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EARLY HISTORY
2 million-200,000 BC
Nomadic humans live in bands,
hunting and gathering for food
8000-4000 BC
Humans
develop simple
tools, begin to
farm, and
establish
settled
communities
4000-3000 BC
Rise of civilization in Mesopotamia
(modern-day Iraq and Turkey)
4000-3000 BC
Rise of civilization in Egypt
4000-3000 BC
Rise of civilization in India and
China
1800 BC
Judaism
(practice of Jewish religion begins)
1500 BC
Rise of civilization in
North and South America
500 BC
Rise of Ancient Greece
Rise of Ancient Rome
0 AD
Christianity
(begins with the birth of Christ)
476 AD
Roman Empire collapses
500-1500 AD
Age of European feudalism
(also known as the “Dark Ages)
570 AD
Islam
(religion begins with the birth of the
Prophet Muhammad)
570-1300 AD
Islamic religion spreads;
Muslim culture flourishes
1000-1300 AD
Europeans and Muslims
fight three “Crusades”
1300 AD
The Renaissance begins in Italy
1492 AD
Europeans “discover” the “New
World,” North and South America
1517 AD
The Reformation in Europe;
the Catholic Church splits with the formation
of new Protestant Churches
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