Meanwhile…

Qin Shi Huang unifies China

221 v.Chr.

Rise of the Wari empire in the Andes

ca. 600-800 n.Chr.

Ivan IV becomes the first tsar

1547-01-16

The Empire of Alexander the Great

circa 336-323 v.Chr.

The An Lushan Rebellion tears the Tang empire apart

755-763 n.Chr.

The Bossche Broek as a defensive landscape

16de eeuw

Confucius and the flourishing of Confucianism

circa 551-479 v.Chr.

Carolingian church building under Willibrord and Boniface

rond 700-750 na Chr.

Completion of the Süleymaniye medical complex in Istanbul

1557

Opening of the Silk Road

130 v.Chr.

camel caravans crossing the Sahara

rond 300 na Chr.

Discovery of the silver mines of Potosí

1545

Diophantus writes the Arithmetica

rond 250 n.Chr.

Al-Khwarizmi lays the foundations of algebra

rond 820

The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution

ca. 1450 – 1700

The Roman road network

rond 100 v.Chr.

The Grand Canal of China

rond 600 na Chr.

Yermak's expedition opens up the Siberian route to the east

circa 1581-1585

Teotihuacan grows into a metropolis in the Mexican highlands

rond 100 v.Chr.

The Tang dynasty: a golden age of culture and poetry

rond 700 n.Chr.

Ottoman Kaftans and Silk Trade Flourish

around 1550 AD

Waves of migration from the Korean peninsula

rond 500 v.Chr.

terps and mounds in the north

rond 600-700 na Chr.

Galileo Galilei born in Pisa

1564-02-15

The eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii

79 na Chr.