APPENDIX ONE A Chronology of Ancient Times

BC/BCE Dates in Volume 1

(AD/CE dates start on page 320)

^{7000 BC/BCE}	^{Nomads roam the Fertile Crescent}
⁶⁸⁰⁰	^{Stone walls built at Jericho}
³⁵⁰⁰	^{Climate changes in the Sahara}
³⁰⁰⁰	^{King Narmer unites Upper and Lower Kingdoms of Egypt}
^3000–2100	^{Era of the Old Kingdom of Egypt}
^3000–1200	^{Gilgamesh Myth composed}
²⁶⁹⁰	^{Huang Di rules China}
²⁵⁵⁰	^{Great Pyramid built (burial place of Cheops)}
²³³⁴	^{Sargon becomes king of the city-state of Kish}
^2200–1450	^{Peak of Minoan civilization}
^2040–1720	^{Middle Kingdom of Egypt}
^2000–1750	^{Harappan civilization is at its peak strength}
^1980–1926	^{Amenemhet becomes pharaoh of Egypt}
¹⁷⁹²	^{Hammurabi inherits the throne of Babylon}
¹⁷⁶⁶	^{T’ang becomes King of China}
^1766–1122	^{Shang Dynasty rules}
¹⁷⁵⁰	^{Exodus of Indus Valley}
¹⁵⁶⁷	^{Ahmose expels Hyksos from Egypt}
¹⁵²⁴	^{Thutmose I becomes pharaoh}
¹⁵⁰⁰	^{Aryan people enter India}
^1493–1481	^{Thutmose I rules Egypt as pharaoh}
^1473–1458	^{Hatshepsut rules as pharaoh}
¹⁴⁵⁰	^{Mycenaeans settle in Crete}
¹³⁵⁷	^{Tutankhamen born}
^1352–1336	^{Amenhotep IV rules Egypt as pharaoh}
¹³³⁹	^{Tutankhamen dies at age 18}
^1300–1200	^{Spread of Assyrian Empire}
^1200–900	^{Olmec civilization flourishes}
^1200–700	^{Height of Phoenician civilization; Greek “Dark Ages”}
^mid-800s	^{Greek city-states begin to arise}
⁸¹⁴	^{Carthage is first settled}
⁸⁰⁰	^{Homer lives during this time}
^745–727	^{Reign of Tiglathpileser III}
⁷⁰⁰	^{Time of the earliest Persians}
^668–627	^{Ashurbanipal’s reign as king of Assyria}
^605–561	^{Nebuchadnezzar rules as king of Babylon}
^563–483	^{Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) lives}
^559–525	^{Cyrus the Great rules over Medes and Persians}
^551–479	^{Confucius lives}
⁵³⁹	^{Babylon falls to the Persians}
⁵⁰⁰	^{War against Persia by Greece begins}
⁵⁰⁰	^{Aryan civilization in India reaches high point}
⁵⁰⁰	^{“Period of the Warring States” begins in China}
⁴⁹⁰	^{First marathon run by Athenian to announce victory over Persia}
⁴⁸⁰	^{Battle of Salamis}
^431–404	^{War between Sparta and Athens (Peloponnesian War)}
³³⁸	^{King Philip of Macedonia conquers Greek city-states}
^336–323	^{Alexander the Great rules}
^321–233	^{The Mauryan Empire of India}
^268–233	^{Asoka rules India; Mauryan empire disintegrates following his death}
^264–241	^{First Punic War fought}
^264–146	^{Punic Wars}
²³⁰	^{Shi Huangdi (Qin Zheng) begins uniting Warring States of China}
²²¹	^{First united Chinese empire, under Shi Huangdi}
²¹⁸	^{Hannibal’s invasion of Italy}
^218–202	^{Second Punic War takes place}
²¹⁴	^{Construction of Great Wall of China begins}
²¹²	^{Qin Zheng orders book burning}
²⁰⁰	^{Nazca civilization flourishes}
¹⁰⁰	^{Julius Caesar born}
⁶⁹	^{Cleopatra born}
^55–54	^{Caesar’s campaigns in Britain take place}
⁴⁸	^{Caesar arrives in Egypt}
^{March 15, 44}	^{Caesar is assassinated}
⁴³	^{Octavian becomes a consul in Rome}
²⁷	^{Octavian becomes Caesar Augustus, emperor of the Roman Empire}
^{3 BC/BCE}	^{Probable year of Jesus’ birth}
¹⁴	^{Caesar Augustus dies}
^54–68	^{Nero’s reign}
^61–63	^{Boadicea revolts against Rome}
⁷⁰	^{The Temple in Jerusalem is destroyed}
²⁸⁴	^{Diocletian comes to the throne in Rome}
²⁸⁶	^{Diocletian divides the Roman Empire}
^286–305	^{Diocletian rules jointly with Maximian}
³¹²	^{The Battle of Milvian Bridge}
^312–337	^{The reign of Constantine}
³⁹⁵	^{Stilicho, following Theodosius, becomes regent for the Western Roman Empire}
³⁹⁷	^{Stilicho drives Alaric away}
⁴⁰⁸	^{Stilicho falls from favor and is executed}
⁴¹⁰	^{Visigoths sack Rome}
⁴⁵³	^{Attila the Hun dies}
^475–476	^{Romulus Augustus rules}

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Source: Bauer Susan Wise. The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor. Peace Hill Press,2015. — 338 p.. 2015

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