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1. 1The Earth before usfrom 13.8 billion to 7 million years ago
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   1. about 13.8 billion years agoThe Big Bangscience and technology
   2. about 13.5 billion years agoThe first starsscience and technology
   3. about 13 billion years agoBirth of the Milky Wayscience and technology
   4. about 4.6 billion years agoFormation of the Solar Systemscience and technology
   5. about 4.5 billion years agoBirth of the Earthscience and technology
   6. about 4.5 billion years agoFormation of the Moonscience and technology
   7. about 4.4 billion years agoThe oldest pieces of Earthscience and technology
   8. about 4.3 billion years agoThe first oceansscience and technology
   9. about 3.5 billion years agoThe first life on Earthscience and technology
   10. about 2.7 billion years agoCyanobacteria and photosynthesisscience and technology
   11. about 2.4 billion years agoThe Great Oxidation Eventscience and technology
   12. about 1.8 billion years agoThe first complex cellsscience and technology
   13. about 1 billion years agoThe first many-celled living thingsscience and technology
   14. about 555 million years agoThe Ediacaran creaturesscience and technology
   15. about 539 million years agoThe Cambrian explosionscience and technology
   16. about 475 million years agoThe first plants on landscience and technology
   17. about 440 million years agoThe first fish with jawsscience and technology
   18. about 400 million years agoThe first insectsscience and technology
   19. about 375 million years agoThe first amphibiansscience and technology
   20. about 320 million years agoCarboniferous forestsdaily life
   21. about 252 million years agoThe great Permian extinctionscience and technology
   22. about 230 million years agoThe first dinosaursscience and technology
   23. about 225 million years agoThe first mammalsscience and technology
   24. about 150 million years agoThe first birdsscience and technology
   25. about 66 million years agoExtinction of the non-avian dinosaursscience and technology
2. 2Prehistoryfrom 7 million years ago to about 3500 BC
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   1. about 7 million years agoThe first homininspeople
   2. about 3.2 million years agoLucy the australopithecinepeople
   3. about 2.6 million years agoThe first stone toolsscience and technology
   4. about 2.4 million years agoHomo habilispeople
   5. about 1.9 million years agoHomo erectuspeople
   6. about 790,000 years agoTaming firescience and technology
   7. about 600,000 years agoHomo heidelbergensispeople
   8. about 400,000 years agoNeanderthalspeople
   9. about 300,000 years agoThe arrival of Homo sapienspeople
   10. about 100,000 years agoThe first deliberate burialsdaily life
   11. about 60,000 years agoHomo sapiens leaves Africapeople
   12. about 48,000 years agoThe needle with an eyescience and technology
   13. about 48,000 years agoThe first people in Australiapeople
   14. about 44,000 years agoThe cave art of Sulawesiart
   15. about 28,000 years agoThe Venus of Willendorfart
   16. about 19,000 years agoThe Lascaux caveart
   17. about 14,000 years agoThe first permanent villagesdaily life
   18. about 12,000 years agoThe Neolithic Revolutiondaily life
   19. about 11,000 years agoTaming the sheepdaily life
   20. about 10,300 years agoThe walls of Jerichodaily life
   21. about 9,000 years agoPottery spreadsscience and technology
   22. about 9,000 years agoÇatalhöyükdaily life
   23. about 7,000 years agoWorking with copperscience and technology
   24. about 5,500 years agoThe invention of the wheelscience and technology
   25. about 5,300 years agoThe Bronze Agescience and technology
