
Since many ancient dates are ambiguous, we have prepared this document based on approximate dates. Also, the dates are written based on the year in which any event began.
Prehistory | Ancient history |
Prehistory
Era | Country | Event |
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6 million years ago | Africa | The Birth of Humans Walking Upright |
4.5 million years ago | Africa | Emergence of Ramidus Ape Man |
4 million years ago | Africa | Emergence of Australopithecus (ape man) |
2.4 million years ago | Africa | Emergence of Homo habilis |
2 million years ago | Africa | Beginning of the Paleolithic Era |
1.8 million years ago | Asia | Emergence of Homo erectus (proto-human) |
1.8 million years ago | Indonesia | Emergence of Javanese proto-humans |
780,000 years ago | China | Emergence of Peking Man |
600,000 years ago | Germany | Emergence of Homo heidelbergensis (Old Man) |
400,000 years ago | Germany | Neanderthals spread |
200,000 years ago | Africa | Emergence of Homo sapiens (newcomers) |
40,000 years ago | France | Emergence of Cro-magnon man Cave murals are created. |
18,000 years ago | America | Crossing the Bering Strait and arriving in the Americas |
Ancient history
Era | Country | Event |
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BC3000~ | Iraq | Birth of Mesopotamian civilization Sumerians built city-states |
BC3000~ | China | The Birth of Chinese Civilization |
BC3000~ | Egypt | Birth of Egyptian Civilization |
BC3000~ | Greece | Birth of Aegean Civilization |
BC2530 | Egypt | King Khufu and others build pyramids |
BC2500~ | India | Birth of the Indus Civilization |
BC2300 | India | Urban civilizations such as Mohenjo-daro flourish |
BC2000~ | Greece | Birth of Minoan civilization |
BC1900~ | Iraq | Birth of the Old Babylonian Empire |
BC1792 | Iraq | Enactment of the Code of Hammurabi |
BC1680~ | Turkey | Birth of the Hittite Kingdom |
BC1600 | China | Birth of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty |
BC1450~ | Greece | Birth of Mycenaean Civilization |
BC1342~ | Egypt | Tutankhamun era |
BC1300~ | India | Establishment of Brahmanism |
BC1200 | Iraq | Assyrian Empire captures Babylon |
BC1200 | Israel | Exodus by Moses |
BC1200 | Greece | Trojan War |
BC1200 | Syria | Alphabet Practical Use by the Phoenicians |
BC1200~ | America | Birth of the Olmec Civilization |
BC1200~ | Greece | Dark Ages of Ancient Greece |
BC1046~ | China | Birth of the Zhou Dynasty |
BC1021~ | Israel | Birth of the Kingdom of Israel |
BC1000 | Israel | King David enthroned |
BC1000 | India | Aryans move to the Ganges |
BC1000~ | America | Birth of Andean civilization |
BC960 | Israel | King Solomon takes the throne |
BC814 | Tunisia | Building the city-state of Carthage |
BC800 | Greece | Athens city-state construction |
BC800 | Greece | Homer's Iliad and Odyssey |
BC776 | Greece | Ancient Olympics |
BC770~ | China | Spring and Autumn period |
BC753 | Italy | Founding of Rome (Legend) |
BC722 | China | Beginning of the description of Shunju |
BC700 | Greece | Hesiod's "Work and Day" |
BC668 | Iraq | Ashurbanipal ascends to the throne |
BC667 | Turkey | City of Byzantium construction |
BC651 | China | Duke Huan of Qi becomes the ruler |
BC637 | China | Duke Xiang of Song is defeated by Chu |
BC632 | China | Duke Wen of Jin becomes the hegemon |
BC625~ | Iraq | Neo-Babylonian Empire |
BC624 | China | Duke Mu of Qin becomes the ruler |
BC621 | Greece | Drakon's Legislation |
BC612 | Iraq | Battle of Nineveh |
BC605 | Iraq | Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II |
BC597 | China | The King of Chu of Chu becomes the hegemon |
BC594 | Greece | Solon's reforms |
BC586 | Iraq | Babylonian Captivity |
