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9–25 CE
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Han dynasty in China overthrown, then
restored
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c. 30
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Jesus crucified
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43
|
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Romans under Claudius invade
Britain; London established
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c. 50
|
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Population of Rome reaches one million
|
|
|
c. 50
|
|
City of Teotihuacán rules valley of
Mexico
|
|
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78
|
|
Height of Kushan Empire on Indian
subcontinent
|
|
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c. 80–97
|
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Chinese contain Kushans; establish Silk
Road to Rome
|
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113–117
|
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Peak of Roman Empire
|
|
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122–135
|
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Romans suppress Jewish revolt
|
|
|
138–180
|
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Emperors Antonius
Pius and Marcus
Aurelius
|
|
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c. 150
|
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Huns control central Asia
|
|
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161
|
|
Devastating plague in Rome
|
|
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192
|
|
Emperor Commodus murdered; civil war in
Rome
|
|
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197–235
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Severan dynasty in Rome
|
|
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200
|
|
Huns attack Afghanistan
|
|
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212
|
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Roman citizenship extended to all freeborn subjects
|
|
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220
|
|
Han dynasty ends in civil war; China divided
into “Three Kingdoms”
|
|
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224–260
|
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Expansion of Sasanid Empire in
Persia
|
|
|
c. 240
|
|
Fall of Kushan Empire in India
|
|
|
c. 260
|
|
Goths reach Black Sea; raid Athens in
269
|
|
|
280
|
|
Western Jin dynasty reunifies
China
|
|
|
c. 300
|
|
Earliest Japanese states
|
|
|
c. 300
|
|
Rise of Ghana as trading power in West
Africa
|
|
|
312
|
|
Constantine becomes Roman Emperor,
converts to Christianity
|
|
|
313
|
|
Edict of Milan declares toleration of
Christians in Roman Empire
|
|
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c. 315
|
|
Huns raid China, capture Jin emperor
|
|
|
320
|
|
Chandragupta first Gupta emperor in
India
|
|
|
330
|
|
Constantine moves capital of empire
to Constantinople (Greek Byzantium)
|
|
|
343
|
|
Aksum king converts to Christianity
|
|
|
364
|
|
Roman Empire divided
into East (Constantinople)
and West (Rome)
|
|
|
378
|
|
Visigoths invade Europe
|
|
|
383
|
|
Chinese repel Huns at Fei River
|
|
|
c. 395
|
|
India: Height of Gupta Empire
|
|
|
c. 400
|
|
Rise of Teotihuacán Empire (Americas)
|
|
|
406
|
|
Vandals and Suevi enter
Spain
|
|
|
410
|
|
Visigoths sack Rome
|
|
|
418
|
|
Visigoths found kingdom in France
|
|
|
c. 420
|
|
Angles and Saxons in
Britain
|
|
|
429
|
|
Vandals expand into North Africa; capture Carthage in
439
|
|
|
434–453
|
|
Attila leads Huns in plunder of Balkans
and Italy; abandons plans to take Rome
|
|
|
455
|
|
Vandals sack Rome
|
|
|
476
|
|
End of West Roman
Empire: Odoacer overthrows Romulus
Augustulus
|
|
|
481
|
|
Clovis rules Franks;
begins Merovingian dynasty in
France
|
|
|
c. 484–495
|
|
Rise of Hepthalites in Persia
|
|
|
498
|
|
Clovis converts to Christianity
|
|
|
c. 500
|
|
Height of Mohica in Peru
|
|
|
c. 500
|
|
Rise of Huari Empire in Andes
|
|
|
527
|
|
Constantinople: Justinian becomes
emperor; Byzantine Empire begins, Roman
Empire ends
|
|
|
533
|
|
Byzantines capture North Africa from Vandals
|
|
|
534
|
|
Franks conquer Burgundy
|
|
|
535
|
|
India: Gupta Empire falls to Hepthalites
|
|
|
541
|
|
Smallpox epidemic in Mediterranean
Europe
|
|
|
c. 550
|
|
Ghana Empire founded in West Africa
|
|
|
553
|
|
Byzantines capture Naples and Rome
|
|
|
558
|
|
Clotaire unites Frankish
kingdom
|
|
|
568
|
|
Lombards invade Italy
|
|
|
581–589
|
|
Sui dynasty reunifies China
|
|
|
c. 600
|
|
State of Tibet formed
|
|
|
618
|
|
China: Tang dynasty founded
|
|
|
622
|
|
Muhammad leaves Mecca for Media; returns
to gain control of Mecca in 630
|
|
|
639–648
|
|
Arabs and Byzantines battle for North Africa
|
|
|
642
|
|
Fall of Sasanian Empire to Arabs; Arabs
commence conquest of Persia, Egypt
|
|
|
c. 645
|
|
Taika reforms in Japan; rise of feudal nobility
|
|
|
c. 650
|
|
Fall of Teotihuacán Empire in Mexico
|
|
|
697
|
|
Arabs sack Carthage
|
|
|
711
|
|
Arabs defeat Visigoths in Spain; expand power throughout North
Africa
|
|
|
750
|
|
Pepin the Short becomes king of Franks;
end of Merovingian dynasty
|
|
|
750
|
|
Abbasids take power in Islamic Middle
East (Al-Fustat); make Baghdad capital in
762
|
|
|
c. 750
|
|
Decline of Huari and Mayan civilizations
|
|
|
756
|
|
Pepin gives Italian Papal States to
Rome
|
|
|
771–800
|
|
Charlemagne expands Frankish control
through Germany, Spain, Italy
|
|
|
794
|
|
Japan: Heian period begins
|
|
|
787
|
|
Danish Vikings raid England
|
|
|
800
|
|
Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne; start of Holy Roman
Empire
|
|
|
812
|
|
Byzantines recognize Charlemagne as emperor; Venice becomes
independent
|
|
|
825
|
|
Arabs conquer Crete
|
|
|
843
|
|
Treaty of Verdun divides Frankish
Empire
|
|
|
846
|
|
Arabs sack Rome
|
|
|
c. 850
|
|
Toltecs rule central Mexico
|
|
|
c. 860
|
|
State of Tibet collapses
|
|
|
871–899
|
|
King Alfred the
Great founds Saxon dynasty in
England
|
|
|
c. 875
|
|
Rise of Fujiwaras in Japan
|
|
|
882
|
|
King Oleg unites Novgorod and Kiev
into Russian state
|
|
|
907
|
|
Civil war ends Tang dynasty in China
|
|
|
909
|
|
Fatimid dynasty begins in
Tunisia
|
|
|
919
|
|
Saxon Henry I becomes king
of Germany
|
|
|
945
|
|
Fall of Abbasid Baghdad
|
|
|
960
|
|
Reunification of China; Song
dynasty begins
|
|
|
962
|
|
Otto I crowned Holy Roman
Emperor
|
|
|
969
|
|
Fatimids capture Egypt
|
|
|
971–974
|
|
Fatimids and Byzantines divide Palestine and Syria
|
|
|
c. 1000
|
|
Vikings sight land in North
America
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