3. 3River civilisationsfrom about 3500 to 1200 BC
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   1. about 4000 BCThe first Sumerian citiesdaily life
   2. about 3200 BCCuneiform writingscience and technology
   3. about 3200 BCEgyptian hieroglyphsscience and technology
   4. about 3100 BCThe unification of Egyptpolitics
   5. about 3000 BCUruk, the great citydaily life
   6. about 2800 BCThe Egyptian calendarscience and technology
   7. about 2650 BCThe Step Pyramid of Djoserart
   8. about 2600 BCThe Standard of Urart
   9. about 2600 BCEgyptian mummificationdaily life
   10. about 2560 BCThe Great Pyramid of Gizaart
   11. about 2500 BCThe cities of the Indus Valleydaily life
   12. about 2450 BCThe drains and baths of Mohenjo-daroscience and technology
   13. about 2334 BCSargon and the Akkadian Empirepolitics
   14. about 2300 BCTrade between the Indus and Mesopotamiadaily life
   15. about 2100 BCThe Epic of Gilgameshart
   16. about 2100 BCThe Ziggurat of Urart
   17. about 1800 BCBabylonian mathematicsscience and technology
   18. about 1754 BCThe Code of Hammurabipolitics
   19. about 1700 BCWar chariotsscience and technology
   20. about 1600–1046 BCThe Shang dynastypolitics
   21. about 1479–1458 BCHatshepsut, the woman pharaohpeople
   22. about 1353–1336 BCThe reign of Akhenatenpeople
   23. about 1279–1213 BCThe reign of Ramesses IIpeople
   24. about 1250 BCWriting on oracle bonesscience and technology
   25. about 1200 BCThe Bronze Age collapsepolitics
4. 4Sea civilisationsfrom about 1200 to 800 BC
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   1. about 2000 BCMinoan civilisation on Cretedaily life
   2. about 1900 BCThe palace of Knossosart
   3. about 1800 BCThe Proto-Sinaitic alphabetscience and technology
   4. about 1600 BCThe eruption of Therascience and technology
   5. about 1600 BCThe nuraghi of Sardiniaart
   6. about 1550 BCThe gold mask of Mycenaeart
   7. about 1450 BCLinear Bscience and technology
   8. about 1250 BCThe Lion Gate at Mycenaeart
   9. about 1200 BCThe Iron Age beginsscience and technology
   10. about 1200 BCThe Phoenicians spread outpolitics
   11. about 1100 BCPhoenician purpledaily life
   12. about 1050 BCThe Phoenician alphabetscience and technology
   13. about 1000 BCThe Kingdom of Israelpolitics
   14. about 1000 BCPhoenician seafaringscience and technology
   15. about 900 BCThe Villanovan culture in Italydaily life
   16. about 814 BCTraditional founding of Carthagepolitics
   17. about 800 BCThe Nora Stoneart
   18. about 800 BCAmphorae for oil and winedaily life
   19. about 750 BCHomer's poems are written downart
   20. about 750 BCGreek colonies in the Westpolitics
   21. about 700 BCThe Etruscans, lords of the Tyrrhenian Seadaily life
   22. about 600 BCPhoenician glass spreadsscience and technology
   23. about 600 BCCoins in the Mediterraneandaily life
   24. about 586 BCThe Babylonian Exilepeople
   25. about 500 BCSailing beyond Gibraltarscience and technology
5. 5Ancient Greecefrom 800 to 264 BC
   The whole era
   1. about 800 BCThe first Greek city-statespolitics
   2. about 776 BCThe ancient Olympic Gamesdaily life
   3. about 750 BCThe Greek alphabetscience and technology
   4. about 700 BCLife in Spartadaily life
   5. about 600 BCSappho, the poet of Lesbospeople
   6. about 594 BCThe reforms of Solonpolitics
   7. about 585 BCThales studies naturepeople
   8. about 530 BCPythagoras at Crotonpeople
   9. about 508 BCCleisthenes and democracypolitics
   10. 490 BCThe Battle of Marathonpolitics
   11. 480 BCThe Battle of Thermopylaepolitics
   12. 472 BCThe theatre of Aeschylusart
   13. 461–429 BCThe Age of Periclespeople
   14. 447–432 BCThe Parthenonart
   15. 431–404 BCThe Peloponnesian Warpolitics
