Big Bang occured approximately 13.7 billion years ago.
4..54 billion
3.77 billion
The earliest time that life first appeared on Earth is at least 3.77 billion years ago.3.5 billion
Fossilised rock formations called stromatolites, found in the Pilbara region of western Australia, are the oldest fossils ever found at 3.5 billion-year-old.
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230 million BCE
Dinosaurs evolved from other reptiles (socket-toothed archosaurs) during the Triassic period, over 230 million years ago.
210 million
The earliest known mammals were the morganucodontids, tiny shrew-size animals that lived 210 million years ago.
210 million
The earliest known mammals were the morganucodontids, tiny shrew-size animals that lived 210 million years ago.
65 million BCE
Dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago (at the end of the Cretaceous Period).
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4.2 to 1.9 million BCE
Australopithecus, a genus of hominins, from which modern humans are considered to be descended, existed in Africa from around 4.2 to 1.9 million years ago.
2.12 million BCE
Stone tools discovered at the Shangchen site in China are dated to 2.12 million years ago, are claimed to be the earliest known evidence of hominins outside Africa.
3.3 million BCE
Stone tools found at Lake Turkana in Kenya are dated to be 3.3 million years old.
300,000 BCE
The oldest known evidence for anatomically modern humans (as of 2017) are fossils found at Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, dated about 300,000 years old.
210,000 BCE
Early Eurasian Homo sapiens fossils have been found in Israel and Greece, dated to 194,000–177,000 and 210,000 years old respectively.
100,000 BCE
Earliest known human burial in the Middle East.
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70,000 BCE
Modern humans reached Asia by 70,000 years ago, moving down through South-east Asia and into Australia. Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Melanesian peoples came to Australia through the islands to the northwest, perhaps, about 65 thousand years ago.
70,000 BCE
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4.2 to 1.9 million BCE
Australopithecus, a genus of hominins, from which modern humans are considered to be descended, existed in Africa from around 4.2 to 1.9 million years ago.
2.12 million BCE
Stone tools discovered at the Shangchen site in China are dated to 2.12 million years ago, are claimed to be the earliest known evidence of hominins outside Africa.
3.3 million BCE
Stone tools found at Lake Turkana in Kenya are dated to be 3.3 million years old.
2.1 and 1.5 million BCE
Homo habilis is an archaic species of human which lived about 2.1 and 1.5 million years ago.
2 million BCE
Homo erectus was the first human ancestor to spread throughout the Old World, lived from about 2 million years ago, until at least 250,000 years ago. Homo erectus populations lived in southeastern Europe by 1.8 million years ago.
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700,000 BCE
Homo heidelbergensis lived from about 700,000 to 300,000 years ago.
300,000 BCE
All people living today belong to the species Homo sapiens, who arose about 300,000 years ago.
300,000 BCE
300,000 BCE
Neanderthals and Denisovans, our hominid cousins (we all descended from Homo heidelbergensis), left Africa about 300,000 years ago and settled in Europe and parts of western Asia. Many of us today have fragments of Neanderthals and Denisovans within our DNA, due to interbreeding. |
| Neanderthals are hominids in the genus Homo, humans, and generally classified as a distinct species (extinct) |
300,000 BCE
The oldest known evidence for anatomically modern humans (as of 2017) are fossils found at Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, dated about 300,000 years old.
300,000 BCE
The best evidence of human's habitual use of fire comes from caves in Israel dating back between 400,000 and 300,000 years ago. Qesem Cave, reveals a hearth and evidence of the roasting of meat.
The best evidence of human's habitual use of fire comes from caves in Israel dating back between 400,000 and 300,000 years ago. Qesem Cave, reveals a hearth and evidence of the roasting of meat.
210,000 BCE
Early Eurasian Homo sapiens fossils have been found in Israel and Greece, dated to 194,000–177,000 and 210,000 years old respectively.
100,000 BCE
Earliest known human burial in the Middle East.
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70,000 BCE
Modern humans reached Asia by 70,000 years ago, moving down through South-east Asia and into Australia. Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Melanesian peoples came to Australia through the islands to the northwest, perhaps, about 65 thousand years ago.
70,000 BCE
A genetic bottleneck in human evolution occurred about 70,000 years ago, when human populations sharply decreased to 3,000–10,000 surviving individuals.
