Meanwhile…

The Bronze Age and the rise of empires

ca. 2000 v.Chr.

Rise of the Kingdom of Kush in Nubia

circa 1000 v.Chr.

Chandragupta Maurya founds the Maurya Empire in India

circa 322 v.Chr.

the Zhou defeat the Shang at Muye

circa 1046 v.Chr.

The Persian Wars against Greece

circa 490-479 v.Chr.

Oracle bones and the Shang dynasty

rond 1250 v.Chr.

Early Greek medicine and the cult of Asclepius

rond 800 v.Chr.

Alfred Awakens the Sleepers of Abarrach

Shortly after the events on Abarrach

Purple Dye Trade Emerges in the Levant

around 1500 BC

early experiments with rice cultivation

rond 1.000 v.Chr.

Opening of the Silk Road

130 v.Chr.

The Edwin Smith Papyrus in Egypt

rond 1600 v.Chr.

Babylonian astrologers record the heavens

rond 1000 v.Chr.

The Huangdi Neijing in China

rond 300 v.Chr.

Sewer systems in the cities of the Indus civilization refined

rond 2000 v.Chr.

Roman Cloaca Maxima and public latrines

6e eeuw v.Chr. tot 2e eeuw na Chr.

Sandals and footwear in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

around 1500 BC

Flourishing of the Olmec civilization in Mesoamerica

circa 1000-900 v.Chr.

Andean Textile Traditions Flourish

around 100 BC

Farmhouses with people and livestock under one roof

rond 1700 v.Chr.

First dwelling mounds in the coastal area

rond 700 v.Chr.

Climate cooling and adaptation of lifestyles

rond 2.000 v.Chr.

The eruption of Thera near Santorini

rond 1600 v.Chr.

The eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii

79 na Chr.