World History<
This is a pretty ambitious for one web page. The entire history of mankind in a
single web page. Well Im going to do my best. It will take about 6 months to complete
all of mankinds history and from formation of the solar system to the present.
4000bc Earliest cities founded in Mesopotamia
3500bc Sumerian civilization at its apex
3000bc Great Sphinx and Great Pyramids
2500bc Egyptians discover the use of payprus (paper)
2000bc Egyptians use hieroglyphics, 24 symbols
Englands Stonehenge
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Babylonia does astronomy measurements using gometery
Egyptians use ropw with Pythagorean numbers written on them to
make right angles.
Code of Hammurabi developed
1500bc
to
1000bc
Already the 20th dynasty in Egypt!
Israelis cross the Jordan River
The Trojan War
First chinese dictionary, has 40,000 characters
Moses gets the 10 Commandments from Mount Sinai
Memphis becomes Egypts capital, replacing Thebes
Egypts royal tombs robbed. Criminals brought to justice, thats gonna
leave a mark.
China creates Prohibition!
Saul is first king of Israel and is defeated by the Philistines
1000bc
to
900bc
King David, returns Ark of Covenant to new capital Jerusalem
King David succeed by his wise son, King Solomon.
22nd Dynasty of Egypt. Man those egyptians must like dynasties.
Temple of Hera, oldest temple in Greece
A city subterrean water supply system built in Jerusalem
Pinto Indians living in Nevada and California
Chaldeans use a water filled cube to measure time, weight and distance
German people move around, getting the Zugswand. (compulsion to move)
Egyptian upper society start wearing wigs. How lame is that?
900bc
to
800bc
23rd Egyptian Dynasty in dual reign with the 22nd.
City of Rome founded in 753bc.
Greek poet Hesiod writes some stuff.
The Oracle at Delphi is worshipped
Earliest recorded music is a Sumerian cuniform
Babylonia and Chinese both understand planetary movements.
Assyrians use unisex clothing. What a cool idea! Since all people
start off as female anyway.
First recorded Olympics in 753bc. Possibly existed to 1350bc.
Women not admitted as spectators!
700bc
to
600bc
Romulus, first king of Rome, divides year into 10 months.
Assyrians destroy both Egytian cities Mermphis and Thebes.
How did they fight a war 500 miles inside the Sahara desert?
Tower of Babel (Marduk Temple) is begun is Babylonia!! Cool!!
King Assurbanipal builds a library, a collected works of 22,000
clay tablets.
Work on the Acropolis in Athens begins
600bc
to
500bc
Mayan civilization in Mexico
Nebuchadnezzar II burns Jerusalem
Fables of Aesop.
Apollos Oracle of Delphi doing great business.
Pythagoreas does his math stuff. But the egyptians were using that rope
1000 years previously!!!!
Siddhartha (Gautama Buddha) lives from 550bc to 480bc
Athens Greece gets public libraries!
Pythagoras introcuces the octave to musical notation
Pharoah Necho orders Phonecian sailors to sail around Africa. 3 years.
King Nechubanezzar of Babylonia builds the Hanging Gardens of Babylon!!
Roman Lunar year still 10 months, later changed to 12 months
500bc
to
450bc
Sophocles b496 d406bc
Susrata, an Indian surgeon does cataract surgey in 500bc! Amazing.
Hippocrates, Father of Modern Medicine born 460bc
Start of the 50 year Persian wars. Man they must loved fighting
Acropolis is destroyed in 480bc
Persian capture then destroy Babylon
Three Roman Senators sent to Greece to study the Greek laws of society
Ezra, a hebrew scribe goes to Jerusalem to restore the Law of Moses?
Olympia, Greece begins building of the Temple of Zeus.
450bc
to
400bc
Athens and Sparta, 2 Greek cities have a 30 year truce probably just to
"rest up" for the next war.
The Torah becomes the moral essence of the Jewish state.
The Parthenon is completed and consecrated
Acropolis is rebuilt again
Greece population is 2 million, and 1 million slaves
Athens,Greece has 50,000 Greeks and 100,000 slaves.
Spartans start to use chemical warfare. sulfur, pitch and charcoal
Socrates get a new pupil, PLato from 407bc to 399bc
400bc
to
350bc
30th Dynasty of Egypt!
The five books of Moses Pentateuch put in final form
Socrates b470bc d399bc
Catapults used as weapons of war.
Rome builds a wall around the entire city.
That idiot Herostratus sets fire to Temple of Artemis, one of the 7
wonders of the ancient world. Nice going dork.
350bc
to
300bc
Persians reconquer Egypt. Man those Persians were sure busy.
Aristotle becomes young Alexander the Greats teacher.
Aristotle continues the work of musical theory of Pyhtagoreas
Alexander the Great dies in Babylonia in 323bc at age 32.
Work on the longest document in human history begins, the Indian epic
"Mahabharata" and work on it continues for about 700 years!!
Aristotle dies 322bc, 1 year after his star pupil Alexander the Great.
Pamphilus, a greek painter teachers "that without math+geometry,
no perfect art can exist"
First Roman coins appear 338bc.
300bc
to
250bc
Babylon is totally wasted
Septuagint is written. The old testament written in greek. circa 255bc
Wonder of the ancient world, Colussus of Rhodes is completed in 275bc.
and destroyed 51 years later by earthquakes.
