3100a.C. King Menes unified Lower and Upper Egypt and formed one of the world's first national governments.
3000a.C. Sumerian cuneiform writings began the record of Middle Eastern history.
2500a.C. The Indus Valley civilization began in the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan.
2300a.C. Sargon of Acad conquered the Sumerians and unified their city-states under his rule.
1750a.C. Hammurabi established the Babylonian empire.
1600-1400a.C. Minoan civilization flourished on the Mediterranean island of Crete.
1500a.C. The Chang dynasty began its 500-year rule in China.
Sec. XI BC Latin tribes settled south of the Tiber River and Etruscans settled in the west-central part of the Italian peninsula.
750-338a.C. Athens, Corinth, Sparta and Thebes developed as the major city-states of Greece during the Hellenic period.
509a.C. The Latins revolted against their Etruscan rulers and created the Roman Republic.
338a.C. Philip II of Macedon defeated the Greeks and annexed Greece to the Macedonian Empire.
331a.C. Alexander the Great defeated the Persians at Arbela (Irbil) and paved the way for the conquest of northern India.
321-185a.C. The Mauryan empire of northern India spread practically throughout India and part of central Asia.
221-206a.C. The Tsin dynasty created the first powerful Chinese central government and completed the Great Wall to protect China from invaders.
202a.C. The Han dynasty began its 400-year rule in China.
146a.C. The Romans destroyed Corinth and conquered Greece.
55-54a.C . Julius Caesar commanded the Roman invasion of Brittany.
27a.C. Augustus became the first Roman Emperor.
70d.C. Roman forces under Titus captured and destroyed Jerusalem.
50- mid century III The Kusha empire dominated Afghanistan and north-western India.
105- The Chinese invented paper.
293- Diocletian divided the Roman Empire into four prefectures and established two capitals - Nicomedia in Asia Minor and Milan in Europe.
313- Constantine gave the Christians of the Roman Empire freedom of worship through the Edict of Milan.
320- India began its golden age under the rule of the Gupta dynasty.
395- The Roman Empire was divided into the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire.
476- The Germanic commander Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
parthes People of horsemen, of Indo-Iranian origin, established between the Caspian and the Aral Sea, in a province of the Seleucid Empire called Parthyene. It seems that they were part of the Parni people, one of the groups making up the relatives of the Scythians. whose meaning in Iranian would