   16. about 430 BCHerodotus writes the Historiespeople
   17. about 400 BCHippocrates and medicinescience and technology
   18. 399 BCSocrates is condemnedpeople
   19. about 387 BCPlato's Academypeople
   20. about 335 BCAristotle founds the Lyceumpeople
   21. 334–323 BCThe conquests of Alexanderpolitics
   22. about 300 BCEuclid writes the Elementsscience and technology
   23. about 295 BCThe Library of Alexandriaart
   24. about 250 BCArchimedes of Syracusescience and technology
   25. about 100 BCThe Antikythera mechanismscience and technology
6. 6Ancient Romefrom 264 BC to AD 476 (with the founding in 753 BC)
   The whole era
   1. about 753 BCTraditional founding of Romepolitics
   2. about 509 BCBirth of the Roman Republicpolitics
   3. about 450 BCThe Laws of the Twelve Tablespolitics
   4. 312 BCThe Appian Wayscience and technology
   5. 264–241 BCThe First Punic Warpolitics
   6. 218 BCHannibal crosses the Alpspeople
   7. about 200 BCPlautus and comedyart
   8. about 150 BCRoman concretescience and technology
   9. 144–140 BCThe Aqua Marcia aqueductdaily life
   10. 73–71 BCSpartacus leads the revoltpeople
   11. 49 BCCaesar crosses the Rubiconpeople
   12. 46 BCThe Julian calendarscience and technology
   13. 44 BCThe murder of Julius Caesarpolitics
   14. 27 BCAugustus, the first emperorpolitics
   15. 27 BC – AD 180The Pax Romanadaily life
   16. 19 BCVirgil and the Aeneidart
   17. AD 79Pompeii buried by Vesuviusdaily life
   18. AD 80The Colosseum opensart
   19. AD 113Trajan's Columnart
   20. about AD 125The Pantheonart
   21. about AD 162Galen, a doctor in Romescience and technology
   22. AD 216The Baths of Caracalladaily life
   23. about AD 300The book with pages (the codex)science and technology
   24. AD 313The Edict of Milanpolitics
   25. AD 476Fall of the Western Roman Empirepolitics
7. 7Early Middle Agesfrom 476 to 1000
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   1. about AD 480The Romano-Germanic kingdomspolitics
   2. AD 527Emperor Justinianpeople
   3. AD 529Justinian's Codepolitics
   4. about AD 529Benedictine monksdaily life
   5. AD 537Hagia Sophia in Constantinopleart
   6. AD 547The mosaics of San Vitale in Ravennaart
   7. AD 568The Lombards in Italypolitics
   8. AD 622Muhammad's Hijrapeople
   9. about AD 625Isidore writes the Etymologiesart
   10. AD 632–750The spread of Islampolitics
   11. about AD 751Paper reaches Samarkandscience and technology
   12. AD 768Charlemagne, King of the Frankspeople
   13. about AD 790The Carolingian Renaissanceart
   14. about AD 800The Book of Kellsart
   15. AD 800Charlemagne crowned emperorpolitics
   16. about AD 825Hindu-Arabic numerals head westscience and technology
   17. about AD 850Writing music down with neumesart
   18. AD 868The Diamond Sutra, oldest dated printed bookscience and technology
   19. AD 871Alfred the Greatpeople
   20. about AD 874The Vikings reach Icelandpeople
   21. about AD 900The feudal system spreadsdaily life
   22. about AD 950The Medical School of Salernoscience and technology
   23. about AD 985The Vikings in Greenlandpeople
   24. about 1000Leif Erikson in North Americapeople
   25. about 1000The heavy plough spreadsscience and technology
8. 8Late Middle Agesfrom 1000 to 1453
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   1. about 1050The growth of medieval townsdaily life
   2. 1054The East–West Schismpolitics
   3. about 1070The Bayeux Tapestryart
   4. about 1088The University of Bolognaart
   5. 1096–1099The First Crusadepolitics
   6. about 1100The Italian communespolitics
   7. about 1100Romanesque cathedralsart
   8. about 1100Watermills and windmillsscience and technology
   9. 1144Gothic style at Saint-Denisart
   10. about 1150Hildegard of Bingenpeople
