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Dates are B.C.E. unless noted * mya=million years ago c.5000-3000 Yangshao culture in China <br />
c.5000 Mangoes cultivated in SE Asia <br />
c.3750 First evidence of cotton weaving. Mohenjo-Daro, India. <br />
c.3500-2500 Longshan culture in China <br />
c.3400 First evidence of wheel-made pottery. Sumeria. <br />
c.3200-1600 Indus Valley civilization <br />
c.3200-2340 Cities in Mesopotamia <br />
c.3200 Wheeled transport develops in Mesopotamia. <br />
c.3200 Lunar calendar in Mesopotamia <br />
c.3200 Cuneiform in Sumeria. <br />
c.3000-2000 Anthropomorphic religion in Mesopotamia <br />
3000 Silk manufacturing. China. <br />
c.2500-1500 Indus Civilization in India <br />
2334-c.2200 Akkadian Empire <br />
c. 2200-1750 Hsia (Xia) Dynasty in China <br />
c.2000-1800 Mathematical advances in Old Babylonia <br />
c.2000-1600 Old Babylonian Empire <br />
c.2000 Horse introduced to W. Asia <br />
c.2000 "Personal" religion develops in Mesopotamia <br />
c.1900 Epic of Gilgamesh in Mesopotamia. <br />
c.1790 Code of Hammurabi <br />
c.1750-1100 Shang Dynasty in China <br />
c.1700-1500 Evidence of ideographic script in China <br />
c.1600-1200 Hittite Empire in Asia Minor (Anatolia) <br />
c.1600 Invention of alphabet (consonants only). Syria <br />
c.1550 Kassites overthrow Babylonians <br />
c.1523-1027 Shang dynasty and invention of writing <br />
c.1500-500 Arrival of the Aryans and development of Vedic society (India) <br />
c.1400 Development of alphabet by Phoenicians <br />
c.1250 Moses unites Hebrews in worship of Yahweh <br />
c.1200s Moses leads Hebrews from Egypt to Palestine <br />
c.1200-1025 Hebrew occupation of Canaan <br />
c.1250 Trojan War <br />
c.1200-800 Vedas in India <br />
c.1100-250 Zhou (Chou) Dynasty in China <br />
c.1027-771 Western Zhou (Chou) Dynasty in China <br />
c.1025-933 Unified Hebrew monarchy, Saul, David, and Solomon <br />
c.1000 Rise of caste system in India <br />
933-722 Kingdom of Israel <br />
933-586 Kingdom of Judah <br />
c.800-600 Upanishads in India <br />
771-c.250 Eastern Zhou (Chou) <br />
c.750-612 Height of Assyrian Empire <br />
c.750-550 Hebrew prophetic revolution <br />
c.750-400 Astronomical observation and record-keeping by New Babylonians <br />
c.625 Zoroaster formulates religion in Persia <br />
612-539 New Babylonian Empire <br />
c.600 Deuteronomic code <br />
586 Nebuchadnezzar conquers Jerusalem <br />
c.563-483 Life of Gautama, the Buddha <br />
c.551-479 Confucius <br />
c.550 Laozi <br />
c.540-468 Life of Mahavira, founder of Jainism in India <br />
c.563-483 Life of Gautama, the Buddha <br />
c.540-468 Life of Mahavira, founder of Jainism in India <br />
539 Conquest of Babylon by Persians <br />
525 Cambyses, the Persian ruler, conquers Egypt <br />
c.513 Persian conquest of northwestern India and Indus Valley <br />
c.500 Crop cultivation in rows in China <br />
c.500 Iron plow in China <br />
c.500 Royal Road of Persians <br />
490-479 Greco-Persian War <br />
c.450 Hebrew Song of Songs <br />
c.400 Book of Job <br />
c.400 Coinage in China <br />
c.400 Trace harness in China <br />
c.400 Zhuangzi (Chuang-tzu) <br />
c.400-200 Mahabharata and Ramayana reach final form in India <br />
c.400 B.C.E.-70C.E. Hebrew prophetic revolution <br />
c.373-288 Mencius <br />
334-323 Conquests of Alexander the Great <br />
323 Death of Alexander, division of his empire <br />
c.322-183 Maurya dynasty in India <br />
c.300 Wrought iron in China <br />
c.300 Emergence of Mithraism <br />
300-237 Xunzi (Hsün-tzu) <br />
c.273-232 Reign of Emporer Ashoka in India <br />
c.261 Ashoka conquers Kalinga, leading to spread of Buddhism in India <br />
c.250-208 Han Fei-tzu and Li Ssu--development of Legalism in China <br />
221-206 Unification of China under Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty <br />
221-206 Destruction of Confucian literature under Legalist regime <br />
221-206 Standardization of weights and measures, coinage, writing system under Legalist regime <br />
206B.C.E.-220C.E. Han Dynasty in China <br />
c.200 Use of the seed drill in China <br />
c.183-145 Greek Invasion of India <br />
