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1200 BCE
Iron
People began to use iron to make weapons. -
1000 BCE
Iron and New Influences
Metallurgy with iron spreads to Western Asia, Southeastern Europe and North Africa. Aryan people begin to settle in India and King David founds the city of Jerusalem. -
1000 BCE
Bananas
Bananas reach Africa -
1000 BCE
Sugar Cane
Sugar Cane is cultivated in southeastern Asia and in India. -
800 BCE
Rise of the Nubians
Rise of the Nubian Kingdom which dominates Egypt until 660 CE. -
771 BCE
Zhou Kingdom
The Zhou kingdom ends in China. -
600 BCE
Iron to China
Iron metallurgy spreads to China -
563 BCE
Buddhism
Buddhism was founded. -
507 BCE
Rome
The Roman Republic begins. -
500 BCE
Jainism
Jainism is founded. -
486 BCE
Darius I
Darius I is the ruler of Persia. -
479 BCE
Confucianism
Confucianism begins in China. -
470 BCE
Athenians
Rise of the Athenian Empire in Greece. -
400 BCE
Meroe
Kingdom of Meroe rises in Nubia. -
334 BCE
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great conquers western Asia and gives rise to the Hellenistic period. -
224 BCE
Sassanid Empire
The Sassanid Empire rules in Persia until Chosroes is defeated by Arab Muslims. -
206 BCE
Han Dynasty
The Han dynasty rules in China. -
200 BCE
Camels and Dates
The one humped camel and the date palm spread from southern Arabia to Africa. -
31 BCE
Caesar Augustus
Caesar Augustus rules the Roman Empire. -
30 BCE
Christianity
Christianity begins after the crucifixion of Jesus. -
4
Jesus
The birth of Jesus in Nazareth. -
45
Apostle Paul
Apostle Paul spread Christianity around the Mediterranean. -
100
Chola Kingdom
Coins were produced in the Chola Kingdom. -
100
Pearls
Pearls were traded by Romans -
100
Peppercorn
Peppercorn was traded in India in the first century CE.