| A | B |
|---|
| 4 million B.C. | Earliest human ancestors (australopithecus afarensis) |
| 8,000 B.C. | Agricultural Revolution in the Nile, Tigris-Euphrates and Indus Rivers |
| 2,500 B.C. | Great Pyramids built in Egypt |
| 800 B.C. | Homer composes ILIAD and ODYSSEY, beginning of Greek Period |
| 600 B.C. | Thales |
| 399 B.C. | Socrates' execution in Athens |
| 117 A.D. | Height of the Roman Empire |
| 476 A.D. | Fall of the Western Roman Empire, beginning of Middle Ages |
| 800 A.D. | Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor |
| 1300 | Beginning of the Renaissance in Italy |
| 1517 | Martin Luther posts 95 objections to the Catholic Church thus beginning the Protestent Reformation |
| 1715 | Louis XIV dies, most powerful king in Europe, beginning of Enlightenment |
| 1789 | French Revolution |
| 1900 | Freud writes INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS, beginning of Modern Period |
| 1914 | start of World War I |
| 1939 | start of World War II |
