Augustus begins his rule of the Roman Empire as the first Roman emperor.World population from −10,000 to 2,000. Egypt is absorbed and becomes a province of the current Roman empire. The Battle of Carrhae, between Parthian and Roman empires. Wu (Liu Che) becomes “Martial Emperor” of China. Roman forces defeat Perseus at the Battle of Pydna. Great alter of Zeus and Athena built in Pergamon. Construction is completed on The Great Wall of China. Construction begins on The Great Wall of China. The Second Punic War begins – also known as the War Against Hannibal. China is united under the reign of Shi Huangdi, China’s first emperor. Alexander the Great invades Egypt and founds the city Alexandria. Rome elects its first plebeian council member. Sparta and The Athenian League form a peace pact. Antalcidas of Sparta forms a peace pact with Persia. The city of Rome is ransacked by The Gauls from France. Spartan forces win the Battle of Coronea. Spartans defeat the Athenians to end the Peloponnesian War. The Government of the Thirty Tyrants begins. Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta begins. The Eastern Chou Dynasty in China begins. The very first recorded Olympic Games are established in Greece. The great poet Homer writes “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey“. Carthage is founded by the Phoenicians, not far from Utica. Solomon dies and his throne is replaced by his son Rehoboam who faces a rebellion soon after his ascension. The Dedication of Temple at Jerusalem is built by Solomon. David dies and his throne is replaced by his son Solomon. In the battle of Gilboa, Saul is killed and David ascends to the throne. Saul is anointed king of Israel by the one of the last remaining Israelite judges. Israel is invaded and defeated by the Philistines. Smendes ascends to Pharaoh and forms the XXIst Dynasty. The New Kingdom phase in Egypt is over when Rameses XI dies. The Chou Dynasty is formed in China by Emperor Wu Wang. Nebuchadnezzar I begins his rule as king of Babylon. The First North African city of Utica (Tunisia) is established by the Phoenicians. Moses leads the Israelites on an exodus out of Egypt. Ziggurat in Khuzestan, in present day Iran is built. A young boy named Tutankhamun succeeds Akhenaten, he restores the nation to worshiping the old Egyptian gods. Earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica, the Olmecs flourish. Beginning of the Shang dynasty in the Lower Yellow River Valley (China).
The construction of Stonehenge in England starts. Beginning of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, and also known as the “Age of the Pyramids”. There were large military campaigns by ethnic groups of people. Temples are usually build at the center of the cities. First city-states are created, palaces are starting to be build. Bricks are used widely(and made by a fired process). Egypt’s 1st Dynasty created by the joining of the upper and lower kingdoms of Egypt.
Indus Valley Civilization established in South Asia. The wheel is invented and begins to be used. The very first year on the Egyptian calendar. Development of copper and bronze metallurgy. First settled societies in the Mesopotamia region. First beer is brewed from grain in the Near East.
The oceans and sea’s rise, England is now cut off from Europe by land. A great earthquake destroys the city of Jericho. (interesting fact: first domesticated dog ever was found in Idaho, USA 8400 BC). Cows and sheep were domesticated and crops where manipulated and tended. The Neolithic Revolution and an agriculture way of life is discovered in the Fertile Crescent/Middle Eastern area. Humans make it to the southern most point of South America. Bering Strait is crossed by humans, connecting Asia to the Americas. Cro-Magnon’s painted caves with drawings of the animals they killed.
Cro-Magnon man is flourishing, moving from the Near East into Europe, lives by hunting and gathering. Bow and arrows with stone points (arrowheads) are used. Homo sapiens, the first modern humans, appear in Africa.