WORLD HISTORY (ENCAPSULATION)
APPROXIMATE TIMELINE |
PROGRESSION / DEGRESSION |
2,500,000 BC |
"HOMO HABILIS" IN AFRICA |
2,000,000 BC |
ICE AGE BEGINS |
2,000,000 BC |
STONE AGE |
1,500,000 BC |
"HOMO ERECTUS" |
1,200,000 BC |
"NEANDERTHALS" IN AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, ASIA & EUROPE |
40,000 BC |
SOUTH EAST ASIANS |
40,000 BC |
ROCK ENGRAVINGS |
35,000 BC |
"HOMO SAPIENS" |
30,000 BC |
"MODERN HUMANS" IN ASIA & EUROPE |
29,000 BC |
CLAY |
26,000 BC |
CAVE PAINTINGS |
25,000 BC |
"ABORIGINES" IN AUSTRALIA |
22,000 BC |
NATIVE AMERICANS |
18,000 BC |
HUTS |
12,000 BC |
ICE AGE ENDS |
8,000 BC |
HOMES |
8,000 BC |
CATTLE |
7,000 BC |
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (INDIA) |
7,000 BC |
FARMING |
7,000 BC |
COPPER AGE |
6,500 BC |
CLOTH |
6,000 BC |
BEER |
5,500 BC |
BRONZE AGE |
5100 BC |
LORD RAM |
5,000 BC |
THE SUMERIANS IN MESOPOTAMIA (MIDLLE EAST) |
5,000 BC |
THE EGYPTIANS |
4,000 BC |
THE SAMARA CULTURE OF VOLGA RIVER (RUSSIA) |
4,000 BC |
BOATS |
3,500 BC |
WRITING & THE WHEEL |
3,500 BC |
THE MINOANS IN CRETE |
3,300 BC |
THE MAYANS IN CENTRAL AMERICA |
3,200 BC |
THE CYCLADIC CULTURE IN GREECE |
3,200 BC |
THE CARAL-SUPE CIVILIZATION IN PERU |
3,200 BC |
THE PROTO-ELAMITE CIVILIZATION (IRAN) |
3200 BC |
LORD KRISHNA |
3,150 BC |
THE FIRST DYNASTY OF EGYPT |
3,000 BC |
STONEHENGE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS (ENGLAND) |
3,000 BC |
THE CUCUTENI-TRYPILLIA CULTURE (ROMANIA & UKRAINE) |
3,000 BC |
THE JIROFT CULTURE (IRAN) |
3,000 BC |
IRON AGE |
3,000 BC |
THE PHONENICIANS OF THE LEVANT (EAST MEDITERRANEAN & WEST ASIA I.E. TURKEY) |
2,800 BC |
THE LONGSHAN CULTURE OF CHINA |
2,700 BC |
THE KINGDOM OF KUSH (SUDAN) |
2,700 BC |
THE ELAM CIVILIZATION (IRAN) |
2,560 BC |
KING KHUFU COMPLETES THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA (EGYPT) |
2,500 BC |
THE NUBIA CULTURE (SUDAN) |
2,348 BC |
NOAH 7 THE GREAT FLOOD (SUDAN) |
2334 BC |
THE AKKADIAN EMPIRE IN MESOPOTAMIA |
2166 BC |
PROPHET ABRAHAM |
2,000 BC |
THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE (IRAQ) |
1,900 BC |
THE ERLITOU CULTURE IN CHINA |
1900 BCE: Erlitou culture begins in China
1,894 BC |
THE AMORITES OF BAYBLON IN MESOPOTAMIA (IRAQ) |
1,850 BC |
PROPHET ABRAHAM LEADS JEWS FROM MESOPOTAMIA TO CANAAN (PALESTINE) |
1,800 BC |
ALPHBET WRITING |
1,800 BC |
OLD BABYLONIAN TEXT OF EPIC OF GILGAMESH |
1,750 BC |
THE MYCENAEANS OF GREECE |
1,750 BC |
THE HITTITES OF ANATOLIAN PENINSULA (TURKEY) |
1,700–1,400 BC |
THE PROTO-SINAITIC SCRIPT, OLDEST SCRIPT CREATED IN EGYPT |
1,600 BC |
THE SHANG DYNASTY IN CHINA |
1,550 BC |
THE NEW KINGDOM IN EGYPT |
1,500 BC |
COMPOSITION OF THE RIG VEDA COMPLETED IN INDIA |
1500 BCE: Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1,500 BC |
ARYANS & EUROPEANS INTERMIX WITH INDUS VALLEY |
1,500 BC |
THE OLMECS OF MESOAMERICA (MEXICO) |
1400 BC |
PROPHET MOSES |
1,400 BC |
OLDEST SONG NOTATION |
1,200 BC |
THE CHAVIN CIVILISATION IN PERU |
1,200 BC |
THE HALLSAT CULTURE IN WESTERN & CENTRAL EUROPE |
1,200 BC |
PROPHET MOSES LEADS JEWS OUT OF EGYPT |
1,046 BC |
THE ZHOU DYNASTY IN CHINA |
1,029 BC |
KING DAVID FORMS ISRAEL & KING SOLOMOM BUILDS TEMPLE |
1,027 BC |
THE ZHOU DYNASTY IN CHINA |
1,000 BC |
THE PHOENICIAN ALPHABET OF 22 LETTERS |
1,000 BC |
THE NOK CULTURE OF WEST AFRICA |
982 BC |
KING SOLOMON DIES, ISRAEL BECOMES ISRAEL & JUDAH |
900 BC |
THE CHALDEANS OF BABYLON (IRAQ) |
776 BC |
FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES |
753 BC |
FOUNDING OF ROME |
