Period 2

Jewish Diaspora

590 BCE

It was the dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancestral homeland and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe. This happened because of Nebuchadnezzar's

Roman Republic established

509 BCE

It was an Era of civilatization that overthrew the Roman Empre

Siddhartha Guatama travels and teaches

500 BCE

Siddhartha Gautama found the path to Enlightenment. By doing so he was led from the pain of suffering and rebirth towards the path of Enlightenment and became known as the Buddha. He wanted to bring happiness.

Confucius is teaching what will become the Analects

500 BCE

The Analects of Confucius. They contain words of Confucious and his conversation with a Chinese philosopher. The main objective of being an educator was to teach people to live with integrity, through his teachings, he strove to resurrect the traditional values of benevolence, propriety and ritual in Chinese society.

Peloponnesian War

431 BCE

It was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.

Daoism Begins

400 BCE

It was part of Chinese culture as a way of thinking, working and acting.

Phlip of Macedon conquer the Greek city states (336 BCE)

336 BCE

He gained domination over all of Greece by military and diplomatic means, thus laying the foundations for its expansion under his son Alexander III the Great. He fought a war to conquer these city states.

Alexander the Great defeats the Persians

330 BCE

His victory at the battle of Gaugamela on the Persian plains was a decisive conquest that insured the defeat of his Persian rival King Darius III. Darius was prepared for battle having selected this spot to meet his enemy.

Mauryan empire established by Chandragupta Maurya ( 321 BCE)

321 BCE

Chandragupta built one of the largest empires ever on the Indian subcontinent. According to Jain sources, he then renounced it all and became a monk in the Jain tradition.

Mayan civilization

Period: 300 BCE to 800 BCE

They were originally in Yutacan which is now Mexico. They had a highly advanced numeral system and where farther ahead in mathematics then others

First of the Punic Wars (Rome v. Carthage)

264 BCE

It was the first of three wars fought between Ancient Carthage and the Roman Republic, the two great powers of the Western Mediterranean.The Romans built up a navy to challenge Carthage, the greatest naval power in the Mediterranean, for control over the waters

Ashoka dies

232 BCE

He ruled for over 32 years, he was burned for 7 days and 7 nights. The dynasty Muryan lasted for another 50 years.

Qin Dynasty starts building walls

221 BCE

This continued of hundreds of dynastys

Legalism is a dominant belief system (Qin)

221 BCE

The reason Legalism rose was that when the first emperor of China, Shi Huangti, rose to power and banned all other philosophies as a corrupting influence.

Han Dynasty established

Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE

It was the first unified and powerful Chinese empire. The silk road flourished during this time.

Silk Road established

130 BCE

It was made by a well-known German geographer. This ancient route not only circulated goods but also exchanged the splendid cultures of China, India, Persia, Arabia, Greek, and Rome.

Julius Caesar murdered (44 BCE)

44 BCE

He was a leader who politicly adapted to the world around him. He was stabbed 23 times near a theater.

Pax Romana

27 BCE

The Pax Romana was a long period of relative peace and stability experienced by the early Roman Empire.

Christianity begins

1 CE

Christianity is the religion that is based on the birth, life, death, resurrection and teaching of Jesus Christ. Christianity began in the 1st century AD as a Jewish sect in Judea but quickly spread throughout the Roman empire.

Xin Dynasty briefly interrupts the Han

9

This interregnum separates the Han into two periods: the Western Han, and Eastern Han. Spanning over four centuries, the period of the Han Dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese history.

Final collapse of the Han Dynasty

220

economic problems caused this downfall

Roman Empire divided in 2 by Diocletian (284 CE)

284

The Roman Empire was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. By 285 CE the empire had grown too vast to be ruled from the central government at Rome and so was divided by Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE) into a Western and an Eastern Empire.

Constantine’s Edict of Milan ends Roman persecution of Christians

319

The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. Constantine, Caesar in the western empire, and Licinius, Caesar in the east, also were signatories to the edict of toleration.

Constantinople becomes capital of Rome

340

It was renamed Constantinople 330 A.D. when the Roman emperor Constantine I moved his capital there from Rome (Encylopedia Americana). As the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople became a great cultural, economic, religious, and administrative center.

Gupta Dynasty established

375

The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire existing from the mid-to-late 3rd century. It covered much of the Indian subcontinent. This period is called the Golden Age of India by some historians.

Era of Warring States Begins

475

The motivation came from being able to efficiently utilize the water from the yellow river for irrigation that made the warring states end. Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism all each played a role during the Warring States Period.

Collapse of Western Roman Empire

476

It was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.

White Huns take down the Gupta empire

550

The Gupta empire faced invasions in the northwest region of the empire from the Hephthalites. The white Huns were nomads