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15000s BC
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2000s BC
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1500s BC
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1200s BC
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1100s BC
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900s BC
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700s BC
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600s BC
35 events
500s BC
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400s BC
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300s BC
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200s BC
48 events
100s BC
77 events
1st Century BC
96 events
1st Century AD
134 events
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88 events
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96 events
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84 events
700s
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1000s
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1100s
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1200s
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1500s
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1600s
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1700s
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1800s
636 events
1900s
1462 events
2000s
463 events

All Events (6003 total)

15000 BC ID: 5890
Aurochs painted in Lascaux Cave - magnificent wild cattle depicted in Hall of Bulls, showing their importance to Ice Age hunters
ID: 5890
Lascaux Cave
8000 BC ID: 5891
First cattle domesticated from aurochs - Near Eastern farmers tame aurochs, creating foundation of agricultural civilization
ID: 5891
Çatalhöyük
7000 BC ID: 5664
Maize domesticated from teosinte in Mexico - beginning of corn cultivation that transforms civilizations
ID: 5664
Mexico City
6500 BC ID: 5772
Wild apples (Malus sieversii) evolve in Kazakhstan mountains - genetic ancestor of all cultivated apples, forests of 30-foot apple trees
ID: 5772
Kazakhstan
6000 BC ID: 5404
Earliest wine production in Georgia - archaeological evidence of wine in clay qvevri vessels, beginning of viticulture
ID: 5404
📍 Georgia
Georgia
6000 BC ID: 5663
Potatoes first cultivated in Andes Mountains - indigenous peoples develop hundreds of varieties, freeze-drying techniques (chuño)
ID: 5663
Andes Mountains
4100 BC ID: 5405
Areni-1 winery in Armenia - oldest known winery with wine press, fermentation vats, storage jars, grape seeds
ID: 5405
📍 Armenia
Armenia
3000 BC ID: 2617
Stonehenge construction begins - Neolithic Britons begin building mysterious stone circle on Salisbury Plain
ID: 2617
Stonehenge
3000 BC ID: 5335
Cyprus copper mining begins - island becomes primary copper source for Bronze Age, name 'copper' derives from 'Cyprus'
ID: 5335
📍 Cyprus
Cyprus
3000 BC ID: 5406
Egyptian wine production begins - tomb paintings show grape cultivation, wine jars labeled with vintage year and vineyard
ID: 5406
📍 Thebes
Thebes
2700 BC ID: 4452
Abacus developed in Mesopotamia - first known calculating device using beads on rods for arithmetic
ID: 4452
Mesopotamia
2500 BC ID: 2618
Stonehenge sarsen circle erected - massive stones arranged with astronomical alignments, purpose unknown
ID: 2618
Stonehenge
2500 BC ID: 5336
Nubian gold mines established - Eastern Desert mines supply Egyptian wealth, inscriptions describe waterless 12-day journeys
ID: 5336
Eastern Desert
2500 BC ID: 5407
Shiraz becomes wine center - Persian wine production and trade expands, Shiraz grapes spread throughout ancient world
ID: 5407
📍 Shiraz
Shiraz
2333 BC ID: 5510
Traditional founding of Gojoseon (Ancient Joseon) by legendary Dangun Wanggeom, grandson of heaven
ID: 5510
📍 Korea
Korea
2000 BC ID: 5358
Cornwall tin mining begins - essential for bronze production, traded across Europe to Mediterranean
ID: 5358
Cornwall
2000 BC ID: 5408
Minoan wine culture at peak - elaborate wine vessels, palace wine storage, ritual wine drinking at Knossos
ID: 5408
📍 Crete
Crete
2000 BC ID: 5732
Cinnamon from Ceylon used in Egyptian embalming - spices worth more than gold, 3000-mile trade route already established
ID: 5732
📍 Thebes
Thebes
2000 BC ID: 5773
Apples spread along Silk Road from Kazakhstan - traders carry seeds, natural hybridization creates sweeter varieties
ID: 5773
China
Kazakhstan
1792 BC ID: 3647
Hammurabi becomes king of Babylon - begins 42-year reign that will transform city-state into empire
ID: 3647
📍 Babylon
Babylon