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.

Jesus 12kb
Cassiodorus 98kb
Eyeglasses 2kb

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.

1 C.E. to 1455 C.E.

Year	Location	Event
1 C.E.	Rome	Monks tell us that this is the year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
20- 200	Rome	Coin system established.
105	China	First paper is made by Ts'ai Lun, a eunuch in the Chinese court.
450- 1000	Greece	"Dark Ages" -- Greeks invaded by barbaric Dorian warriors using iron weapons. Writing disappears, architecture declines, etc.
477	Rome	Cassiodorus (a Benedictine monk) thinks we need knowledge of the classics to understand the Bible. He deems copying manuscripts fitting labour for monks. Preservation of all classical Latin texts is due to him (he dies in 570). Thanks to Jim O'Donnell for the picture.
750	Medieval Europe	First great English poem, Beowulf, is written in Old English.
768	Medieval Europe	Charlemagne revives learning (before this, most of the area was illiterate). This period is called the "Carolingian Renaissance." The director of this renaissance, Alcuin, sets up schools, starts up copying of classical Latin texts, and develops new handwriting.
868	China	Oldest survinving printed book, the Diamond Sutra (contains Buddhist prayers) is made.
871	Medieval Europe	King Alfred the Great (England) founds schools, promotes Anglo-Saxon literacy, promotes establishing national culture. Dies in 899, but innovations continue.
1050- 1300	Medieval Europe	High Middle Ages. Western Europe rises as a great power (equal to China). There is great religious and intellectual change.
1066	Medieval Europe	Oldest French Epic poem, the Song of Roland, is written.
1155	Medieval Europe	Peter Lombard writes the Book of Sentences, which becomes standard text in universities.
1200	Medieval Europe	Lay education and intellectual renaissance grow. Students go to school without intending to be priests and are educated in European languages other than Latin. Growth in literacy.
1260	Medieval Europe	Many texts are translated into Latin (including Aristotle)
1280	Medieval Europe	Eyeglasses are invented.
1455	Germany	The Gutenberg Bible (the first book ever printed with moveable metal type) is published in Mainz, Germany, by Johann Gutenberg (c.1400- 68), on his press of that name.

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Sources
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