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3500 BCE
ancient egypt
early settlers in the nile valley -
Period: 3500 BCE to 380
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3000 BCE
ancient Greek
the first major civilization in the region begins on the island of crete. its people know as Minoans -
2700 BCE
ancient egypt
fist stone pyramid built -
2600 BCE
ancient egypt
pyramids of gisa built -
2070 BCE
ancient china
the xia dynasty rules china -
2055 BCE
ancient egypt
mentuhtep II gained control of Egypt -
1728 BCE
ancient china
jie is the last ruler of the xia dynasty in china -
1600 BCE
ancient china
writing develops in china during the shang dyansty -
1453 BCE
ancient Greek
invaders from Asia known as the ottoman turks conquer the byzantine empire and take control of greece -
1400 BCE
ancient Greek
a volcanic explosion on the island of santorini creates tidal waves and earthquakes that destroy the minoan civilization -
1400 BCE
ancient egypt
tutankhamum became pharaoh -
1300 BCE
ancient china
the chariot is introduced to china -
1250 BCE
ancient china
t i ching, the book of change is written -
1100 BCE
ancient egypt
upper and lower Egypt -
1046 BCE
ancient china
the zhou dynasty replaces the shan dynasty -
1000 BCE
ancient china
dazhuan script develops -
776 BCE
ancient Greek
the fist Olympic games haled at olympia the games begin as part of a religious festival dedicated to zeus king of the gods -
771 BCE
ancient china
beginning of eastern zhou period -
753 BCE
ancient rome
the city of Rome was founded -
750 BCE
ancient Greek
democracy or government is first practiced -
671 BCE
ancient egypt
assyrians attacked egypt -
570 BCE
ancient Greek
pythagoras is born. he will make major advancesin science math and philosophyn -
552 BCE
ancient china
life of confucius -
525 BCE
ancient egypt
persians conquerd egypt -
508 BCE
ancient Greek
democracy is introduced in athens by cleisthenes -
432 BCE
ancient Greek
the temple to athena the parthenon is completed in athens on the acropolis -
336 BCE
ancient Greek
alexander the great becomes king when his father philip of macedon is assassinated -
332 BCE
ancient egypt
Alexander the great conquered egypt -
218 BCE
ancient china
construction of the grate wall begins -
218 BCE
ancient rome
hannibal invades Italy -
145 BCE
ancient Greek
Romans invade and conquer the Greek empire -
73 BCE
ancient rome
spartacus the gladiator leads the slaves in an uprising -
64 BCE
ancient rome
much of Rome burns -
45 BCE
ancient rome
Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome -
44 BCE
ancient rome
julius caesar is assassinated -
30 BCE
ancient egypt
cleopatar v11 died -
27 BCE
ancient rome
the rome empire begins -
80
ancient rome
the Colosseum is built -
380
ancient rome
Theodosius declares Christianity to be the only religion of Rome empire -
ancient Greek
the first modern olympic games are held in athens to build friendship among differet countries -
ancient rome
Rome become a republic