A CONDENSED WORLD TIMELINE

Prepared for the Delmarva Education Action Learning Network

China 3200 BC	Greater Asia 3200 BC	Near East & Southern Europe 3200 BC	Northern Europe 3200 BC
Prehistory settlements Neolithic pottery 1500 Shang dynasty begins 1200 Large Bronze castings achieved 1100 Chou dynasty 722 Spring &Autumn Period 600s Ironworking 551 Confucius 481-221 Warring States Per. I § SILK ROADS 221-206 Ch’in dynasty 210s Great Wall 206 Early Han dynasty 140-187 Wu Ti is emperor- ------------------ A D 100 ---------------- 9AD Wang Mang seized throne 25AD Later Han Begins-with restoration 220 Last Han Emperor deposed 220-580China Divided, 6 dynasties 581-907 Sui dynasty 618-907 T’ang dynasty reunites China 907 – 959 Five dynasties II § NEW 1279 Marco Polo 1368- 1644 Ming dynasty III § TRADING 1654- Qing dynasty IV § EMPIRE 1850s Immigration to U.S. 1914----------------------- 1939 BEGINNING 1949Communist State Estab-lished	1700 decline of Indus Valley civilization 185-72 Sunga Period India Jomon Era Japan Kofan-(Tomb Culture) Japan 660 Reign of Jimmu Tenno fist of Japanese emperors 563 Birth of Buddha - India 321-642 Gupta Period 326 Invasion by Alexander the Great – N. India 306Chandragupta forces Greeks out. & CARAVAN 274-237Strong emperor Ashoka rules India 182- 72 Sunga dynasty –India 111Wu Ti armies invade Northern Vietnam ---------------- ---------------- 200-700 Great Tombs period in Japan 360-390 Japan’s Empress Jingo sends soldiers to Korea 661- 1200 many different Indian kingdoms 712 Japan’s history Kojiki-oldest written text ROUTES 1200s Edo Period Japan 1290s Japan Invades Korea 1556-Jesuit & Franciscian missionaries arrive SE Asia COMAPANIES 1800’s European Colonies AND 1860s Japanese Immigration begins 1890s Indian Immigration ---------------- ----------------- OF Korean War 1950-53 1^st Indochina War 1946-50 2^nd Indochina War 1954-75	Cave paintings Old Kingdom- Egypt 1567-1085New Kingdom-Egypt 1450 Destruction of Crete civilization 900-750 Greek city-states begin 600 Greeks found Massilia- southern France 587 Neuchadrezzar- Babylon invades Jerusalem 509 Roman Republic formed 334-332 Alexander the Great conquests CITIES § 281-201 Rome’s war with Carthage 27 Augustus 1^stRoman Emperor 4 Jesus is born ------------------ ---------------- 97-117AD Under Trajan Roman Empire’s largest size 286 Division of Roman Empire 330 Constantinople is new capital of Roman Empire 476 Fall of Roman 570Muhammad’s birth-Mecca 1059 First Crusade EAST § 1281 Ottoman Period 1453 Byzantine Empire ends & COLONIES § Islamic Kingdoms EXPANDED WORLD WAR I-------------- WORLD Jewish State Established 1^st Gulf War 1992 Iraq War 2004--	1500 Stonehenge--- (England) 1200 Bronze age begins 700 Halstatt culture-first iron use 550 Celts arrive in Britain 450-Celtic La Tene culture 59-51 Julius Caesar’s battle in British Isles ---------------- ---------------- 9AD Germanic defeat of Roman legions at Teutoburger Forest 122 Hadrian’s Wall built Northern Britain 451 Attila the Hun invasion-France-defeated by Franks & Romans 800 Charlemagne – crowned Carolingian Empire- France/Germany 1100 Ottoman Period splits Carolingian Empire 1492 Columbus, West Indies 1600 Italian City States 1775-83American Revolution 1789-99 French Revolution COMMERCE § 1890s South & Eastern Europe Immigration to U.S. ------------------------------------- WAR II Cold War Period 1946- 90