World History By PrestonKeyes 10,000 BCE Middle East Map 5000 BCE Neolithic cultures begun to from in Italy 4000 BCE Egypt gets two large kingdoms 3350 BCE Sumerians made the first Wagon Wheel 3300 BCE Bronze was developed Period: 3300 BCE to 1200 BCE The Bronze Age Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE The Old Kingdom 2600 BCE The Step Pyramid was built 2000 BCE The Hittites conquered the people of Asia Minor 2000 BCE Sumerians developed a number system 1800 BCE Hammurabi's effort make justice appear in the land 1600 BCE The Hittites developed iron 1200 BCE Moses led his people out of Egypt Period: 1200 BCE to 500 BCE The Iron Age 1000 BCE Phoneicians develop an alphabet Period: 900 BCE to 500 BCE The Etruscans ruled northern Italy 776 BCE The first Olympic Games 753 BCE Romulus was building a wall Period: 522 BCE to 486 BCE Darius the great rules 470 BCE Socrates was born 400 BCE Hippocrates diagnosed and treated illnesses 331 BCE Alexander declared himself as ruler of the Persian Empire 323 BCE Alexander the Great died Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE Hellenistic Period Period: 323 BCE to 146 BCE Hellenic period Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE Rome was fighting in the Punic wars 250 BCE Jewish scholars translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek Period: 230 BCE to 130 BCE Rome brought the eastern Mediterranean area under its influence 45 BCE Julius Caeser led the Roman Army 42 BCE Marc Antony helped defeat Caeser's assasins 31 BCE Cleopatra lost her kingdom to the Romans Period: 31 BCE to 180 Pax Romana Period: 27 BCE to 14 Augustus Caeser ruled Rome 54 Nero became emperor of Rome 180 Marcus Aurelius died Period: 264 to 146 The Punic Wars 330 Constantine bulit Constantinople 378 The Visigoths rebelled against Roman rule 395 The Roman Empire was divided 400 Rome abandoned Britain 410 Germanic barbarian invasion 451 Huns barbarian invasion 476 Odoacer seized control of Rome 476 Fall of Rome Period: 476 to 1500 The Middle Ages 527 Justinian became Emperor 570 The birth of Muhammad 600 Heavy plow was made Period: 622 to 750 Historic Islamic jihads 750 Islamic conquests Period: 800 to 812 Charlemagne creates and rules Christian Roman Empire Period: 800 to 1050 Viking invasions 882 The feudal system Period: 962 to 1812 The Holy Roman Empire 1000 Windmills were widely used 1012 King David ruled at Jerusalem Period: 1096 to 1099 First Crusade 1100 Merchant guilds 1100 Holy Roman Empire Map Period: 1100 to 1298 Trade fairs Period: 1147 to 1149 Second Crusade Period: 1189 to 1192 Third Crusade 1200 Bills of exchange 1200 Monarchs levied taxes 1211 Ghengis Khan's invasions Period: 1216 to 1272 "New social class--the middle class--was emerging" 1291 Demand for spices, sugar, melons, silk, and other items increased after the Crusades 1291 Some nobles died in the Crusades so kings took their land 1300 The Italian Renaissance helped improve painting techniques Period: 1300 to 1789 The Third Estate had lower and middle class Period: 1300 to 1789 The First Estate had Clergy Period: 1300 to 1789 The Second Estate had rich nobles Period: 1350 to 1600 The Renaissance 1400 The Italian Renaissance helped improve scholars' understanding of Greek and Latin 1453 The area that Slavs occupied Period: 1484 to 1531 Huldrych Zwingli lived 1500 Reformation ideas reached England 1500 Simple drawing of how mercantilism works 1517 The Reformation Began 1550 A new style of art called baroque was made in the Reformation 1555 Europe divided from the Reformation 1773 The Boston Tea Party Period: 1775 to 1783 The American Revolution 1781 The Battle of Yorktown 1789 The Start of the French Revolution 1799 The end of the French Revolution Period: 1799 to 1815 Napoleon ruled France 1812 Beginnings of nationalism