| Celtic |
2000 BCE
The
Bronze Age
The
Celts use domesticated horses |
|
1000 BCE
The
Celts begin to use iron
750 BCE
Wine
is introduced |
540-520 BCE
Tomb
of Hochdorf
500-200 BCE
The
Celtic Expansion
480 BCE
Princess
of Vix is buried
390 BCE
The
Celts reach Rome
335 BCE
The
Celts meet with the Greeks
279 BCE
The
Celts attack Delphi
200-100 BCE
The
Celts are driven north and west
|
52 BCE
The
Celtic leader, Vercingetorix, makes a stand against Caesar
60 CE
Boudica
leads a revolt against the Romans
The
Celts in Ireland
432 CE
St.
Patrick arrives in Ireland
|
500-600 CE
First
Celtic writing (Ogham)
600-700 CE
Epic
poems
795 CE
Vikings
invade Ireland
841 CE
The
Vikings settle in Dublin
|
1014 CE
Brian
Boru defeats the Vikings |
|
|
| China |
2000 BCE
Chinese
People are farmers
Silk
is discovered
The Bronze Age begins |
1750 BCE
The
Shang Dynasty is the most powerful clan in China |
1200 BCE
Oracle
bones record history
1027 BCE
The
Zhou Dynasty is most powerful |
551 BCE
The
birth of Confucius |
400 BCE
Ironworking
appears
221 BCE
China's
first emperor rules
138 BCE
Zang
Quan finds the Silk Road
100 BCE
Sima
Qian records Chinese history |
100 CE
Invention
of the Wheelbarrow
32 CE
Invention
of the seismograph |
600 CE
The
Grand Canal is dug
750 CE
Many
new inventions appear
1024 CE
The
first paper money
1043 CE
Fang
Zongyan reforms the government |
1235 CE
The
Mongols attack
1275 CE
Marco
Polo travels to China
1279 CE
The
Mongols rule China
1368 CE
Ming
Dynasty begins
1405 CE
Zhang
He explores distant lands
1420 CE
Beijing
becomes the capital |
1644 CE
Qing
Dynasty begins
1800 CE
European
trade with China
1839 CE
The
Opium War begins
1850 CE
Taiping
Rebellion
1861 CE
Empress
Dowager, Cixi, takes control
1911 CE
China
becomes a republic
1949 CE
People's
Republic of China
1972 CE
Nixon
goes to China |