Meanwhile…

Rise of the Kingdom of Kush in Nubia

circa 1000 v.Chr.

Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

circa 605 v.Chr.

Qin Shi Huang unifies China

221 v.Chr.

the Zhou defeat the Shang at Muye

circa 1046 v.Chr.

The Persian Wars against Greece

circa 490-479 v.Chr.

The Empire of Alexander the Great

circa 336-323 v.Chr.

Rise of Assyrian State Religion and the Cult of Ashur

around 900 BC

Confucius and the flourishing of Confucianism

circa 551-479 v.Chr.

Roman State Religion and the Pax Deorum

3rd century BC

early experiments with rice cultivation

rond 1.000 v.Chr.

Flourishing of the Lydian Empire under Croesus

circa 560 v.Chr.

The Hopewell tradition spreads across North America

rond 200 v.Chr.

Babylonian astrologers record the heavens

rond 1000 v.Chr.

Sushruta and the foundations of Ayurveda

rond 600 v.Chr.

The Huangdi Neijing in China

rond 300 v.Chr.

Roman Cloaca Maxima and public latrines

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

Flourishing of the Olmec civilization in Mesoamerica

circa 1000-900 v.Chr.

Greek choral dance and drama

around 500 BC

The Brahmi script in India

rond 300 v.Chr.

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

First dwelling mounds in the coastal area

rond 700 v.Chr.

Waves of migration from the Korean peninsula

rond 500 v.Chr.