A Brief Timeline of History

Before History Even Began Edit

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

Early Human Development Edit

• Earliest Traces
• Paleolithic Europe
• Neolithic Europe

The Earliest Civilizations (3000 BCE - 184 CE)Edit

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

Religion & Philosophy (600 BCE - 185 BCE)Edit

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

Rise and Collapse of the Roman Empire (510 BCE - 395 CE) Edit

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

The Rise of Christianity (4 BCE - 337 CE)Edit

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

The History of Asia during the Decay of the Western and Byzantine Empires (323 BCE - 618 CEEdit

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

Muhammad and Islam (570 - 1258)Edit

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

Christianity and the CrusadesEdit

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

The Protestant Reformation in Europe Edit

• Early Reformers
• Martin Luther
• Other Reformers

Revival and Awakenings in America Edit

• Revival Preachers
• Awakenings in America
• Enduring Effects