Comparative Timeline
Year 2400 - 2000 BCE 1900 - 1500 BCE 1400 - 1000 BCE 900 - 500 BCE 400 BCE - 0 CE 100 - 500 CE 600 - 1000 CE 1100 - 1500 CE 1600 - 2000 CE
Nubian

2300 BCE
Nubians farm the land around the Nile

1950 BCE
Egypt builds forts around the second cataract of the Nile

1700 BCE
The Kingdom of Kush rises

1650 BCE
Nubia takes control of Egyptian forts

1540 BCE
Egypt invades Nubia

1450 BCE
The temple of Amun build at Napata

1000 BCE
Nubia grows stronger

750-660 BCE
Nubian pharaohs rule Egypt

The Nubians were famous horse breeders

667-661 BCE
Assyrians invade Egypt

600 BCE
Ironworking appears in Nubia

591 BCE
Egypt invades Nubia

300 BCE
Meroe becomes Nubia's capital

260 BCE
King Arkamani-go defies the priests of Amun

0-100 CE
Queen Amanitore rules Nubia

350 CE
Decline of Meroe

     
Andes  

1800 BCE
Communities of farmers

 

850 BCE
The Chavin Horizon style of art

600 BCE
Natural mummification of bodies (mummy bundles)

200 BCE
Moche art takes over

200 BCE
Pyramids in the city of Moche are built

100 CE
People are buried in the tombs of Spain

200 CE
The mysterious Nazca lines are created

500 CE
The Huari Empire appears

900 CE
The city of Chan Chan is built

1200 CE
The city of Cuzco is founded.

1440 CE
The Inca Empire begins

1471 CE
Topa Inca extends the Inca Empire

1525 CE
Smallpox kills many people in Central and South America

1532 CE
Francisco Pizarro arrives in the Andes

1533 CE
Pizarro captures the city of Cuzco

1536 CE
The Incas revolt against the Spanish

 
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

   
Hawaii           400 CE
Polynesian sailors
Hawai'iloa

1000 CE
Migration from Tahiti

1300 CE
Climate change?

1778 CE
Captain Cook

1810 CE
King Kamehameha

1820 CE
Missionaries

1842 CE
State Motto

1851 CE
Multi-ethnic society

1873 CE
Elections

1874 CE
King David Kalakaua

1893 CE
US Coup

1941 CE
Attack on Pearl Harbor

959 CE
Statehood

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