Timeline

A Brief Timeline of History

[edit] Before History Even Began

• The Earth in Space
• The Record of the Rocks
• The Age of Reptiles
• The Age of Mammals

[edit] Early Human Development

• Earliest Traces
• Paleolithic Europe
• Neolithic Europe

[edit] The Earliest Civilizations (3000 BCE - 184 CE)

• The Sumerian Empires
• Babylonian
• The Assyrians
• Early Egypt
• Early India
• Early China

[edit] Religion & Philosophy (600 BCE - 185 BCE)

• Faith & Belief
• The Hebrew Scriptures and the Prophets
• Greek Thought, Literature and Art
• Science and Religion at Alexandria
• The Rise and Spread of Buddhism

[edit] Rise and Collapse of the Roman Empire (510 BCE - 395 CE)

• The Western Republics
• From Tiberius Gracchus to the God Emperor in Rome
• From Augustus to the Splitting of the Empire
• The Byzantines

[edit] The Rise of Christianity (4 BCE - 337 CE)

• Early Roman Faith & Belief
• Beginning of Christianity
• Constantine & the Establishment of Official Christianity

[edit] The History of Asia during the Decay of the Western and Byzantine Empires (323 BCE - 618 CE

• The Sassanid Empire in Persia
• Zoroaster and Mani
• From the Hans to the Tangs
• Buddhism in China

[edit] Muhammad and Islam (570 - 1258)

• Life of Muhammad to the Hegira
• The Fighting Prophet
• The Caliphs Abu Bakr and Umar
• The Umayyads
• The Abbasids

[edit] Christianity and the Crusades

• Feudalism
• The Franks
• Charlemagne
• Early formation of France and Germany
• Changing Tides
• The Normans
• Hungarians
• The Seljuks
• The Crusades
• Emperor Frederick II
• The Papacy

[edit] The Protestant Reformation in Europe

• Early Reformers
• Martin Luther
• Other Reformers

[edit] Revival and Awakenings in America

• Revival Preachers
• Awakenings in America
• Enduring Effects