B.C

c.9000 First walled city founded at Jericho.

c.6000 Catal Huyuk flourishes in Anatolia.

c.3500 Sumerian civilization flourishes.

c.3500 Pictographic writing in Sumer.

c.3500 Earliest Chinese cities.

c.3500 Megalithic tombs in north-west Europe.

c.3500 Flax used for textiles in Middle East.

c.3100 Dynastic period begans in Egypt.

c.3000 Temple constructed at Uruk.

c.2680 Beginning of Old Kingdom in Egypt.

c.2590 Cheops begins Great Pyrimidin Egypt.

c.2500 Beginning of Indus Vally civilization (to c.1500).

c.2500 Canaanite tribes settle in Palestine.

c.2500 Use of papyrus by Egyptians.

c.2300 Mesopotamian empire established.

c.2200 Beginning of Xia dynasty in China.

c.2100 Construction of ziggurat at Ur.

c.2000 Hittites invade Anatolia.

c.2000 Construction of Babylon.

c.2000 Beginning of Minoan civilization in Crete (to c.1450).

c.2000 Completion of Stonehenge.

1991 Beginning of Middle Kingdom in Egypt.

c.1860 Development of early Semitic alphabet.

c.1780 Hammurabi of Babylon promulgates legal code.

c.1650 Hyksos invasion of Egypt.

c.1600 Beginning of Mycenaean civilization in Greece.

1567 Beginning of New Kingdom in Egypt.

c.1500 Composition of the Vedas begun in India.

c.1360 Amenhotep IV ( Akhenaton ) establishes worship of Sun God

c.1300 Construction of Temple of Abu Simbel for Rameses II.

c.1260 Archaeological dating of Trojan War.

c.1200 Olmec civilization begins to flourish on Mexico.

1175 Egypt divided into Upper and Lower Kingdoms.

c.1100 Phoenicians develop alphabetic script.

c.1066 Zhou dynasty in China.

c.1000 Israelite kingdoms established by David and Solomon.

c.1000 Building of Tthe Temple in Jerusalem begins.

c.850 Homer writes Iliad and Odyssey.

814 Traditional year of the foundation of Carthage.

c.800 Beginning of period of composition of the Upanishades.

776 First Olympic Games in Greece.

753 Traditional year of the foundation of Rome.

671 Assyrian conquest of Egypt.

c.650 Iron technology in China.

c650 Earliest Latin inscriptions.

621 Laws of Draco in Athens.

c.600 Age of Greek lric poetry.

586 Babylonian captivity of the Jews.

581 First Phythian Games.

581 Building of Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Myanmar.

c.550 Cyrus the Great begins expansion of Persian Empire.

c.550 Abacus developed by Chinese.

c.530 Pythagoras founds school in Greece.

c.530 Temple of Apollo built at Corinth.

521 Darius the Great divides Persian Empire into strapies.

c.520 Death of Lao Zi, founder of Taoism.

509 Foundation of Roman Republic.

490 Persians defeated by Athenians at Marathon.

c.483 Death of Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism.

480 Persians defeat Greeks at Thermopylae.

480 Greeks destroy Persian fleet at Salamis.

479 Death of Confucius.

462 Pericles' reforms in Athens.

c.460 Construction of Temple of Zeus at Olympia.

456 Death of Aeschylus.

450 Codification of Roman law ( the Twelve Tables ).

433 Completion of Parthenon at Athens.

431 Beginning of Peloponnesian War ( until 404 ).

425 Death of Herodotus.

406 Death of Sophocles.

403 Overthrow of the Thirty Tyrannts in Athens.

c.377 Death of Hippocrates.

c.370 Plato opens Academy in Athens.

359 Philip of Macedon becomes king of Macedonia.

c.350 Tomb of Mausolus completed.

c.350 Hill fort constructed at Maiden Castle, England.

347 Death of Plato.

336 Assassination of Philip of Macedon.

329 Alexander the Great reaches India.

323 Alexander the Great dies.

322 Death of Aristotle.

310 Epicurus opens school of philosophy at Mitylene.

304 Foundation of Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.

c.300 Euclid teaching in Alexandria.

c.290 Foundation of library at Alexandria.

264 First Punic War Begins ( to 241 ).

c.250 Writing of the Septuagint.

238 Hamilcar begins conquest of Spain.

221 Qin dynasty unifies China

221 Beginning of Great Wall of China.

218 Second Punic War begins( to 201 ).

218 Hannibal invades Itlay from the north.

212 Death of Archimedes.

206 Han dynasty in China.

205 Scipio completes conquest of Spain.

168 Revolt of the Maccabees against Antiochus IV.

146 Romans destroy Conrith.

c.110 Opening of Silk Road across Central Asia.

c.100 Dionysius Thrax writes first Greek grammer.

51 Cleopatra becomes Queen of Egypt.

c.50 Julius Caeser writes accont of Gallic Wars.

46 Adoption of Julian Caesar.

44 Assassination of Julius Caesar.

43 Death of Cicero.

31 Beginning of Roman Empire.

30 Death of Antony and Cleopatra.

19 Death of Virgil.

6 Annexation of Judaea by Rome.

c.5 Birth of Jesus of Nazareth.