History of the World

Era Age Genus Dates Civilization Territories Occupied Dynasty Spoken Language Written Language Technology Political Structure Religion God(s)
    Primates 65,000,000 B.C.E. Lemurs, Monkeys, & Apes                
    Homonids 7,000,000  B.C.E. The Great Apes                
    Australopithecene 4,000,000 – 3,000,000  B.C.E.   Eastern & Southern Africa       Bipedal      
    Homo Habilis 2,500,000  B.C.E.           Very large brain, human larynx      
Pleistocene Paleolithic Homo Erectus 1,900,000  B.C.E. Java, Peking Man Africa, China       Stone tools, Hunting, Gathering      
500,000 B.C.E.           Fire, Cooking      
Archaic Homo Sapiens 400,000 – 130,000  B.C.E.                  
Modern Homo Sapiens 150,000 B.C.E.   Africa              
100,000 B.C.E.   Africa, Middle East, China       Cave Art      
70,000 B.C.E.                  
35,000 B.C.E.           Cave Paintings      
Holocene 9,000 B.C.E                  
Neolithic 8,000 B.C.E.   Fertile Crescent Region, Catal Huyk       Domestic Plants & Animals      
5,000 B.C.E. Sumerians Sumer (S. Mesopotatmia)   Sumerian     City-States Poltheistic  
4,000 B.C.E           Plows      
3,500 - 1,500 B.C.E. Akkadians Akkad (N. Mesopotamia)   Akkadian Cuneiform     Poltheistic Ea, Ishtar, Shamash
3,100 - 1,500 B.C.E. Egyptians Egypt     Hieroglyphics Mummification Pharaohs Polytheistic Re, Bes Osiris, Isis, Horus, Seth
3,000 – 3?? B.C.E. Sumerians Sumer (S. Mesopotamia)   Sumerian Cuneiform Canals   Polytheistic  
2,900 B.C.E.   Mesopotamia   Akkadian     Kings (Lugal)    
2,600 - 1,500 B.C.E.   Indus River Valley/Pakistan     Undecipherable        
2,112 - 2,004 B.C.E.   Mesopotamia Ur (3rd) Sumerian          
2,000 B.C.E.           Camals & Horses      
Bronze 1,900 – 1,500 B.C.E. Chinese Yellow River Valley/China       Bronze metallurgy      
1,900 B.C.E.                  
1,750 - 1,026 B.C.E. Chinese Yellow River Valley/China Shang            
1,700 – 1,600 B.C.E. Kassites Assyria, Babylonia, Mesopotamia, Mitanni Hammurabi            
1,700 – 1,200 B.C.E. Hittites Anatolia   Akkadian Cuneiform        
  Elamites Elam   Akkadian Cuneiform        
  Persians     Akkadian Cuneiform        
1,027 - 221 B.C.E.   Yellow River Valley/China Zhou Regime            
1,000 - 50 B.C.E. Celts Rhine River Valley, Gaul, Britain, Spain, Ireland, Ausria         Polytheistic Lug, Epona, Cernunnos
Iron 600 B.C.E.           IronMetallurgy      
551 -479 B.C.E.   Yellow River Valley/China Zhou Regime         Confucianism/Daoism  
Hellenistic 323-30 B.C.E. Greeks             Polytheistic