60,000 BCE
45,000 BCE
35,000 and 40,000 BCE
23,000 BCE
20,000 BCE
2,500 BCE
2000 BCE
The oldest Egyptian medical text is the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus from around 2000 BCE.
2000 BCE
The earliest fully developed spoke-wheeled horse chariots are from the chariot burials of the Andronovo (Timber-Grave) sites of the Sintashta-Petrovka Proto-Indo-Iranian culture in modern Russia and Kazakhstan, from around 2000 BCE.
1351 or 1353 BCEThe earliest known recorded monotheistic religion (one god), was created during the reign of Akhenaten, in Ancient Egypt.
1250–600 BCE
The Upanishads, part of the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, the Vedas, that deal with meditation, philosophy and spiritual knowledge and which are central toHinduism, Buddhism and Jainism are created.
800 BCE
The oldest surviving works of Greek literature were composed 800 BCE. The Iliad, 750BCE and the Odyssey 720BCE.
300 BCE
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60,000 BCE
60, 000 year old needlepoint (missing stem and eye) has been found in Sibudu Cave, South Africa. 50,000 years ago sewing needles found in (Denisova Cave, Siberia).
About 45,000 years ago, modern humans ventured into Europe, by way of the Middle East. Modern human remains dating to 43–45,000 years ago have been discovered in Italy and Britain.
44,000 BCE
44,000 BCE
The oldest known cave paintings are more than 44,000 years old, found in both the Franco-Cantabrian region in western Europe, and in the caves in the district of Maros (Sulawesi, Indonesia). 32 shapes and lines, on the caves at Marsoulas in France, are repeated often and could be the world’s oldest code.
40,000 BCE
Extinction of Neanderthals about 40,000 years ago.
40,000 BCE
Extinction of Neanderthals about 40,000 years ago.
40,000 BCE
The remains of one of the earliest known anatomically modern humans to be discovered cremated, was buried near Lake Mungo, Australia, 40,000 BCE.
36,000 BCE
The earliest dyed flax fibres have been found in a prehistoric cave in Georgia and date back to 36,000 BCE.
35,000 and 40,000 BCE
The lion-headed figurine is the oldest-known zoomorphic (animal-shaped) sculpture in the world, found to be between 35,000 and 40,000 years old, from Hohlenstein-Stadel cave, Germany.
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| The Löwenmensch figurine, between 35,000 and 40,000 years old, from Hohlenstein-Stadel cave, Germany. |
28,000 BCE
The rock art at Narwala Gabarnmang rock shelter in south-western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia, is dated at 28,000 years BCE.
25,000–21,000 BCE
25,000–21,000 BCE
Burials in Iberia, Wales and eastern Europe, using red ochre and grave goods, such as ivory beads and flint blades.
The first evidence of agriculture was 23,000 years ago, at a human camp on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.
20,000 BCE
Pottery may well have been discovered independently in various places. However, pottery made for storing, cooking and carrying water was first manufactured in China about 20,000 years ago, found at Neolithic cave site of Xianrendong.
20,000 BCE
Pottery may well have been discovered independently in various places. However, pottery made for storing, cooking and carrying water was first manufactured in China about 20,000 years ago, found at Neolithic cave site of Xianrendong.
The settlement of the Americas began, via the Beringia land bridge, which had formed between northeastern Siberia and western Alaska, about 20,000 years ago.
12,600 to 9,600 BCE
Charred crumbs of a flatbread made by Natufian hunter-gatherers from wild wheat, wild barley and plant roots between 14,600 and 11,600 years ago ,have been found at the archaeological site of Shubayqa 1, in the Black Desert in Jordan.
12,600 to 9,600 BCE
Charred crumbs of a flatbread made by Natufian hunter-gatherers from wild wheat, wild barley and plant roots between 14,600 and 11,600 years ago ,have been found at the archaeological site of Shubayqa 1, in the Black Desert in Jordan.
12,000 BCE
Farming and agriculture began in Iraq, the Levant, parts of Turkey and Iran, 12,000 years ago. Agriculture is believed to be a pre-requisite for the development of cities.
10,000 BCE
A mesolithic arrangement of twelve pits and an arc found in Warren Field, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which dates to about 10,000 years ago, has been described as a lunar calendar and the "world's oldest known calendar".
