Zoser (Djoser) 1st King of 3rd dynasty; step pyramid at Saqqara | Cheops (Khufu) builder of great pyramid | Sargon King of Agade Defeats Lugalzaggisi King of the Four Quarters | Sumer conquered conquered by Sargon of Akkad | |
Assyria & Babylon Semites from Arabia migrate to Mesopotamia to found Assyrian and Babylonian empires | Karnak Work begins on the Temple of Amon | Hatshepsut One of the few female pharaohs. Sent expeditions to Africa | Maya Early Preclassic Maya period | Abu Simbel Tomb of Ramses II; flooded by Aswan dam |
Lion Gate Mycenae Lion Gate on Crete Cyclopean walls | Rameses II | Trojan War Siege of Troy, described by Homer | Fall of Mycenae Destruction of Mycenaen mainland palaces | Mycenae destroyed |
Mayan middle PreClassic | Upanishads Important additions to the Rig Veda | Nineveh rebuilt Assyrian capital | Ashurbanipal Last King of Assyria's period of greatness. | Shwedagon Pagoda Golden pagoda built in Burma |
Nineveh destroyed Medes & Babylonians destroy Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire | Parthenon | Paved streets First paved streets in Rome | Maya Oldest Mayan monument | Gaius Julius Caesar |
Mark Antony Caesar's friend, member of 2nd TriumvirateDefeated by Octavius | Tiberius | Otho Marcus Salvius Otho | Nerva Marcus Cocceius Nerva | Trajan Marcus Ulpius Traianus; became emperor in 98 |
Paul's 4th Journey Paul imprisoned, sent to Rome by Festus,shipwrecked near Malta. | Colosseum Construction of the Colosseum in Rome | Seismograph Seismograph invented in China | Abu Bekr 1st caliph | Umayyads 1st Arab dynasty |
Brian Boru Irish King, defeated Vikings at Clontarf, 1014 | Fatimids dynasty Shiite dynasty moves capital to Cairo | Danes in Britain Danes establish control of England | Clontarf Vikings defeated near Dublin.Halt of Viking invasion of Ireland | Notre Dame Paris cathedral built |
Oxford founded University begun | Marco Polo's travels | Florence Duomo Florence Cathedral; Dome by Brunneleschi (1420-36) | Medicis Medicis dominate Florence | Michelangelo Sculptor & painter: David, Sistine Chapel |
Spanish Inquisition | Inca Empire Pizarro begins conquest of Peru | Shah Jehan Mogul emperor (1628-58), built the Taj Mahal | Voltaire | Paul Revere Minuteman messenger |
James Madison President | Wolfgang A. Mozart composer | Robert Schumann | Franz Liszt Composer, father in law of Wagner | Stephen Mallory |
Guiseppe Verdi | Richard Wagner Composer & revolutionary'Tannhauser', 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' | 1st Manassas First major battle of the war | 1st Bull Run First major battle of the war | 1st Bull Run First major battle of the warMarch 23 |
Mao Zedung | United Nations Charter founds international organization |
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