Events
The events in this section are organized according to the United Nations geoscheme
| Africa | America | Asia | Europe | Oceania | |
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| 10th century BC | 1000 BC rise of Nok culture 1000 B.C. decline of Tichit -Walata 1000 Beginning of East/South Bantu expansion |
1000 BC rise of Chavín de Huántar in Peru 1000 BC Settlement of Poverty Point, Louisiana reached its height |
967 BC Solomon anointed king of Israel 925 BC Judah secedes from Israel |
1000 BC Helladic period ended in Ancient Greece | |
| 9th century BC | 872 BC Nile floods the Temple of Luxor 836 BC Civil war in Egypt 814 BC Carthage founded |
900 BC La Venta replaces San Lorenzo (Olmec) 900 BC Rise of Tres Zapotes 850 BC Rise of Zapotec civilization in Mexico |
863 BC Bath founded | ||
| 8th century BC | 740 BC Kushite Piye begins reign 727 BC Kush conquers Egypt, 25 dynasty 701 BC Kushites repels Assyrians from Jerusalem |
800 BC Kaminaljuyu established (Maya) 800 BC Rise of Adena culture in Ohio 800 BC Beginning of corn cultivation on Amazon flood plain |
738 BC Assyria invades Israel 727 BC Babylonia secedes from Assyria 722 BC Israel is conquered by Assyria |
800 BC rise of Etruscan civilization 776 BC first Olympiad 753 BC Rome founded |
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| 7th Century BC | 700 BC Pre-Aksumite 674 BC Taharqa defeats Assyrian invasion 671 BC Kushites expelled from Egypt by Assyrians |
700 BC Poverty Point (Louisiana) abandoned 700 BC Many temple centres abandoned on coast of Peru |
700 BC Upanishads written 631 BC End of the Assyrian Empire |
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| 6th century BC | 592 BC Psamtik II sack Napata 600 BC Iron making around Great Lakes region 600 BC circa, Nok culture iron smelting |
600 BC Rise of Paracas culture (Peru) 600 BC writing system appears in Mexico 600 BC Ball courts appear in Olmec centres |
539 BC Persians conquer Babylon 528 BC Buddhism founded |
509 BC Roman Republic established | |
| 5th century BC | 500 BC Trans-saharan trade in full bloom from Morocco to Senegal River 500 BC Meroe becomes center of iron production 500 BC Development of Ge'ez alphabet |
500 BC Northwest Coast native peoples begin to flourish 500 BC Hieroglyphic inscriptions produced in Zapotec centre of Monte Albán 450 BC Mound building in eastern North America |
450 BC Tanakh compiled 486 BC Grand Canal begun |
490 BC Battle of Marathon 480 BC Battle of Thermopylae 431 BC Peloponnesian War |
500 BC Austronesian peoples settle Western Polynesia |
| 4th century BC | 343 BC Persia conquers Egypt 338 Khabash revolts against Persian occupation 332 BC Alexander conquers Egypt |
400 BC Emergence of Moche civilisation in Peru 350 BC Beginnings of Nasca culture in southern Peru 350 BC Inca metal work |
334 BC Greece conquers Persia 321 BC Rise of the Mauryan Empire |
395 BC Corinthian War | |
| 3rd century BC | 300 BC Tifinagh script developed 300 BC Meroe becomes capital of Kush 202 BC Battle of Zama |
250 BC First Mayan hieroglyphics 300 BC The double-spout-and-bridge bottle becomes widespread 250 BC Grave Creek Mound built in West Virginia |
221 BC China unified | 264 BC First Punic War 218 BC Second Punic War |
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| 2nd century BC | 200 BC Djenné settled 200 BC Meroitic script in completed form 146 BC Carthage final defeat, Roman province of Africa |
200 BC Zapotec state develops in Mexico 200 BC Great temple complex declines at Chavín de Huántar, Peru 200 BC Elite Calima culture burials with rich grave-goods deposited in Malagana, Colombia |
185 BC Fall of the Maurya Empire | 149 BC Third Punic War | |
| 1st century BC | 100 BC Aksum develops its Indian, Red Sea trade links 31 BC Rome conquers Egypt 20 BC Meroites thwart Roman conquest |
100 BC Rise of the Hopewell exchange system along the Mississippi 100 BC Rise of Teotihuacán in Mexico 50 BC Rise of the Iputiak in Alaska |
146 BC Battle of Corinth 31 BC Battle of Actium |
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