We continue to recall the chronology of the development of our civilization. In the second part, we will look at the main events that took place approximately from 1000 to 300 BC. A very interesting time filled with great events. The rise and fall of great empires, epic battles and grandiose discoveries.
1004 BC e. The army of the Kingdom of Israel is defeated by the Philistines at the Battle of Mount Gilboa
960-931 BC e. The reign of King Solomon of Israel
945 BC e. The Libyan Sheshonk seizes power in Lower Egypt and establishes the XXII dynasty of Egyptian rulers
AD 945-712 BC e. Libyan period of rule in Egypt
Ok. 930 BC e. The division of the kingdom of Israel into Judah and Israel
AD 900-605 BC e. Neo-Assyrian period. The heyday of Assyria with its capital in the city of Nineveh
888 BC e. Reforms in Sparta (laws of Lycurgus)
853 BC e. Battle of Karkara won by Assyria. The beginning of the civil war in Egypt
814 BC e. Founding of the city of Carthage in North Africa by the Phoenician princess Elissa of Tyre
776 BC e. First Olympic Games in Greece
753 BC e. Founding of Rome
AD 722-453 BC e. The end of the Western Zhou era and the beginning of the Eastern Zhou era in China. On the territory of China, 14 independent states have taken shape, leading a constant internecine struggle
714 BC e. The wars of the Assyrian king Sargon II with Urartu, the defeat and weakening of the Kingdom of Van
Ok. 700 BC e. The emergence of writing among the civilizations of Mesoamerica
689 BC e. Destruction of Babylon by Assyria
673 BC e. Revolt of the Medes against Assyria. The emergence of an independent Median kingdom
AD 671-655 BC e. Egypt under Assyria
655 BC e. The conquest of independence by Egypt from Assyria, the unification of Egypt under the rule of the XXVI dynasty
AD 636-628 BC e. The reign of Wen Gong - the years of the highest power of the kingdom of Jin (China)
AD 626-539 BC e. The exit of Babylon from Assyria, the emergence of the Neo-Babylonian kingdom
AD 605-562 BC e. Rule in Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar II, Assyrian-Egyptian wars
605 BC e. The fall of Assyria:in the battle of Karchemish, the troops of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II finally defeated the Assyrian king Ashshuruballit
594-593 BC e. Solon's reforms in Athens
586 BC e. Fall of Jerusalem, destruction of the First Temple
AD 566-486 BC e. Estimated life years of Siddhartha Gautama - Buddha
AD 551-479 BC e. Confucius' life years
Ok. 550 BC e. The conquest of Media by the Persian king Cyrus II. Creation of the Persian Empire
AD 522-485 BC e. The reign of the Persian king Darius
539 BC e. The conquest of Babylonia by Persia
510 BC e. The establishment of a republic in Rome - the exile of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
AD 500-449 BC e. Greco-Persian Wars
490 BC e. Marathon battle between the armies of Greece and Persia, the defeat of the Persian army
Ok. 484-425 BC e. The years of life of the "father of history" - the Greek scientist Herodotus of Halicarnassus
480 BC e. The defeat of the united Greek troops led by the Spartan king Leonidas in the Thermopylae passage by the Persian troops of Xerxes
Ok. 480 BC e. The emergence of the Bosporan kingdom (the capital - Panticapaeum) on the territory of the Northern Black Sea region
479 BC e. The defeat at Plataea of the Persian army (commander - Mardonius) from the combined forces of the Greeks (Pausanias)
478 BC e. Establishment of the Delian Military Alliance
471 BC e. The expulsion of Themistocles from Athens and the beginning of the reign of Cimon
464 BC e. The largest uprising of slaves (helots) in Sparta
449 BC e. The last battle of the Greco-Persian wars at Salamis. The conclusion of the Kallia Peace - the recognition by the Persians of the independence of the Greek cities of Asia Minor
438-2nd cent. BC e. The reign of the Spartokid dynasty and the period of strengthening of the Bosporus kingdom
AD 431-404 BC e. Peloponnesian War between alliances led by Sparta and Athens
Ok. 429-347 BC e. Years of life of the Greek scientist, student of Socrates - Plato
411 BC e. The political "four hundred coup" and the establishment of oligarchic rule in Athens
395 BC e. The Corinthian War between Sparta and the union of Greek cities (Boeotian League, Corinth, Argos, Athens, Lockheed, Dipping, etc.)
AD 384-322 BC e. The years of life of the Greek scientist, tutor of Alexander the Great - Aristotle
378 BC e. Creation of the Second Athenian Maritime Union
AD 359-336 BC e. The period of the reign of the Macedonian king Philip II. The heyday of the Macedonian kingdom
AD 356-350 BC e. Shang Yang's Reforms in China's Qin Empire
AD 340-338 BC e. The Second Latin War between the Latin Union and the Roman Republic, which led to the liquidation of the union and the strengthening of Rome's position in Italy
AD 338-337 BC e. The defeat of the union of Greek cities in the battle of Chaeronea from the army of the Macedonian king Philip II. The conclusion of the Corinthian Peace Treaty, which consolidated the dominant position of Macedonia. Creation of the Panhellenic Union
334 BC e. The battle on the river Granik between the troops of Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius
333 BC e. The defeat of the Persians by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus
331 BC e. Battle of Gaugamela (Mesopotamia) between Persians and Macedonians, final defeat of Darius III
AD 327-317 BC e. The struggle of India against the Macedonian conquest. Creation of a single North Indian power (Indus and Ganges valleys) led by the Mauryan dynasty
AD 326-304 BC e. Second Samnite War
323-301 BC e. The death of Alexander the Great and the division of the state he created between his successors, the Diadochi. Beginning of the Hellenistic period
AD 323-30 BC e. Rule in Egypt by the Ptolemaic dynasty
Ok. 280 BC e. Construction of one of the wonders of the ancient world - a lighthouse on the island of Pharos near Alexandria