| A | B |
|---|
| 100,000-400,000 years ago | Homo sapiens emerged in Africa |
| 3,500 to 500 BC (BCE) | River Valley Civilizations established |
| 2,000 to 500 BC (BCE) | Other early civilizations est including Hebrews, Phoenicians, Nubia |
| 1,500 BC | approximate beginning of Chinese culture |
| 499-449 BC | Persians Wars (between Persia and Greece) |
| 431-404 BC | Peloponnesian Wars (Delian Leage v Peloponnesian League) |
| 264-146 BC | Punic Wars (Rome vs Carthage) |
| 476 AD (CE) | End of the Western Roman Empire |
| 800 AD (CE) | Charlemagne crowned emperor by the Pope |
| 1453 AD (CE) | Byzantine Empire falls to the Ottoman Turks |
