B.C.

Europe

China

3000

1500

1000

500

Ancient Egypt 3300----30 B.C.

Ancient Greece 3000---100 B.C.

City-States of Mesopotamia 3000 B.C.

Ancient Babylonia 1700--500 B.C.

Assyrian Empire 1350—612 B.C.

Hebrew settlement in Palestine 1300 B.C.

King David 1013—973 B.C.

King Solomon 973—933 B.C.

Kingdom of Israel 1000---722 B.C.

Homer composed Iliad 850 B.C.

First recorded celebration of Olympian games 776 B.C.

Ancient Rome 753---509 B.C.

Persian Empire 539 B.C.---651

Roman Republic 509-----27 B.C.

Golden Ages of Athens 460—429 B.C.

Socrates 470—399 B.C.

Plato 427—347 B.C.

Aristotle 384—322 B.C.

Greece conquered by Rome 146 B.C.

Julius Caesar 101—44 B.C.

Virgil 70—19 B.C.

Augustus established Roman Empire 27B.C.

Pax Romana 27 B.C.—A.D.180

Xia Dynasty 2100?---1562?B.C.

Shang Dynasty 1562?—1066? B.C.

Written records kept by the Chinese 1500 B.C.

Western Zhou Dynasty 1066—771 B.C.

Chronological history began 841 B.C.

Spring and Autumn Period 770—476 B.C.

Laotzu 604—531 B.C.

Confucius 551—479 B.C.

Warring States 475—221 B.C.

Quyuan 340—277 B.C.

Qin unified China 221 B.C.

Great wall began 214 B.C.

Han Dynasty began rule in China 206 B.C.

Sima Qian 145---- 86 B.C.

A.D.

100

500

800

1400

1600

1700

1800

1900

Crucifixion of Christ 29

Compilation of Old Testament

450 B.C.—A.D. 100

Compilation of New Testament 130

Edict of Milan 313

Edict of Theodosius the Great 392

Division of Roman Empire into East & West 395

Fall of Western Roman Empire 476

Arabian Empire 632---665

Beowulf 700

Charlemagne crowned emperor of the Romans 800

Alfred the Great 849—910

William the Conqueror 1027—1087

Chanson de Roland 1080

First Crusade began 1097—

Roger Bacon 1214---1292

Magna Carta 1215

Dante 1265---1321

Ottoman Empire 1299---1922

Boccaccio 1313---1375

Chaucer 1344---1400

Leonardo 1452---1519

Michelangelo 1475---1564

Raphael 1483---1520

Luther 1483---1456

Columbus discovered America 1492

Montaigne 1533---1592

Cervantes 1547---1616

Reign of Elizabeth 1588---1603

Francis Bacon 1561---1626

Shakespeare 1564---1616

Galileo 1564---1642

Milton 1608---1674

English Revolution 1642

Bach 1685---1750

Newton stated law of gravity 1678

Glorious Revolution 1688---1689

Montesquieu 1689---1755

Locke published “Two Treaties of Civil Government” 1690

Voltaire 1694---1778

Kant 1724---1804

Geothe 1749---1832

Mozart 1756---1791

Industrial Revolution, first stage 1770—80

Declaration of Independence by the United

States 1776

Adam Smith published “Wealth of Nations”

1776

French Revolution 1789---1799

Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of France 1804

Industrial Revolution, second stage

1810---1914

Karl Marx 1818---1883

Friedrich Engels 1820---1895

Revolution swept Europe 1848---1849

Communist Manifesto 1848

American Civil War 1861---1865

Lincoln 's Emancipation Proclamation 1863

V. I. Lenin 1870---1924

Paris Commune 1871

World War I 1914---1919

Einstein stated theory of relativity 1916

October Revolution 1917

Treaty of Versailles 1919

World War II 1939---1945

Wang Mang's usurpation of throne 8—25

Eastern Han Dynasty 25—230

Ban Gu 32----92

Zhang Heng 78—139

Cao Cao 155--220

Western Jin Dynasty 265—316

Eastern Jin Dynasty 317—420

Tao Yuan ming 365?--427

Tang Dynasty 618—907

Li Bai 701—760

Du Fu 712---770

Song Dynasty 960—1279

Printing invented 1041—1048

Southern Song Dynasty 1127---1179

Zhu Xi 1130---1200

Yuan Dynasty 1271---1368

Guan Hanqing 1235---1302

Ming Dynasty 1368---1644

Zheng He 1371---1435

Wang Fuzhi 1619---1692

Qing Dynasty 1616---1911

Pu Songling 1640---1715

Wu Jingzi 1701---1754

Cao Xueqin 1716---1763

Opium War 1839---1847

Taiping Revolution 1851---1869

Sun Yatsen 1866---1925

Lu Xun 1881---1936

Mao Zedong 1894---1976

Sino-Japanese War 1894---1895

Yihetuan Movement 1900

Chinese Revolution 1911

May Fourth Movement 1919

Founding of the Chinese Communist Party 1921

Anti-Japanese War 1937---1945

Founding of the People's Republic of China 1949

Korean War 1950---1953