10,000 BCE
Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, dating back to the 10th–8th millennium BCE, is perhaps the world's oldest religious site. It is also notable for the complexity of its design.
8040 BCE
The Pesse canoe is the world's oldest known ship dating between 8040 and 7510 BC. It was discovered during the construction of the Dutch A28 motorway.
Farming and agriculture began in Iraq, the Levant, parts of Turkey and Iran, 12,000 years ago. Agriculture is believed to be a pre-requisite for the development of cities.
10,000 BCE
A mesolithic arrangement of twelve pits and an arc found in Warren Field, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which dates to about 10,000 years ago, has been described as a lunar calendar and the "world's oldest known calendar".
10,000 BCE
Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, dating back to the 10th–8th millennium BCE, is perhaps the world's oldest religious site. It is also notable for the complexity of its design.
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| Göbekli Tepe, an archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, Teomancimit |
8040 BCE
The Pesse canoe is the world's oldest known ship dating between 8040 and 7510 BC. It was discovered during the construction of the Dutch A28 motorway.
7500 BCE
The first cities were founded in Mesopotamia, after the Neolithic Revolution, around 7500 BCE. However, The first cities to house several tens of thousands of people were Memphis, Egypt and Uruk, by 3100 BCE.
The first cities were founded in Mesopotamia, after the Neolithic Revolution, around 7500 BCE. However, The first cities to house several tens of thousands of people were Memphis, Egypt and Uruk, by 3100 BCE.
4500 BC - 3500 BC
Farming of plants and animals begins in Britain.
4,000 BCE
King Sargon of Akkad established the world's first empire more than 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
3500 BCE
The first true city-states arose in Sumer about 3500 BCE, almost contemporaneously with similar entities in what are now Syria and Lebanon.
3500 BCE
The first city of the Norte Chico civilization is generally dated to around 3500 BCE.
3300 BCE
The Ancient Sumerians in the Middle East were most probably the first people to enter the Bronze Age, about 3300 to 1200 B.C. This is when people started to work with metal and make bronze tools and weapons.
3200 BCE
The cuneiform script created in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, was the first true writing system, dating to 3200 BCE.
3200–3100 BCE
4,000 BCE
King Sargon of Akkad established the world's first empire more than 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
3500 BCE
The first true city-states arose in Sumer about 3500 BCE, almost contemporaneously with similar entities in what are now Syria and Lebanon.
3500 BCE
The first city of the Norte Chico civilization is generally dated to around 3500 BCE.
3300 BCE
The Ancient Sumerians in the Middle East were most probably the first people to enter the Bronze Age, about 3300 to 1200 B.C. This is when people started to work with metal and make bronze tools and weapons.
3200 BCE
The cuneiform script created in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, was the first true writing system, dating to 3200 BCE.
3200–3100 BCE
Newgrange, the 250,000 ton (226,796.2 tonne) passage tomb aligned to the winter solstice in Ireland, was built.
3100 BCE
Babylonian mathematics, which used a sexagesimal (base 60) system and which is the source of the 60-minute hour, the 24-hour day and the 360-degree circle, originated about 3100 BCE.
3100 BCE
Egypt was largely unified under a single ruler around 3100 BCE.
3100 BCE
Babylonian mathematics, which used a sexagesimal (base 60) system and which is the source of the 60-minute hour, the 24-hour day and the 360-degree circle, originated about 3100 BCE.
3100 BCE
Egypt was largely unified under a single ruler around 3100 BCE.
3100 BCE
Stongehenge was built in six stages between 3000 and 1520 BCE during the transition from the Neolithic Period to the Bronze Age.
3000 BCE
The ancient Sumerians, who built the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia, developed a complex system of metrology from 3000 BCE.
3000 BCE
Minoan civilization, a Bronze Age civilization of Crete flourished from about 3000 BCE to about 1100 BCE.
2750 BCE
Hannu was an ancient Egyptian explorer (around 2750 BCE) and the first explorer of whom there is any knowledge. He travelled along the Red Sea to Punt and sailed to what is now part of eastern Ethiopia and Somalia.
2560 BCE
3000 BCE
The ancient Sumerians, who built the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia, developed a complex system of metrology from 3000 BCE.
3000 BCE
Minoan civilization, a Bronze Age civilization of Crete flourished from about 3000 BCE to about 1100 BCE.
