timelinepast

Slide1: 

Timeline of the Past What Happened in the year___?

12,000?-5000 B.C.: 

12,000?-5000 B.C. The end of the Ice Age Mastodons, short-nosed bear, and other megafauna roam North America Paleoindian and early Archaic populations live in small bands of hunters and gatherers using refined stone tools Domestication of animals and development of agriculture in Middle East, China, and Mesoamerica

5000-700 B.C.: 

5000-700 B.C. Sumerian civilization thrives in Mesopotamia The atlatl, a spear thrower, aids hunters across North America Many cultures travel the seas The Nile River becomes the heart of the Egypt Stonehenge erected The arch is used in the entrance at the Ishtar Gate in Babylon Shang Dynasty governs China North American populations start to become more settled and build ceremonial centers such as mounds

700-200 B.C.: 

700-200 B.C. Greek Empire Pottery technology spreads across North America Celtic Europe Early Woodland cultures in the U.S. construct elaborate mortuary complexes with log tombs Roman Republic spreads across three continents Buddhism becomes influential across Asia

200 B.C.-500A.D.: 

200 B.C.-500A.D. Hopewell cultures are involved in extensive trade network from conch shells to obsidian to copper Start of Mayan Civilization Beginning of Christianity The dome of the Pantheon is constructed The Great Wall erected and Chinese produce paper Pueblo basketmakers in the southwestern U.S. Death of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March

500-1200 A.D.: 

500-1200 A.D. European Middle Ages Late Woodland and Mississippian cultures thrive in North America Chinese invent gun powder Barbarians invade Europe and Vikings invade England Height of Mayan Civilization Beginning of Islam Bow and arrow technology spreads across North America

1200-1700 A.D.: 

1200-1700 A.D. Renaissance and the age of exploration Mississippian culture throughout eastern U.S. The populations of Cahokia (near modern day St Louis) and London are thought to be 20,000 inhabitants in the 12th century (The numbers of Cahokia are still wrapped in mystery.) Ottoman Empire Fur trade activities in North America Conflict between Native Americans and settlers arose Spanish explorers encounter barbeque in the Caribbean Spanish Armada defeat by English fleet Dissolution of Iroquois Nation

1700-1816 A.D.: 

1700-1816 A.D. The French and Indian War American and French Revolutions The deaths of Mozart, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and Catharine the Great in six years (1791-1796) Industrial revolution and the invention of the steam engine

1816-1900 A.D.: 

1816-1900 A.D. Indiana Statehood Native Americans are removed to Oklahoma in the Trail of Tears Railroads and electricity Underground Railroad American Civil War Germany becomes a unified nation Submarines, bicycles, flying machines, automobiles

Slide10: 

Reference: Duiker, William and Jackson Spielvogel 1994 World History. West Publishing Company, New York, NY. Photo and Illustration Credits: Richard Fields, DNR, Outdoor Indiana; John Maxwell, DNR; DNR, DHPA; Courtesy of Dr. Kent Vickery; http://www.planet-earth.org.