c.179-104 Dong Zhongsho (Tung Chung-shu) <br />
c.141-87 Emporer Han Wudi (Wu Ti) in China <br />
c.140 First Chinese ambassadors to India <br />
c. 145-86 Sima Qian (Ssu-ma Ch'ien) <br />
111 Chinese expansion to S. China Sea and Vietnam <br />
c. 100 Beginning of Japanese state <br />
c. 100 Invention of the Rudder in China <br />
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206 B.C.E.-220 C.E. Han Dynasty in China <br />
c.0-100 Shaka and Kushan invasions in northern India <br />
c.25-300 Kushan rule in northwestern India <br />
c.78 Kushan emporer Kanishka promotes Buddhism in India <br />
220-589 Buddhism reaches China <br />
221-280 Three Kingdoms Era <br />
c.200 Porcelain in China <br />
c.200-300 Creation of the Yamato state in Japan <br />
c.300-800 Classical age of Hindu culture in India <br />
c.300-500 Barbarian invasions of China <br />
320-467 Gupta dynasty in India <br />
c.380-450 Kalidasa, India's greatest poet <br />
c.405 Adoption of Chinese writing in Japan <br />
500 Manufacture of glass and magnetic compass in China <br />
c.550-1250 Great stone temple architecture in India <br />
c.552 Spread of Buddhism in Japan <br />
c.570-632 Muhammad <br />
589-618 Sui dynasty in China <br />
c.600-1000 Sanskrit drama in India <br />
604 Shotoku's Seventeen Article Constitution in Japan <br />
c.606-648 King Harsha in India <br />
610 Muhammad preaches reform, monotheism in Arabia <br />
618-907 Tang Dynasty in China <br />
622 Muhammad's Hijrah <br />
632 Muhammad dies <br />
632-661 Caliphate emerges as an institution <br />
636-651 Muslims conquer Syria, Persia and Egypt <br />
645 Taika Reform Edict <br />
651 Publication of the Qu'ran, sacred book of Islam <br />
c.656 Split in Islam between Shiites and Sunnites <br />
661-750 The Umayyads dynasty (Islamic kingdom) <br />
661 Umayyads move Muslim capital from Medina to Damascus <br />
c.700-1300 Height of Islamic commerce and industry <br />
710 Nara establised as Japan's first capitol (and first city) <br />
750-1258 The Abbasid dynasty (Islamic dynasty) <br />
751 Battle at Talas River ends Islamic penetration of Central Asia <br />
762 Abbasids move Muslim capital from Damascus to Baghdad <br />
794-1185 Heian era and literary flowering in Japan <br />
c.900 Woodblock printing of books in China, Japan, and Korea <br />
907-960 The Era of the Five Dynasties in China--warfare <br />
945 Buyids occupy Baghdad <br />
c.950 Death of Al-Farabi <br />
960-1279 Song dynasty in China <br />
1000-1500 Muslim invasions of India <br />
1000-1200 Development of neo-Confucianism <br />
1037 Death of Avicenna <br />
1021-1086 Wang An-shih, political reformer and author in China <br />
1055 Baghdad falls to the Seljuk Turks <br />
1095-1099 First Crusade <br />
c.1120 Rubaiyat of Umar Khayyam <br />
1141-1279 Height of landscape painting in China <br />
c.1150 Explosive powder used in weapons in China <br />
c.1162-1227 Genghis Khan <br />
1185-1333 Kamakura Shogunate and Japanese feudalism <br />
1187 Crusaders lose Jerusalem to Saladin <br />
1192 Establishment of Shogunate in Japan <br />
1192 Destruction of Buddhism in India <br />
c.1200 Zen Buddhism in Japan <br />
c.1200 Innoculation for smallpox in China <br />
1206-1526 Turkish Sultanate at Delhi <br />
c.1235 Development of Chinese drama <br />
c.1250 Poetry of Sadi <br />
1258 Mongols destroy Baghdad and kill the last Abbasid Caliph <br />
1274 Mongols unsuccessful attempt to invade Japan <br />
1279-1368 Mongol (Yüan) dynasty in China <br />
1281 Mongols unsuccessful attempt to invade Japan <br />
1290-1320 Sultanate of Delhi <br />
1291 Fall of last Christian outposts in the Holy Land <br />
1300-1500 Rise of the daimyo in Japan <br />
c.1300 Marco Polo travels in China <br />
1368-1644 Ming dynasty in China <br />
c.1370 Persian poetry of Hafiz <br />
1398 Sack of Delhi by Timur the Lame (Tamerlane) <br />
c.1500 Founding of Sikh religious sect <br />
1549-1551 Introduction of Christianity to Japan <br />
1582-1610 Matteo Ricci in China <br />
c.1591 Decline of Songhay afer defeat by Moroccans <br />
1453 Heavy artillery (cannons) helps Turks capture Constantinople and end Hundred Years War</div>RahulGupta