2750 BCE
Hannu was an ancient Egyptian explorer (around 2750 BCE) and the first explorer of whom there is any knowledge. He travelled along the Red Sea to Punt and sailed to what is now part of eastern Ethiopia and Somalia.
2635–2610 BCE
The oldest surviving Egyptian Pyramid was commissioned by Pharaoh Djoser.
2613 BCE
The oldest religious writings in the world, The Pyramid Texts, which make up the principal funerary literature of ancient Egypt, were inscribed on the sarcophogi and walls of the pyramids at Saqqara in the 5th and 6th Dynasties of the Old Kingdom (2613-2181 BCE).
2600-1900 BCE
One of the largest ancient cities was Mohenjo-daro located in the Indus Valley (present-day Pakistan); it existed from about 2600 BCE and had a population of about 50,000. The rulers of the town of Lothal lived in the acropolis, which featured paved baths, underground and surface drains (built of kiln-fired bricks) and potable water well.
The oldest religious writings in the world, The Pyramid Texts, which make up the principal funerary literature of ancient Egypt, were inscribed on the sarcophogi and walls of the pyramids at Saqqara in the 5th and 6th Dynasties of the Old Kingdom (2613-2181 BCE).
2600-1900 BCE
One of the largest ancient cities was Mohenjo-daro located in the Indus Valley (present-day Pakistan); it existed from about 2600 BCE and had a population of about 50,000. The rulers of the town of Lothal lived in the acropolis, which featured paved baths, underground and surface drains (built of kiln-fired bricks) and potable water well.
2560 BCE
The Great Pyramid of Giza completed.
2,500 BCE, in ancient Greece, mathematics first became an organised science.
2150 BCE
The earliest surviving great work of literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts, is the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Written 2150 -1400 BCE.
2100–2050 BCE
The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language 2100–2050 BCE.
The earliest surviving great work of literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts, is the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Written 2150 -1400 BCE.
2100–2050 BCE
The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language 2100–2050 BCE.
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| Ur Nammu code, Istanbul, Istanbul Archaeology Museums |
The oldest Egyptian medical text is the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus from around 2000 BCE.
The earliest fully developed spoke-wheeled horse chariots are from the chariot burials of the Andronovo (Timber-Grave) sites of the Sintashta-Petrovka Proto-Indo-Iranian culture in modern Russia and Kazakhstan, from around 2000 BCE.
2000 BCE
The Babylonians were the first to recognize that astronomical phenomena are periodic and apply mathematics to their predictions, in conjunction with their mythology, dating back 1894 BCE – 1595 BCE.
1900 BCE
The Erlitou culture was an early Bronze Age urban society and archaeological culture that existed in the Yellow River valley, China, from approximately 1900 to 1500 BCE.
1700–1100 BCE
The Babylonians were the first to recognize that astronomical phenomena are periodic and apply mathematics to their predictions, in conjunction with their mythology, dating back 1894 BCE – 1595 BCE.
1900 BCE
The Erlitou culture was an early Bronze Age urban society and archaeological culture that existed in the Yellow River valley, China, from approximately 1900 to 1500 BCE.
1700–1100 BCE
The oldest of the Hindu Vedas (scriptures), the Rig Veda was composed 1700–1100 BCE and it contains the first mention of Rudra, a form of Shiva, as the supreme god.
1600-1046 BCE
The Oracle bones, part of the shoulder blade of an ox or other animals, were carved by priests or diviners, in the Shang Dynasty script. This is the oldest known form of Chinese writing and the ancestor of the Chinese characters still used today.
1600 BCE
The Edwin Smith Papyrus, is an ancient Egyptian medical text from 1600 BCE, named after the dealer who bought it in 1862. It presents a rational and scientific approach to medicine in ancient Egypt.
1450 BCE
The earliest written evidence of Linear B, a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, can be found on a clay tablet found in Messenia that dates to between 1450 and 1350 BCE, making Greek the world's oldest recorded living language.
1400 BCE
The earliest form of musical notation can be found in a cuneiform tablet that was created at Nippur, in Babylonia (today's Iraq), in about 1400 BCE.
