07.2 | The Classical Societies

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India

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India

563-483 BCE - Life of the Buddah
326 BCE - Alexander the Great's army reaches western India
322-185 BCE - Mauryan Empire
269-232 BCE - Region of Ashoka
200 BCE-150 CE - Division of Buddhism into Theravada and Mahayana schools
Ca. 50-250 CE - Kushan Empire in northwest India
320-550 CE - Gupta era

Southeast Asia

111 BCE-939 CE - Chinese colonisation of Vietnam
39-41 CE - Trung Sisters' rebellion in Vietnam
Ca. 75-550 CE - Funan
Ca. 100-1200 CE - Era of Indianization
Ca. 192-1471 CE - Champa
Ca. 450-750 CE - Zhenla states

China

1122-221 BCE - Zhou Dynasty
550-350 BCE - Hight of Axial Age in China
491 BCE - Beginning of Warring States Period
551-479 BCE - Life of Confucius
221-206 BCE - Qin Dynasty
206 BCE-220 CE - Han Dynasty
114-87 BCE - Reign of Wu Di
105 CE - Invention of paper
222-581 CE - Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties
581-618 CE - Sui Dynasty

Korea

108 BCE-313 CE - Han Chinese colonisation
350-668 CE - Koguryo (Gouryen) Empire
372 CE - Introduction of Mahayana Buddhism from China

Japan

300 BCE-552 CE - Yayoi culture
638 CE - Introduction of Buddhism
552-710 CE - Yamato state
604 CE - First Japanese construction

Greece

Ca. 750-550 BCE - Greek colonisation in Mediterranean Black Sea
Ca. 594 BCE - Solon's reforms in Athens
561-527 BCE - Peisistratus tyrant in Athens
507 BCE - Athenian democracy under Cleisthenes
499-479 BCE - Greco-Persian Wars
477 BCE - Founding of Delian League
469-399 BCE - Life of Socrates
460-429 BCE - Perclean era in Athens
431-404 BCE - Peloponnesian War
428-347 BCE - Life of Plato
384-322 BCE - Life of Aristotle
338 BCE - Philip of Macedonia's conquest of Greece

Persia

600 BCE - Persians become vassals of Medes
550-530 BCE - Kingship of Cyrus the Great
547-546 BCE - Conquest of Lydia
530-522 BCE - Kingship of Cambyses II
525-523 BCE - Conquest of Egypt
521-486 BCE - Kingship of Darius I
518 BCE - Persian conquest of Indus Valley
499 BCE - Rebellion by Ionian Greeks against Persian rule
499-479 BCE - Greco-Persian Wars
486-465 BCE - Kingship of Xerxes
404 BCE - Egyptian independence from Persia
330 BCE - Conquest of Persian Empire by Alexander the Great.

Hellenistic World

359 BCE - Reign of King Philip of Macedonia
338 BCE - Macedonian conquest of Greece
336-323 BCE - Reign of Alexander the Great
332 BCE - Invasion of Egypt
330 BCE - Occupation of Persia
327-325 BCE - Invasion of India
306-30 BCE - Ptolemaic Egypt
238 BCE - Parthian state in Persia
141 BCE - Parthians' conquest of Seleucids

Roman Republic

753 BCE - Founding of Rome (traditional date)
Ca. 616-509 BCE - Etruscan kings rule over Rome
509 BCE - Beginning of Roman Republic
265 BCE - Roman control over southern Italy
264-241 BCE - First Punic (Roman-Carthaginian) War
218-201 BCE - Second Punic War
149-146 BCE - Third Punic War
113-105 BCE - First German-Roman conflicts
60-58 BCE - Julius Caesar completes conquest from Rhine to Atlantic

Roman Empire

60-44 BCE - Julius Caesar rises to dominance in Roman politics
31 BCE-14 CE - Reign of Octavian (Caesar Augustus)
31 BCE-180 CE - Pax Romana
7/6 BCE-30 CE - Jesus's life and preaching in Palestine
64 CE - Death of Peter (first bishop of Rome) and of Paul of Tarsus
66-73 CE - Jewish revolt against Rome
251 CE - Germans defeat Roman armies and sack Balkans
306-337 CE - Reign of Constantine
313 CE - Legalisation of Christianity
325 CE - Council of Nicaea
354-430 CE - Saint Augustine of Hippo
391 CE - Paganism banned by Emperor Theodosius I
395 CE - Final division of eastern and western empires
410 CE - Ostrogoths sack Rome
410 CE - Huns invade western Europe
452 CE - Huns plunder northern Italy
455 CE - Vandals sack Rome
476 CE - Official end of Western Roman Empire
481-511 CE - Clovis and Franks conquer Gaul
493-526 CE - Ostrogoths rule Italy

Byzantium and Western Asia

224-226 CE - Sassanians overthrow Parthians, begin building empire
224-651 CE - Sassanian Empire
306-337 CE - Reign of Constantine
330 CE - Founding of Constantinople
395 CE - Final division of eastern and western empires
527-565 CE - Reign of Justinian
540-590 CE - Plague of Justinian
607-616 CE - Sassanians conquer Syria, Palestine, and Egypt

Africa

2000 BCE-1000 CE - Bantu migrations into Central, East, and South Africa
800 BCE-350 CE - Meroë kingdom of Kush
500 BCE-600 CE - Garamante confederation dominates trans-Saharan trade
400 BCE-800 CE - Aksum
200 BCE - Founding of Jenne-Jenno
300 CE - Introduction of Christianity to Kush and Aksum
Ca. 500 CE - Founding of Ghana

The Americas

1100-150 BCE - Early Mayan society
600 BCE-1100 CE - Tiwanaku Empire in the Andes
400 BCE-1000 CE - Monte Alban in Mexico
300 BCE-1400 CE - Hohokam society in southwest North America
200 BCE-600 CE - Hopewell mound builders
200 BCE-700 CE - Moche
200 BCE-750 CE - Teotihuacan
150 BCE-600 CE - Flourishing of Maya society
100-900 CE - Anasazi society in southwest North America

Oceania

1500-1000 BCE - Micronesian settlement of Marianas
Ca. 500 BCE - Emergence of Polynesian culture in Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga
800 BCE-1300 CE - Polynesian settlement of New Zealand (disputed dates)
400 BCE-1300 CE - Polynesian settlement of Hawaii (disputed dates)
300 BCE-1300 CE - Polynesian settlement of Pacific


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