Wonder of the ancient world, the Lighthouse at Pharos completed 275bc.
Archimeses, Greek mathemtician b287 d 212bc
Eratosthenes, Greek scientist b276 d194bc
Public Gladiators in Rome ~264bc
250bc
to
200bc
Hannibal, the Carthingianian General
Agis the 4th, King of Sparta put to death
Asoka, the Indian emperor has columns 40 feet high put up enscribed
with his laws.
Eratosthenes says the earth moves around the sun
Eratosthenese determines the size of the earth. Damn he's good!
Great Wall of China built in 215bc. It is 1400 miles long, 20 feet high,
13 feet width.
Probably enough material for about 3 mountains in the Great Wall of China.
Archimes killed during a Roman war.
200bc
to
150bc
Athens wont fight, so Sparta decides to fight Rome.
Those Spartans sure were a feisty bunch.
Hannibal defeated by the Rhodian fleet. Hannibal is captured and imprisoned
but commits suicide 7 years later to avoid before being sent to Rome.
Someone makes the Rosetta Stone.
First clocks were clocks based on water. How uncool is that?
The first paved streets are in Rome.
Male Macadonian slaves sold for $50-$75.
Female Macadonian slaves sold for $1000. hmmmmm
150bc
to
100bc
Romans wipe out city of Carthage population of 500,000.
Only 50,000 survive.
Roman empire is really cooking with gas now.
Rise of Pharasees and Sadduccess 112bc.
Venus de Milo made circa 140bc. I saw her in person at the Louvre in
Paris :)
100bc
to
50bc
Julius Cesear born in 100bc d44bc (aged 56 years)
Chinese sailing ships arrive at the coast of India 100bc
Last Queen of Egypt is Cleopatra VII until 31bc.
0 Jesus Christ born at Bethelehem
50bc
to
0
Cesear cross the Rubicon to star the civil war.
Cesear murdered by Brutus, Cassius and others in 44bc
Second Triumvirate, Mark Antony, Marcus Lepidus, Octavius assume
Caesars role. They defeat Brutus and Cassius in a war.
Brutus and Cassius commit suicide.
Battle of Actium, Mark Antony/Cleopatra verus Octavius. Octavius wins.
Cleopatra and Mark Antony commit suicide. (must be the flavour of the day)
1ad
to
50ad
Octavius (renamed to Augustus) gets his clock clean by Tiberius.
See, I always knew Octavius was a punk.
Jesus baptistized in river Jordan at age 27.
City of London founded in 43ad. (this has to be wrong!!!)
50ad
to
100ad
St Peter executed in 67ad
St Linus becomes the second pope
150ad Bubonic Plague in the Roman Army
to
200ad
200ad
to
250ad
Hexapla-the Old Testament written in 6 Greek and Hebrew texts
Rome has its 1000 anniversary in 248bc. Enjoy it while it lasts,
cause it aint gonna last much longer....
250ad
to
300ad
Nothing really exciting happens in these 50 years..
300ad
to
350ad
First Church of the Nativity in 323ad, destroyed by fire 529ad.
St. Peters Basilica made in 330ad destroyed in 1506 to make room for
the present one
Constaine forbids the sport of Roman Gladiators.
350ad
to
400ad
Huns invade Europe. ".....Let the Games begin!....."
Roman legions begin to bail out of Britian. Ships coming loose boys...
Scrolls begin to be replaced by books. About fricking time.
Lo-tsun, a Chinese monk finds a cave of the 1000 Buddhas in Kansu 360ad
Theodosis outlaws the Olympics Games. Probably gay too.
400ad
to
450ad
Alchemy begins with the search for the Philosphers Stone+Elixir of Life.
450ad
to
500ad
The Vandals sack Rome in 455ad. Woohoo! What goes around comes around!
The Vandals destroy the Roman fleet in 460ad.
The Huns bail out of Europe.
Code Bezae, is New Testament written in Greek and Latin in 500ad
Plans of the Vatican Palace being in 500ad.
Tamo brings tea from India to China in 500ad. Is that right??
517bc Emperor Wu-Ti becomes Buddhist and introduces it to central china.
529ad Justinian closes the 1000 year old School of Philosphy in Athens.
537ad King Arthur killed in Battle of Camlan.
542ad Rats from Egypt and Syria infect Europe with the Black Plague
543ad Worldwide Earthquakes!
547ad Black Plague gets into Britian
550ad Draw Looms used in Egypt for silk weaving
Chess is played in India! Woohoo!
553ad Byzantine Empire has monopoly over the silk industry.
570ad Mohammed born in570, died 632ad, Founder of Islam
590ad Black Plague in Rome.
594ad Black PLague ends in Europe taking 50% of the Europe population!!
600ad China is printing books. Like 800 years before Gutenberg!!
Italy gets rid of the money system and goes to a barter system.
Its BarterTown!
603ad London is mentioned
606ad Fatima, Mohammeds daughter is born
607ad Horyuji temple completed. It is currently the oldest wooden structure
in the world
616ad Persians overrun Egypt.
628ad Mohammed writes letters to all the world leaders describing the Moslem
faith
636ad Feuds of the Japanese nobility begins.
637ad Arabs conquer the Jews.
640ad Arabs find 300,000 papyrus scrolls at the famous Alexandria Library
643ad Dome of the Rock built in Jerusalem
650ad Caliph Othman writes the Koran from Mohammeds teachings.
