c.9000-5000

Advanced Vedic Civilization Develops in India after Last Ice age, From Castles to Advanced Iron Usage in India

c.5000-3000

Mathematics in India,Yangshao culture in China

c.5000

Mangoes cultivated in SE Asia

c.3750

Golden Age of India,First evidence of Gold, India.

c.3500-2500

Longshan culture in China

c.3400

First evidence of wheel-made pottery. Sumeria.

c.3200-1600

Vedic Civilization Declines and Dravidian Civilization Develops in India

c.3200-2340

Cities in Mesopotamia

c.3200

Wheeled transport develops in Mesopotamia.

c.3200

Lunar calendar in Mesopotamia

c.3200

Cuneiform in Sumeria.

c.3000-2000

Anthropomorphic religion in Mesopotamia

3000

Silk manufacturing. China.

c.2500-1500

Vedic Civilization develops again in Saraswati Valley

2334-c.2200

Akkadian Empire

c. 2200-1750

Hsia (Xia) Dynasty in China

c.2000-1800

Mathematical advances in Old Babylonia

c.2000-1600

Old Babylonian Empire

c.2000

Horse introduced to W. Asia

c.2000

"Personal" religion develops in Mesopotamia

c.1900

Epic of Gilgamesh in Mesopotamia.

c.1790

Code of Hammurabi

c.1750-1100

Shang Dynasty in China

c.1700-1500

Evidence of ideographic script in China

c.1600-1200

Hittite Empire in Asia Minor (Anatolia)

c.1600

Invention of alphabet (consonants only). Syria

c.1550

Kassites overthrow Babylonians

c.1523-1027

Shang dynasty and invention of writing

c.1500-500

Destruction of Saraswati and Indus Valley Civilization

c.1400

Development of alphabet by Phoenicians

c.1250

Moses unites Hebrews in worship of Yahweh

c.1200s

Moses leads Hebrews from Egypt to Palestine

c.1200-1025

Hebrew occupation of Canaan

c.1250

Trojan War

c.1200-800

Vedics Regather themselves

c.1100-250

Zhou (Chou) Dynasty in China

c.1027-771

Western Zhou (Chou) Dynasty in China

c.1025-933

Unified Hebrew monarchy, Saul, David, and Solomon

c.1000

Several Languages Develop in India

933-722

Kingdom of Israel

933-586

Kingdom of Judah

c.800-600

Upanishads in India

771-c.250

Eastern Zhou (Chou)

c.750-612

Height of Assyrian Empire

c.750-550

Hebrew prophetic revolution

c.750-400

Astronomical observation and record-keeping by New Babylonians

c.625

Zoroaster formulates religion in Persia

612-539

New Babylonian Empire

c.600

Deuteronomic code

586

Nebuchadnezzar conquers Jerusalem

c.563-483

Life of Gautama, the Buddha

c.551-479

Confucius

c.550

Laozi

c.540-468

Life of Mahavira, founder of Jainism in India

c.563-483

Life of Gautama, the Buddha

c.540-468

Life of Mahavira, founder of Jainism in India

539

Conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great, Persian (Proto Aryan)

525

Cambyses, the Persian ruler, conquers Egypt

c.513

Persian conquest of northwestern India and Indus Valley

c.500

Crop cultivation in rows in China

c.500

Iron plow in China

c.500

Royal Road of Persians

490-479

Greco-Persian War

c.450

Hebrew Song of Songs

c.400

Book of Job

c.400

Coinage in China

c.400

Trace harness in China

c.400

Zhuangzi (Chuang-tzu)

c.400-200

Vedic Civilization again on rise, Caste System develops in India

c.400 B.C.E.-70C.E.

Hebrew prophetic revolution

c.373-288

Mencius

334-323

Conquests of Alexander the Great

323

Death of Alexander, division of his empire

c.322-183

Chandargupt Maurya forms Mauryan Dyanasty and defeats Seleucus, Gains Control of Subcontinent, Afghanistan and Some Parts of Persia.

c.300

Wrought iron in China

c.300

Emergence of Mithraism

300-237

Xunzi (Hsün-tzu)

c.273-232

Reign of Emporer Ashoka, The most Cruel King in History, Massacres of Persians, Kurds and Turks.

c.261

Ashoka's empire spreads South-East Asia, Sub Continent and Afghanistan. After Kalinga war, leading to spread of Buddhism in India

c.250-208

Han Fei-tzu and Li Ssu--development of Legalism in China

221-206

Unification of China under Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty

221-206

Destruction of Confucian literature under Legalist regime

221-206

Standardization of weights and measures, coinage, writing system under Legalist regime

206B.C.E.-220C.E.

