Timeline Prehistory to the Renaissance

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TimelinePrehistory to the Renaissance

• Lesson 13-00

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• TN SPI
• 6.5.1 Read a timeline and order events of the
  past between prehistory and the Renaissance

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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
Stone Age Migration from Africa to Southeast
Asia Hunters/Gatherers/Fishermen Nomadic
Tribes Stone Tools Discovery of Fire migration
to colder climates Agricultural Revolution Seeds
produce Plants Domestication of Animals Food
Surpluses allow artisan class
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent Tigris and
Euphrates Rivers Warring City-States Sumerians
Assyrians Babylonians Phoenicians
Hebrews Polytheistic Idol Worship Ziggurats
Priest meets with gods Epic of Gilgamesh
Sumerians (Flood Story) Hammurabi Code laws
written down for the first time Cuneiform -
wedges and lines - Scribes Phoenician Alphabet
easier for people to learn to read and
write Phoenicians sailed the Mediterranean Sea
selling goods Judaism - Monotheistic Abraham
Famine in Canaan Travel to Egypt
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
Egypt Nile River Upper and Lower Egypt
Desert Provided protection from invasions
Monarch Dynasty - Pharaohs Ramses II -
Cleopatra Polytheistic Many gods Pyramids
Mummification Afterlife Alexandria Largest
library of scrolls (Classic Age) Hieroglyphs
developed to keep track of growing wealth
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
India Ganges/Indus Rivers Himalayas (great
barrier to the north) Mixture of Aryan/Indian
Culture created Hinduism Reincarnation
Upanishads after death soul is reborn Caste
System social class same as parents Mohenjo
Daro first city with clay drainage pipes under
the street Siddhartha Gautama prince/suffering
- Buddhism
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
China Yellow River or Huang He River Great
Wall of China Farming steep slopes using
terraces Family is the most important
unit Dynasties A new dynasty would begin when a
strong ruler defeated local rulers large
dynasties were difficult to govern Confucius
Chinese philosopher government posts -
qualified Buddhism Reincarnation Nirvana
spread to China by missionaries Paper from trees
invented during Han Dynasty Mongol Invasions
Genghis Khan Kublai Khan Marco Polo Chinas
Riches silk Silk Road (land trade route)
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
Greeks Independent City-States separated by
mountains and water Athens first democracy
Sparta monarch Trojan War Epics The Illiad
and The Odyssey Philosophers - Socrates Plato
Aristotle Plato wrote The Republic society
ruled by philosopher kings Polytheistic Greek
gods Zeus, Athena Mt. Olympus Visited Oracles
to ask advice of gods First Olympics to honor
gods 776 BC Appreciation for the arts, drama,
architecture (columns) Alexander the Great
conquered most of the known world to the
East (Persian Empire) and established many cities
spreading Greek culture
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
Romans Tiber River Rome located at the center
of the Mediterranean Sea (Roman Lake) Romans
created a Republic citizens vote for their
leaders Julius Caesar conquered Gaul became
Emperor change to Monarch (absolute
rule) Caesar Augustus Pax Romana period of
Roman peace Roman army conquered new lands
allowed people to continue life and follow their
own religions Polytheistic adapted Greek gods
later Christianity Jesus - Crucified Cruel
Emperors Nero and Caligula Persecute
Christians Diocletian splits into Eastern and
Western Empire Emperor Constantine moves capital
to Byzantium later renamed Constantinople Constant
ine stops persecution of Christians Latin basis
of Romance Languages
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
Byzantine Empire Old Eastern Roman
Empire Constantinople Crossroads of Trade
between Europe and Asia Justinian I updates Roman
Laws Justinian Code basis for most modern
European countries Theodora influences Justinian
to include laws for women Christianity splits
Great Schism of 1054 Roman Catholic Church and
Orthodox Christian Church (Icons)
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD

Middle Ages Europe Holy Roman Empire -
Charlemagne Feudalism Manor System Land owned
by king or church Theocracy government by
church rulers Serfs unofficial slaves Viking
Invasions Christianity accepted religion Roman
Catholic Church thrives Islam spreads across
Northern Africa Charles Martel Crusades
Christians prevented from entering Jerusalem by
Muslim Turks Interest in trade revived after
Crusades William the Conqueror Battle of
Hastings 1066 King John and the Magna
Carta Hundred Years War Joan of Arc
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
Renaissance Begins in Italy Spreads throughout
Europe Rebirth in art, science, thought, and
learning New interest in Classical Civilizations
Greek and Roman called humanism Gutenberg
Printing Press Gutenberg Bible Galileo
Telescope Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Last
Supper Michalangelo Sculptures of David and
Moses Sistine Chapel Nicolo Machiavelli The
Prince William Shakespeare 37 plays Martin
Luther Protestant Reformation 1517 (reform
Catholic Church) Catholic Church selling
indulgences Henry VIII (Tudors) English
Reformation - Church of England Elizabeth I
King Phillip II Spanish Armada
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
1200-1600 AD
Exploration
Exploration Marco Polo Trade Routes to the
Richest of the East 1275 (paper money) Kublai
Khan - Mongols Muslim Turks capture
Constantinople and close land route in 1453 -
monopoly Prince Henry Navigational School in
Portugal 1420 Dias and da Gama Ocean Route to
Asia around Africa 1487 and 1497 Columbus
Reach Asia by sailing West 1492 (four
voyages) King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella -
for Columbus Amerigo Vespucci and Balboa New
Continent and Ocean 1502 and 1513 Ferdinand
Magellan First to Circumnavigate the globe -
1519-1522
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Prehistory
Ancient Civilizations
Classical Age
Middle Ages
Before 4000 BC
4000-1000 BC
1000 BC 500 AD
500-1500 AD
Renaissance
1300-1600 AD
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
1000 BC
0
1000 AD
2000 AD
1500 AD
1200-1600 AD
Exploration
Civilizations of the Americas Polythestic
Religious Beliefs based on Nature Two sides of
the unaware the other exists Disease/Conquered
by Europeans Olmec Central America Mother
Civilization Stone faces Maya Central America
Stone Temples Aztec Empire Central American
Warriors Human Sacrifice Rich in Gold
conquered by Cortes Inca Empire Western South
America, Andes Mtns. of Peru - Rich in Gold
Conquered by Pizarro Machu Picchu believed to
be a palace - Eastern Woodlands Lands east of
the Mississippi River Forests/deer -
Wigwams The Plains West of MS River and East of
Rocky Mtns. Buffalo/Tepee Desert Southwest
Southwest U.S. Adobes Woven Cloth Northwest
Coast Coastline from California to Alaska
Fishermen Totem Poles