Meanwhile…

Chandragupta Maurya founds the Maurya Empire in India

circa 322 v.Chr.

Founding of Baghdad

762

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

Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth

around 30 AD

Carolingian church building under Willibrord and Boniface

rond 700-750 na Chr.

Jesuit Missions Spread Catholicism to Asia and the Americas

mid-1500s to 1700s

Opening of the Silk Road

130 v.Chr.

camel caravans crossing the Sahara

rond 300 na Chr.

The Manila galleon route connects Asia, America and Europe

1565

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.

Sewer systems in the Maya cities

rond 750 na Chr.

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

circa 1581-1585

Andean Textile Traditions Flourish

around 100 BC

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.