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Chronology
Many of these dates are, of course, approximate, and are intended as a rough guide only...
More information will follow, especially revised Egyptian dates!
3900 - Old Kingdom, Egypt
3000 - Unification of Egypt
2200 - First Emperor, China
2100 - Middle Kingdom, Egypt
2000 - Middle Minoean culture, Crete
1850 - Stonehenge constructed in what will be England
1700 - Mycaenae and Tiryns are flourishing in Greece
1570 - New Kingdom, Egypt
1400 - Erruption of Santorini, Greece
1358 - Tutankhamen is Pharoah in Egypt
1220 - Moses is active
1200 - Trojan War. Legendary war between Greeks and Trojans does seem to be rooted in a factual trade war.
1035 - David King in Israel
810 - Foundation of Carthage, a city to become a super-power and threaten the growing power of Rome.
809 - Homer composes the Illiad and the Odyssey. Doh!
840 - Solon, makes rulings in Athens
735 - Legendary Foundation of Rome
480 - Battle of Salamis; the Athenian fleet whips the Persians, the superpower of the age, as they try to invade Greece.
323 - Death of Alexander the Great. Alexander, in revenge for Persian attacks, united Greece and made himself King of Persia, overthrowing King Darius. His Empire reached India, and might have gone further if he hadn't died...
264 - 1st Punic war, between Carthage and Rome
50 - 1st Triumvirate in Rome, a joint dictatorship between Scipio, Pompey and
49 - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, with his Legions, which according to Roman Law he should have surrendered. This marks his major move to take control of Rome and challenge his rivals.
44 - Caesar murdered
43 - 2nd Triumvirate
31 - Battle of Actium
27 - Octavius Caesar takes the name Augustus
70 - Vespasian becomes Priceps, and Titus destroys Jerusalem
79 - Eruption of Vesuvius
312 - Constantine thrashes Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge
324 - Foundation of Constantinople, "New Rome"
410 - Alaric Visigoth attacks Rome
476 - End of the Western Empire
577 - Justinian and the Reconquest of the West
800 - Imperial Coronation of Charlemagne