728 BC |
THE MEDIAN EMPIRE (IRAN) |
653 BC |
THE ACHAEMENID DYNASTY (IRAN) |
650–550 BC |
THE UREWE CULTURE (AFRICAN GREAT LAKES) |
600 BC |
THE NOK CULTURE OF NIGERIA |
600-500 BC |
THE CELTIC CULTURE OF AUSTRIA & FRANCE |
586 BC |
KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR II (BABYLON, MESOPOTAMIA, IRAQ) DESTROYS JERUSALEM, EXILES JEWS TO BABYLON |
563 BC |
LORD BUDDHA |
551 BC |
MASTER CONFUCIOUS |
549 BC |
CYRUS THE GREAT OF PERSIAN EMPIRE (IRAN) |
539 BC |
CYRUS THE GREAT LIBERATES JEWS FROM NEO-BABYLONIAN EMPIRE |
527 BC |
LORD MAHAVIR |
509 BC |
FOUNDING OF ROMAN REPUBLIC |
469 BC |
SOCRATES BORN IN ATHENS, GREECE |
447-438 BC |
THE PARTHENON TEMPLE BUILT IN ATHENS, GREECE |
428 BC |
PLATO BORN IN GREECE |
400 BC |
MAYAN PYRAMID-TEMPLES IN GUATEMALA (CENTRAL AMERICA) |
390 BC |
THE GAULS (FRENCH CELTS) SACK CITY OF ROME |
356 BC |
KING ALEXANDER OF MACEDONIA (NORTH OF GREECE) |
336-330 BC |
THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD IN GREECE |
327 BC |
KING ALEXANDER REACHES INDIA & IS FORCED TO TURN BACK
(BY ALIENS, IT SEEMS) |
321 BC |
CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA OF THE MAURYAN DYNASTY IN INDIA |
269-232 BC |
KING ASHOKA OF MAURYAN DYNASTY IN INDIA |
221 BC |
EMPEROR SHI HUANGDI OF THE QIN (CH'IN) DYNASTY IN CHINA |
206 BC |
THE HAN DYNASTY IN CHINA |
200 BC |
COMPASS |
185 BC |
THE SHUNGA DYNASTY IN INDIA |
58-50 BC |
ROMAN GENERAL JULIUS CEASER CONQUERS GAUL (FRANCE) |
49 BC |
JULIUS CEASER SEIZES POWER & BECOMES DICTATOR OF ROME |
27 BC |
ROMAN REPUBLIC BECOMES ROMAN EMPIRE |
0000 BC/AD |
LORD CHRIST |
09 AD |
THE HSIN DYNASTY IN CHINA |
69 AD |
ROMAN EMPEROR NERO ASSASINATED, YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS |
69 AD |
JERUSALEM FALLS TO ROME |
79 AD |
MOUNT VESUVIUS EXPLODES (ITALY) |
80 AD |
COLOSEUM BUILT (ITALY) |
100 AD |
KINGDOM OF AKSUM IN HORN OF AFRICA |
132 AD |
ROME CRUSHES JEWISH REBELLION, LEVELS JERUSALEM, JEWS PROHIBITED IN JERUSALEM |
220 AD |
THE WEI DYNASTY IN CHINA |
312 AD |
CONSTANTINE DECLARED EMPEROR IN ROME |
320 AD |
THE GUPTA DYNASTY IN INDIA |
364 AD |
ROME ADOPTS CHRISTIANITY |
476 AD |
ROMAN EMPIRE ENDS |
570 AD |
PROPHET MUHAMMAD |
600 AD |
KINGDOM OF CHENLA IN CAMBODIA |
622 AD |
PROPHET MUHAMMAD FLEES TO MEDINA |
630 AD |
MECCA TAKEN OVER BY MUSLIMS FROM MEDINA |
637 AD |
ARAB KING OMAR I CONQUERS JERUSALEM |
642 AD |
ARAB KING OMAR I CONQUERS PERSIAN EMPIRE |
642 AD |
ARABS CONQUER EGYPT |
700 AD |
GUN POWDER IN CHINA |
725 AD |
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PRINTING PRESS |
1500 AD |
GURU NANAK |
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1600 AD |
ELECTRICITY |
1643 AD |
NEWTON BORN IN ENGLAND |
1698 AD |
STEAM ENGINE |
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1822 AD |
COMPUTER |
1837 AD |
TELEGRAPH |
1856 AD |
TESLA BORN IN CROATIA |
1876 AD |
TELEPHONE |
1879 AD |
EINSTEIN BORN IN GERMANY |
1880 AD |
ELECTRIC BULB |
1886 AD |
AUTOMOBILE |
1895 AD |
RADIO |
1903 AD |
AIRPLANE |
1913 AD |
REFRIGERATOR |
1915 AD |
THEORY OF GENERAL RELATIVITY |
1919 AD |
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1960 AD |
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1973 AD |
MOBILE PHONE |
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1983 AD |
INTERNET |
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2003 AD |
"The Website" |
2004 AD |
WEB 2.0 |
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2019 AD |
CORONA VIRUS |
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