classic timeline

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  • 776 BCE

    🔷 GREECE

    776 BC – First Olympic Games (Cultural)
  • 550 BCE

    🟣 INDIA

    550 BC – Cyrus the Great founds Achaemenid Empire (Founding)
  • 522 BCE

    🟣 INDIA

    522 BC – Darius I standardizes coinage and roads (Tech/Innovation)
  • 508 BCE

    🔷 GREECE

    508 BC – Cleisthenes establishes Athenian democracy (Political)
  • 490 BCE

    🟣 INDIA

    490–480 BC – Persian Wars with Greece (Cultural/Political)
  • 308 BCE

    🔷 GREECE

    399 BC – Death of Socrates, Socratic Method (Philosophy)
  • 221 BCE

    🟡 CHINA

    221 BC – Qin Shi Huang unifies China (Turning Point in China's history)
  • 206 BCE

    🟡 CHINA

    206 BC – 220 AD – Han Dynasty Silk Road expansion (Trade)
  • 100 BCE

    🟡 CHINA

    100 BC - Paper invented in China (Advancing in technology)