform for the Church in Gaul, and of the foundation for the Church in Germany, marked, moreover, by an efflorescence of learning which fructified in the great Christian schools of the twelfth and later centuries.

1st crusade

1095

The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a number of crusades that attempted to recapture the Holy Land, called for by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095.

Signing of the Magna Carta

1215

The Magna Carta is a document created in 1215 that limited the power of the monarchy and established human rights for everyone in England. Signed on 15 June by King John of England in Runnymede, Surrey, Magna Carta was meant as a peace treaty between King John and his subjects and demanded that every person had to obey the law, including the king.

Aztecs settle Tenochtitlan

1325

Tenochtitlan was located on a swampy island in Lake Texcoco in what is today south-central Mexico. At first, it wasn't a great place to start a city, but soon the Aztec's built-up islands where they could grow crops.

Italian Renaissance Begins

1335

The Renaissance was a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. Generally described as taking place from the 14th century to the 17th century, the Renaissance promoted the rediscovery of classical philosophy, literature, and art.

1st Black Plague arrives in Sicily

1347

It was a deadly sickness that killed a lot of people in the middle ages, it was transmitted for the rats.

Ming Dynasty (China)

1368

The Ming Dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644 A.D., during which China’s population would double. Known for its trade expansion to the outside world that established cultural ties with the West, the Ming Dynasty is also remembered for its drama, literature and world-renowned porcelain.

The discovery of America

1492

Cristobal Colon arrived to America from Spain, he was searching for new commercial routes to arrive at India. Anyways he ended arriving to Mexico

Fall of Tenochtitlan

1521

The Fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was a decisive event in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. It occurred in 1521 following extensive manipulation of local factions and exploitation of preexisting divisions by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, who was aided by the support of his indigenous allies and his interpreter and companion La Malinche.

13 Colonies Independence

1776

In 1776, thirteen colonies declared independence from Britain. With the help of France and Spain, they defeated the British during the American Revolutionary War

World War I

1914

World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers).

Holocaust

1933

Holocaust was a systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by NaziGermany and its collaborators during World War II. The Germans called this “the final solution to the Jewish question.”