APWorldHistoryTimeline–Period1
(TechnologicalandEnvironmentalTransformations)
Prehistory 2000 BCE • Beg. of Chinese dynastic rule (2200 BCE) East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia) Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia) • Height of Harappan society (2500‐2000 BCE) South Asia (India, Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan) • First Agri. Villages (8000 BCE) • First cities (4000 BCE) • Sumerian dominance (3200 BCE) Middle East / • Beg. of regional empires in Mesop. (2350 BCE) Southwest Asia (Mesopotamia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey) North & Central Asia 1500 BCE 1000 BCE 600 BCE • Beg. of Aryan migrations to South Asia (1500 BCE) • Vedic Age (1500‐500 BCE) • Rule of Hebrew King David (1000‐970 BCE) • Assyrian conquest of Israel (722 BCE) • New Babylonian (Chaldean) conquest of Judah (586 BCE) Europe Africa Americas Oceania Global / Interregional Prehistory 2000 BCE • Pyramid construction in Egypt (2600‐2500 BCE) • Beg. of maize cultivation (4000 BCE) • Beg. of agric in S. America (3000 BCE) • Beg. of agriculture in New Guinea (3000 BCE) • Indo‐European Migrations (3000 BCE – 1000 CE) 1500 BCE 600 BCE • Establishment of the Greek poleis (800 BCE) • Beg. of Bantu migrations (2000 BCE) • Invention of ironworking in sub‐Saharan Africa (900 BCE) • Austronesian migrations (1500 BCE – 700 CE) Austronesian migrations (1500 BCE – 700 CE) Indo‐European Migrations (3000 BCE – 1000 CE) Indo‐European Migrations (3000 BCE – 1000 CE) Indo‐European Migrations (3000 BCE – 1000 CE) 1000 BCE