Timeline

A brief history of the events important to communication from 3400 B.C.E. to 1997 C.E. *A note on the B.C.E. and C.E. B.C.E. means Before Common Era, and C.E. means Common Era -- we use these instead of B.C. and A.D. which are exclusively Christian*

3400 B.C.E. to 124 B.C.E.
1 C.E. to 1455 C.E.
1595 C.E. to 1997 C.E.

Hieroglyph: 10 1kb
Papyrus 20kb
Confucius 2kb
Aristotle 3kb

Writing in Hieroglyphs
Ancient Egyptian
Confucius
Jean Champollion
Language
Cassiodorus
Papyrus
French
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Communication
Louis Braille

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World History Chart
A timeline like ours, except it includes all events in history.

3400 B.C.E. to 124 B.C.E.

Year	Location	Event
3400 B.C.E.	Egypt	Egyptians adopted a symbol for the number 10, still using strokes 1 — 12 could be represented by 1 ten and 2 ones.
3100	Near East	Cuneiform writing (Mesopotamia): wedge-shaped characters, recorded epics
2800	Egypt	Papyrus is made into writing material.
2772	Egypt	365 day calendar
2300- 2000	India	"Cultural Exchange" between Indus Valley civilization and Mesopotamia
2200	Greece	Indo-Europeans speak early forms of Greek
2000- 1600	Near East	Ancestor to Hebrew introduced to Sumerians after being conquered by Amorites.
1800	Near East	Old Babylonians use multiplication, division, square roots, etc. System is based on 12 & 6 (duodecimal) to measure time. We still use this system for minutes and hours.
1792- 1750	Near East	Hammurabi reigns. He made great efforts to rule his kingdom effectively and care for his people.
1763	Near East	Hammurabi writes the Code of Laws. It had 282 rules, including "an eye for an eye". It was one of the first codes of law.
1600	Greece	Greek language evolves
1550	India	Writing disappears for a time (because the Indus Valley civilization is destroyed).
1400	Near East	Cuneiform writing now represents syllables instead of things or ideas. Fewer and simpler characters, making writing easier.
1050	Greece	Greek alphabet evolves from Phoenician symbols.
800- 500	Greece	Archaic period - development of literature, arts, politics, philosophy, science.
628- 678	Near East	Ashurbanipal rules Assyria, develops library. Finishes with 22 000 clay tablets.
600	Rome	Greeks form basis of Roman Alphabet, religious ideas, art, mythology.
586	Near East	Book of Ezekiel written
585	Greece	Miletus is founding city of philosophy
551	China	Birth of Confucius. Dies in 479.
525	Greece	Greek Drama is formed.
521	Near East	Darius I, emporer of Persia, creates first postal system.
485	Greece	Grek intellectual revolution
484	Greece	Herodotus (Father of History) is born. Wrote 9-book history of the Greco-Persian war and a book about Egypt. Dies in 420 B.C.E.
481	China	Period of the Hundred Schools of Thought -- schools of political philosophy, Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalism.
448	Greece	Aristophanes (comedy writer) is born.
400	India	Earliest Sanskrit Grammar (Panini's Sutra) is written.
384	Greece	Aristotle's birth. Dies in 322 B.C.E.
269	Rome	Coin system established.
124	China	Founding of Imperial University

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Sources
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Glossary
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