BC586 | Israel | Establishment of Judaism |
BC585 | Greece | Thales predicts an eclipse |
BC561 | Greece | Beginning of tyranny |
BC552 | China | Birth of Confucius |
BC559 | Iran | Cyrus the Great ascends to the throne |
BC550~ | Iran | Achaemenid Empire period
Persians believe in Zoroastrianism |
BC549 | India | Birth of Mahavira, founder of Jainism |
BC525 | Iran | Cambyses II unites the Orient |
BC522 | Iran | Darius the Great ascends the throne |
BC509 | Italy | Roman Republic |
BC508 | Greece | Political Reform of Ostracism |
BC500 | India | Shakyamuni founded Buddhism |
BC500 | Nomads | Scythian heyday |
BC500 | India | Kosala merges with Magadha |
BC500 | India | Establishment of the Upanishads |
BC499~ | Greece, Iran | Greco-Persian Wars begins |
BC494 | Italy | Tribunal installed in Rome |
BC490 | Greece, Iran | Battle of Marathon |
BC480 | Greece, Iran | Leonidas I died at the Battle of Thermopylae |
BC480 | Greece, Iran | Themistocles in action at the Battle of Salamis |
BC479 | Greece, Iran | Battle of Plataea |
BC478 | Greece, Iran | Formation of the Delos Alliance |
BC473 | China | Husari is defeated by the imperial rule and Wu is ruined |
BC470 | China | Birth of Sumiko |
BC450 | Italy | Establishment of the Twelve Tables |
BC444 | Greece | The Age of Pericles (Democracy at its peak in Athens) |
BC438 | Greece | Parthenon completed |
BC431 | Greece | Peloponnesian War begins |
BC429 | Greece | Start of mob politics |
BC411 | Greece | Aristophanes' "Women's Peace" performance |
BC400 | Vietnam | Birth of Dongsung Culture |
BC403 | China | Sengoku period begins
Sengoku Nanao Appears |
BC400 | China | The activity of Moroko Hyakuke is the most active |
BC399 | Greece | Death of Socrates |
BC387 | Greece | Plato opens the Academy |
BC372 | China | Birth of Mencius |
BC343 | Italy | サムニウム戦争開始 |
BC338 | Greece | フィリッポス2世がカイロネイアの戦いで勝利 |
BC337 | Greece | コリントス同盟結成 |
BC334 | Greece | アレクサンドロス3世が東方遠征を開始
グラニコス川の戦い |
BC333 | Turkey | イッソスの戦い |
BC332 | Egypt | アレクサンドリアの建設 |
BC323 | Greece | ディアドコイ戦争開始 |
BC317 | India | マウリヤ朝成立 |
BC313 | China | 荀子誕生 |
BC312 | Italy | アッピア街道の建設開始 |
BC312 | Syria | セレウコス朝が成立 |
BC304 | Egypt | プトレマイオス朝が成立 |
BC300~ | Japan | 弥生時代 |
BC287 | Italy | ホルテンシウス法の制定 |
BC280~ | Italy | ピュロス戦争開始 |
BC276 | Greece | アンティゴノス朝建国 |
BC268 | India | マウリヤ朝アショーカ王の即位 |
BC264~ | Italy | ポエニ戦争開始 |
BC255 | Central Asia | バクトリアの成立 |
BC247 | China | 秦の始皇帝が即位 |
BC247 | Iran | アルサケス朝パルティア誕生 |
BC230 | India | サータヴァーハナ朝の建国 |
BC221 | China | 秦の始皇帝が中国を統一 |
BC216 | Italy | カンナエの戦いでハンニバルが勝利 |
BC215~ | Italy | マケドニア戦争開始 |
BC215 | China | 始皇帝が蒙恬を匈奴に派遣 |
BC214 | China | 万里の長城の建設 |
BC213 | China | 秦の始皇帝が焚書・坑儒を行う |
BC212 | Italy | ローマ軍がシラクサ攻撃(アルキメデスが戦死) |
BC209 | Mongolia | 匈奴の冒頓単于が即位 |
BC206 | China | 劉邦と項羽の楚漢戦争開始 |
BC203 | China | 南越国の自立 |
BC202 | China | 垓下の戦い
劉邦(高祖)が前漢を建立 郡国制を採用 |
BC202 | アフリカ | ザマの戦いでスキピオ指揮のローマ軍が勝利 |
BC200 | 中央アジア | バクトリアが北西インドに侵入 |
BC196 | エジプト | ロゼッタ・ストーンが作成される
→神聖文字(ヒエログリフ) |
BC195 | 韓国 | 衛満が衛氏朝鮮を建国 |
BC155 | インド | メナンドロス1世が即位 |
BC154 | China | 呉楚七国の乱 |
BC142 | イスラエル | ハスモン朝の自立 |
BC141 | China | 前漢の武帝が即位 |
BC139 | China | 前漢の張騫が大月氏に派遣される(バクトリア滅亡説) |
BC136 | China | 五経博士を設置 |
BC133~ | イタリア | グラックス兄弟による改革開始(内乱の一世紀) |
BC127 | China | 将軍衛青により匈奴討伐が開始 |
BC119 | China | 将軍霍去病が匈奴を討つ
張騫を烏孫に派遣 |
BC118 | China | 五銖銭を発行 |
BC115 | China | 均輸法の発布 |
BC110 | China | 平準法の実施 |
BC108 | China | 楽浪郡など朝鮮4郡を設置 |
BC107 | イタリア | マリウスの軍制改革 |
BC104 | China | 大宛(フェルガナ)への遠征開始 |
BC91 | China | 司馬遷が『史記』を完成させる |
BC90 | イタリア | 同盟市戦争 |
BC82 | イタリア | スッラが独裁官となる |
BC73~ | ヨーロッパ | トラキア出身の剣奴スパルタクスによる大奴隷反乱
(スパルタクスの反乱) |
BC63 | イタリア | キケロが執政官に就任 |
BC60 | China | 匈奴の内紛(東西分裂) |
BC60~ | イタリア | ポンペイウス・カエサル・クラッススによる第1回三頭政治 |
BC59 | China | 前漢が西域都護を設置 |