Han Dynasty in China

c.200

Use of the seed drill in China

c.183-145

Vedic Empiers destroyed outside India

c.179-104

Dong Zhongsho (Tung Chung-shu)

c.141-87

Emporer Han Wudi (Wu Ti) in China

c.140

First Chinese ambassadors to India

c. 145-86

Sima Qian (Ssu-ma Ch'ien)

111

Chinese expansion to S. China Sea and Vietnam

c. 100

Beginning of Japanese state

c. 100

Invention of the Rudder in China

c.65

Vikramaditya founds Vardhan Dynasty, Conquers Almost Entire Asia, The most Noble King ever witnessed in History

c51

Vedic Culture Spreads In every part of Asia

END B.C.E. BEGIN C.E.

206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.

Han Dynasty in China, Defeated by Vikramaditya the Great, Establishes Hans and Kushans as Governors of China

c.0-100

Shaka and Kushan invasions in northern India

c.25-300

Kushan rule in northwestern India

c.78

Kushan emporer Kanishka promotes Buddhism in India

220-589

Buddhism reaches China

221-280

Three Kingdoms Era

c.200

Porcelain in China

c.200-300

Creation of the Yamato state in Japan

c.300-800

Classical age of Hindu culture in India

c.300-500

Barbarian invasions of China

320-467

Gupta dynasty in India

c.380-450

Kalidasa, India's greatest poet

c.405

Adoption of Chinese writing in Japan

500

Manufacture of glass and magnetic compass in China

c.550-1250

Great stone temple architecture in India

c.552

Spread of Buddhism in Japan

c.570-632

Muhammad

589-618

Sui dynasty in China

c.600-1000

Caste System divides India

604

Shotoku's Seventeen Article Constitution in Japan

c.606-648

King Harsha in India, Rules Entire Sub Continent

610

Muhammad preaches reform, monotheism in Arabia

618-907

Tang Dynasty in China

622

Muhammad's Hijrah

632

Muhammad dies

632-661

Caliphate emerges as an institution

636-651

Muslims conquer Syria, Persia and Egypt

645

Taika Reform Edict

651

Publication of the Qu'ran, sacred book of Islam

c.656

Split in Islam between Shiites and Sunnites

661-750

The Umayyads dynasty (Islamic kingdom)

661

Umayyads move Muslim capital from Medina to Damascus

c.700-1300

Height of Islamic commerce and industry

710

Nara establised as Japan's first capitol (and first city)

750-1258

The Abbasid dynasty (Islamic dynasty)

751

Battle at Talas River ends Islamic penetration of Central Asia

762

Abbasids move Muslim capital from Damascus to Baghdad

794-1185

Heian era and literary flowering in Japan

c.900

Woodblock printing of books in China, Japan, and Korea

907-960

The Era of the Five Dynasties in China--warfare

945

Buyids occupy Baghdad

c.950

Death of Al-Farabi

960-1279

Song dynasty in China

1000-1500

Muslim invasions of India

1000-1200

Development of neo-Confucianism

1037

Death of Avicenna

1021-1086

Wang An-shih, political reformer and author in China

1055

Baghdad falls to the Seljuk Turks

1095-1099

First Crusade

c.1120

Rubaiyat of Umar Khayyam

1141-1279

Height of landscape painting in China

c.1150

Explosive powder used in weapons in China

c.1162-1227

Genghis Khan

1185-1333

Kamakura Shogunate and Japanese feudalism

1187

Crusaders lose Jerusalem to Saladin

1192

Establishment of Shogunate in Japan

1192

Destruction of Buddhism in India by Muslims

c.1200

Zen Buddhism in Japan

c.1200

Innoculation for smallpox in China

1206-1526

Turkish Sultanate at Delhi

c.1235

Development of Chinese drama

c.1250

Poetry of Sadi

1258

Mongols destroy Baghdad and kill the last Abbasid Caliph

1274

Mongols unsuccessful attempt to invade Japan

1279-1368

Mongol (Yüan) dynasty in China

1281

Mongols unsuccessful attempt to invade Japan

1290-1320

Sultanate of Delhi

1291

Fall of last Christian outposts in the Holy Land

1300-1500

Rise of the daimyo in Japan

c.1300

Marco Polo travels in China

1368-1644

Ming dynasty in China

c.1370

Persian poetry of Hafiz

1398

Sack of Delhi by Timur the Lame (Tamerlane)

c.1500

Founding of Sikh religious sect

1549-1551

Introduction of Christianity to Japan

1582-1610

Matteo Ricci in China

c.1591

Decline of Songhay afer defeat by Moroccans

1453

Heavy artillery (cannons) helps Turks capture Constantinople and end Hundred Years War