Meanwhile…

the rise of the Sumerian city-states

circa 2900 v.Chr.

Founding of the Shang dynasty in China

circa 1600 v.Chr.

The Roman Empire

circa 27 v.Chr. - 476 n.Chr.

the Zhou defeat the Shang at Muye

circa 1046 v.Chr.

Islamic conquests and the Umayyad Caliphate

circa 661-750 n.Chr.

rise of dogu figurines

rond 3.000 v.Chr.

Early Greek medicine and the cult of Asclepius

rond 800 v.Chr.

Carolingian church building under Willibrord and Boniface

rond 700-750 na Chr.

Cotton Cultivation in the Indus Valley

around 3000 BC

Purple Dye Trade Emerges in the Levant

around 1500 BC

Golden Age of the Kingdom of Aksum

ca. 500 n.Chr.

The Edwin Smith Papyrus in Egypt

rond 1600 v.Chr.

Al-Khwarizmi lays the foundations of algebra

rond 820

earliest latrines in Mesopotamia

rond 3200 v.Chr.

water flushing in the palace of Knossos

rond 1700 v.Chr.

The Grand Canal of China

rond 600 na Chr.

beer brewing in ancient Egypt

rond 3000 v.Chr.

The Olmecs form the first Mesoamerican culture

rond 1200 v.Chr.

Classical antiquity: Greece and Rome

ca. 500 v.Chr. – 400 n.Chr.

The first farms of the Netherlands

rond 3400 v.Chr.

First dwelling mounds in the coastal area

rond 700 v.Chr.

The last mammoths do not survive the extinction

circa 6000 jaar geleden

not claimed yet

Climate cooling and adaptation of lifestyles

rond 2.000 v.Chr.