Timeline of History

A Brief Timeline of History

Before History Even Began (4,000,000,000 BCE - 1900 CE)

• The Earth in Space
• The Record of the Rocks
• The Age of Reptiles
• The Age of Mammals

Early Human Development (150,000 BCE - 1700 BCE)

• Earliest Traces
• Paleolithic Europe
• Neolithic Europe

The Earliest Civilizations (4000 BCE - 184 CE)

• Ancient Mesopotamia
  • Sumer
  • Babylonia
  • Assyria
• Ancient Egypt
• Ancient India
• Ancient China
• Ancient Persia

Religion & Philosophy (600 BCE - 570 CE)

• Faith & Belief
• The Hebrew Scriptures and the Prophets
• Greek Thought, Literature and Art
• Science and Religion at Alexandria
• The Rise and Spread of Buddhism

Rise and Collapse of the Roman Empire (510 BCE - 395 CE)

• The Western Republics
• From Tiberius Gracchus to the God Emperor in Rome
• From Augustus to the Splitting of the Empire
• The Byzantines

The Rise of Christianity (4 BCE - 337 CE)

• Early Roman Faith & Belief
• Beginning of Christianity
• Constantine & the Establishment of Official Christianity

History of Asia during the Decay of the Western Empires (323 BCE - 907 CE)

• Persia
  • The Sassanid Empire in Persia
  • Zoroaster and Mani
• China
  • From the Hans to the Tangs
  • Buddhism in China
• India

The Rise and Collapse of the Islamic Caliphate (570 CE - 1924 CE)

• Muhammad
  • Life of Muhammad to the Hegira
  • The Fighting Prophet
• Caliphate
  • Rashidun Caliphate
    • The Caliphs Abu Bakr and Umar
  • Umayyad Empire
  • Abbasid Caliphate
  • Ottoman Empire
• Islamic Golden Age
• The Seljuks

Christianity and the Crusades (600 - 1517)

• Feudalism
• The Franks
• Charlemagne
• Early formation of France and Germany
• Changing Tides
• The Normans
• Hungarians
• The Crusades
• Emperor Frederick II
• The Papacy

The Protestant Reformation in Europe (1517 - 1648)

• Early Reformers
• Martin Luther
• Other Reformers

Revival and Awakenings in America (1600 - Present)

• Revival Preachers
• Awakenings in America
• Enduring Effects