1360 BCE
1600-1046 BCE
The Oracle bones, part of the shoulder blade of an ox or other animals, were carved by priests or diviners, in the Shang Dynasty script. This is the oldest known form of Chinese writing and the ancestor of the Chinese characters still used today.
1600 BCE
The Edwin Smith Papyrus, is an ancient Egyptian medical text from 1600 BCE, named after the dealer who bought it in 1862. It presents a rational and scientific approach to medicine in ancient Egypt.
1450 BCE
The earliest written evidence of Linear B, a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, can be found on a clay tablet found in Messenia that dates to between 1450 and 1350 BCE, making Greek the world's oldest recorded living language.
1400 BCE
The earliest form of musical notation can be found in a cuneiform tablet that was created at Nippur, in Babylonia (today's Iraq), in about 1400 BCE.
1360 BCE
From 1360 BC to 1074 BC, the Assyrian Empire conquered all of Mesopotamia and also much of the Middle East, Egypt, Babylon, Israel, and Cyprus.
1351 or 1353 BCEThe earliest known recorded monotheistic religion (one god), was created during the reign of Akhenaten, in Ancient Egypt.
The Upanishads, part of the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, the Vedas, that deal with meditation, philosophy and spiritual knowledge and which are central toHinduism, Buddhism and Jainism are created.
1200 BCE
A widespread collapse of Bronze Age civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean, often called the Greek Dark Ages, begins from 1200 BC, with the loss of the Linear B writing of the Greek language. great palaces and cities of the Mycenaeans were destroyed or abandoned.
1200 and 600 BCE
1200 and 600 BCE
The Iron Age, was characterised by the prevalent smelting of iron with Ferrous metallurgy and the use of Carbon steel. Pirak is an early iron-age site in Balochistan, Pakistan, going back to about 1200 BCE.
1200 BCE
The earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization, the Olmecs, built step pyramids, made and traded rubber and carved 20 ton stone heads, to commemorate their rulers.
1200-1500 BCE?
Zoroastrianism is an ancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran dated to the 6th century BCE. Zoroastrians believe that there is one universal, transcendent, all-good, and uncreated supreme creator deity, Ahura Mazda.
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900 to 600 BCEThe earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization, the Olmecs, built step pyramids, made and traded rubber and carved 20 ton stone heads, to commemorate their rulers.
1200-1500 BCE?
Zoroastrianism is an ancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran dated to the 6th century BCE. Zoroastrians believe that there is one universal, transcendent, all-good, and uncreated supreme creator deity, Ahura Mazda.
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The Chandogya Upanishad is written with Verse 3.17.6 mentioning Krishna Devakiputra, as a student of the sage Ghora Angirasa.
900 to 600 BCE
The Torah, the five books of Moses, or the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, is compiled.
800 BCE
Phoenicians settled in southern Spain after 800 BCE, shortly after the traditional founding of the greatest Phoenician colony, Carthage, in 814 BCE.
900 to 600 BCE
The Torah, the five books of Moses, or the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, is compiled.
800 BCE
The oldest surviving works of Greek literature were composed 800 BCE. The Iliad, 750BCE and the Odyssey 720BCE.
776 BCE
The ancient Games were first staged in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BCE, until 393 AD. But it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return.
753 BCE
Legend has it that Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers and demigods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BCE.
624 BCE –546 BCE
Thales of Miletus, a Greek mathematician, astronomer and pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor, was regarded by Aristotle as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition. He broke away from the use of mythology to explain the world and the universe.
624 BCE –546 BCE
Thales of Miletus, a Greek mathematician, astronomer and pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor, was regarded by Aristotle as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition. He broke away from the use of mythology to explain the world and the universe.
610BCE
According to the geographer Eratosthenes, Anaximander was the first person to publish a map of the world, 610 – 546 BCE.
600 BCE
Britain becomes separated from the European mainland.
551 BCE
The teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius (551–479 BCE).
525BCE
The Acropolis was built around 525 BCE.
507 BCE
Athenian democracy developed around the sixth century BCE in the Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Athens, introduced by the Athenian leader Cleisthenes in 507 BCE.
490 BCE
Greeks defeat Persians at battles of Marathon, 490 BCE.
485BCE
Xerxes I, ruled Persia from 485–465 BCE.
484 BCE
The earliest known systematic historical thought emerged in Ancient Greece, beginning with Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484–425 BCE).
