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| 1800 B.C. - 1100 B.C. NORTHERN CHINA BEGINS URBANIZATION (CITIES - ZHENGZHOU SHANG KINGDOM) 2000-1100 B.C. GREEKS START THEIR URBANIZATION (I) KING MINOS OF THE ISLAND OF CRETE (AEGEAN EMPIRE) (2000-1700 B.C.) (II) MYCENAEN EMPIRE (PALACE OF KNOSSOS BECOMES THEIR MOST FAMOUS SYMBOL) 1650-1200 B.C. HITTITE EMPIRE (Turkey) 2000 B.C.- 1000 B.C. - LEVANT EMPIRE (Present day Israel) INCLUDES CITIES LIKE JERUSALEM, AMMAN, DAMASCUS, GAZA). IT EXPANDS TO INCLUDE MESOPOTAMIA (KIngdom of Mittanni and Kingdom of Hittite) AND EGYPT - KINGDOM OF MITANNI (MESOPOTAMIA) - KINGDOM OF HITTIE (ANATOLIA) - (BOGASKOY CITY) 1000-300 B.C. - POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CENTER OF INDIA SHIFTS FROM INDUS VALLEY TO THE MORE FERTILE GANGES PLAINS. BUDDHISM, JAINISM AND THE MYSTICAL VEDISM DEVELOPED IN THIS ERA. THE UPANISHADS (LAST PART OF VEDAS) URGED ESCAPED FROM PHYSICAL WORLD. RAMAYAN (AROUND 300 B.C.) AND MAHABHARATA STARTED AROUND 400 B.C. 1000-600 B.C. ASSYRIAN EMPIRE (MESAPOTAMIA & LEVANT) (CITY NIMRUD). (MESOPOTAMIA is mordern day Middle-East) 900-300 B.C. GREEK EMPIRE (GREECE, AEGEAN, WEST ANATOLIA, ITALY) (CITY-ATHENS) 300-100 B.C. HELLENISTIC WORLD (GREECE, WEST ANATOLIA, MESA) (KING ALEXANDER) 563 B.C. BIRTH OF BUDHA - BUDHISM BEGINS TO SPREAD 600 B.C.-640 A.D. PERSIAN EMPIRE - EGYPT, MESA, ASSYRIA, INDUS (PERSIAN EMPIRE ALSO CALLED ACHAEMENID EMPIRE) 1000 B.C.-50 A.D CELTIC EMPIRE IN EUROPE (BEYOND CACAUCUS MT.'S) 300 B.C. - 500 A.D. ROMAN EMPIRE (ITALY, SPAIN, FRANCE, GREECE, N.AFTRICA, ANATOLIA, LEVANT, EGYPT) 600-200 B.C. MAURYAN EMPIRE (KING ASOKA) CITY-PATALIPUTRA 300 - 400 A.D. -GUPTA DYNASTY UNITES INDIA AROUND 320 AD. ART, ARCHITECTURE AND LITERATURE ARE INDIA'S FINEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS EAR. MATHEMATICAL INNVOATIONS IN INDIA INCLUDE THE ZERO AND USE OF DECIMAL NUMBERS 600-1000 A.D. ISLAM POWER SPREADS (622 AD MOHAMED/ MUSLIM ERA STARTS) 700-1100 A.D. VIKINGS RULE (N.W. EUROPE- SCANDINAVIAN, BRITISH, FRANCE, GERMANY, RUSSIA) 100-1600 A.D. OTTOMON TURKS RULE ANATOLIA, LEGANT, EGYPT, S-E EUROPE 1500-1600 A.D. SAFAVID RULE IN PERSIA 1200-1600 A.D. MOGHULS RULE IN INDIA 400 B.C.-1600 A.D. HAN-TANG-SONG-MING DYNASTIES IN THE ORIENT 1600-1900 A.D. MANCHU-CHING DYNASTY 1500-2000 A.D. EUROPEAN DOMINATION 2000 AD onwards - INDIAN DOMINATION |
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