472 BCE
"The Persians” is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. first performed in 472 BCE. It is considered the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre.
460 –400 BCE600 BCE
Britain becomes separated from the European mainland.
551 BCE
The teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius (551–479 BCE).
525BCE
The Acropolis was built around 525 BCE.
507 BCE
Athenian democracy developed around the sixth century BCE in the Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Athens, introduced by the Athenian leader Cleisthenes in 507 BCE.
490 BCE
Greeks defeat Persians at battles of Marathon, 490 BCE.
485BCE
Xerxes I, ruled Persia from 485–465 BCE.
484 BCE
The earliest known systematic historical thought emerged in Ancient Greece, beginning with Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484–425 BCE).
472 BCE
"The Persians” is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. first performed in 472 BCE. It is considered the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre.
Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" due to his evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the deities.
460 BCE
Hippocrates was a Greek physician who lived from about 460 BCE to 375 BCE, who taught that all forms of illness had a natural cause, rather than superstition or the anger of the gods.
451 BCE
The Twelve Tables was a set of laws inscribed on 12 bronze tablets created in ancient Rome in 451 and 450 BCE, which was binding on both patrician and plebeian. This is the earliest attempt by the Romans to create a CODE OF LAW.
447 BCE
460 BCE
Hippocrates was a Greek physician who lived from about 460 BCE to 375 BCE, who taught that all forms of illness had a natural cause, rather than superstition or the anger of the gods.
451 BCE
The Twelve Tables was a set of laws inscribed on 12 bronze tablets created in ancient Rome in 451 and 450 BCE, which was binding on both patrician and plebeian. This is the earliest attempt by the Romans to create a CODE OF LAW.
449 BCE
The golden age of Athenian culture is usually dated from 449 to 431 B.C, when Athens became the artistic, cultural and intellectual as well as commercial center of the Hellenic world.
447 BCE
Parthenon is built in Athens as a temple of the goddess Athena 447–432 BCE
400 BCE
The Ancient Greeks were the first to develop astronomy, which they treated as a branch of mathematics, rather than relate celestial objects to gods and spirits, 400 BCE.
The Ancient Greeks were the first to develop astronomy, which they treated as a branch of mathematics, rather than relate celestial objects to gods and spirits, 400 BCE.
400 BCE
The earliest water-powered machines, the water wheel and watermill, first appeared in the Persian Empire, in what are now Iraq and Iran, by the early 4th century BCE.
The oldest known version of the Tao Te Ching was written on bamboo tablets.
300 BCE
Greek mathematician, Euclid, in about 300 BCE, wrote a complete, coherent review of all geometrical theory, which existed at the time.
264 BCE
300 BCE
Greek mathematician, Euclid, in about 300 BCE, wrote a complete, coherent review of all geometrical theory, which existed at the time.
264 BCE
The First Punic War (264 to 241 BC) was the first of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean, in the early 3rd century BCE. After huge human losses on both sides, the Carthaginians were defeated and Rome rises as the dominant power.
250–900 BCE
Classic Mayan step pyramids were constructed.
221 BCE
Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered the construction of the Great Wall of China around 221 BCE. Qin dynasty (221–206 BC).
221 BCE
Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered the construction of the Great Wall of China around 221 BCE. Qin dynasty (221–206 BC).
218 BCE
In 218 BCE, Hannibal led an army, including a few dozen elephants, over the Alps from Spain, to northern Italy, starting the second war between Rome and Carthage.
150 BCE
The Antikythera Mechanism was an analog computer made from 150–100 BCE designed to calculate the positions of astronomical objects.
146 BCE
The Greeks were finally defeated by Rome, at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BCE.
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| The Antikythera mechanism (Fragment A – front); visible is the largest gear in the mechanism, approximately 14 centimetres (5.5 in) in diameter Marsyas |
The Greeks were finally defeated by Rome, at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BCE.
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63 BCE
The Roman general Pompey conquered Jerusalem in 63 BCE.
49 BCE,
Julius Caesar's crossed the Rubicon river in January 49 BCE, which precipitated the Roman Civil War, which ultimately led to Caesar becoming a dictator.
4 BCE–30/33 CE
Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Christianity is believed to have lived, 4 BCE–30/33 CE and Jesus' preaching began around AD 27–29 and lasted one to three years.
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