   11. about 1150Paper arrives in Europescience and technology
   12. 1155Frederick Barbarossapeople
   13. about 1182Francis of Assisipeople
   14. 1202Fibonacci and the Liber abaciscience and technology
   15. 1215Magna Cartapolitics
   16. 1252The gold florindaily life
   17. 1271Marco Polo sets off for Asiapeople
   18. about 1286Spectaclesscience and technology
   19. about 1300The Hanseatic League and northern tradedaily life
   20. about 1305Giotto paints in Paduaart
   21. about 1307Dante begins the Divine Comedyart
   22. 1337–1453The Hundred Years' Warpolitics
   23. 1347–1352The Black Deathdaily life
   24. about 1350Public mechanical clocksscience and technology
   25. 1429Joan of Arcpeople
9. 9Early modern agefrom 1453 to 1700
   The whole era
   1. about 1420Renaissance perspectiveart
   2. 1436Brunelleschi completes the domeart
   3. 1453The fall of Constantinoplepolitics
   4. about 1455Gutenberg prints the Biblescience and technology
   5. 1469Lorenzo de' Medici in Florencepeople
   6. about 1485Leonardo designs machinespeople
   7. 1492Columbus's voyagepeople
   8. 1498Vasco da Gama reaches Indiapeople
   9. 1504Michelangelo carves Davidart
   10. 1508Raphael paints the Vatican Roomsart
   11. 1517Luther and the Reformationpolitics
   12. 1521The conquest of Tenochtitlánpolitics
   13. 1522The first voyage round the worldscience and technology
   14. 1543Copernicus puts the Sun at the centrescience and technology
   15. 1545–1563The Council of Trentpolitics
   16. about 1550Tomatoes, maize and potatoes reach Europedaily life
   17. 1582The Gregorian calendarscience and technology
   18. about 1590Shakespeare's theatreart
   19. 1605Regular newspapersdaily life
   20. 1609Galileo turns his telescope to the skyscience and technology
   21. 1609Kepler describes the orbitsscience and technology
   22. about 1612Artemisia Gentileschipeople
   23. 1628Harvey studies the circulation of the bloodscience and technology
   24. 1660Scientific academiesscience and technology
   25. 1687Newton publishes the Principiascience and technology
10. 10Age of revolutionsfrom 1700 to 1900
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    1. 1712Newcomen's steam enginescience and technology
    2. about 1720The European Enlightenmentpeople
    3. 1751Diderot's Encyclopédieart
    4. 1769Watt's steam enginescience and technology
    5. 1776–1783The American Revolutionpolitics
    6. 1783The first hot-air balloon flightscience and technology
    7. 1789–1799The French Revolutionpolitics
    8. 1795The metric systemdaily life
    9. 1796Jenner's vaccinescience and technology
    10. 1800Volta's batteryscience and technology
    11. 1804Napoleon becomes emperorpolitics
    12. 1815The Congress of Viennapolitics
    13. 1825The first public steam railwayscience and technology
    14. about 1826Niépce's photographscience and technology
    15. 1827Manzoni's The Betrothedart
    16. 1844The electric telegraphscience and technology
    17. 1848The revolutions of 1848politics
    18. 1859Darwin publishes On the Origin of Speciesscience and technology
    19. 1860The Expedition of the Thousandpeople
    20. 1861The unification of Italypolitics
    21. about 1864The labour movementdaily life
    22. 1877Compulsory primary school (Coppino law)daily life
    23. 1879A practical electric light bulbscience and technology
    24. 1886The first modern motor carscience and technology
    25. 1895The Lumière brothers' cinemaart
11. 11Early 20th centuryfrom 1900 to 1950
    The whole era
    1. 1903The first powered flightscience and technology
    2. 1905Special relativityscience and technology
    3. 1907Maria Montessori's Children's Housedaily life
    4. about 1910Abstract artart
    5. 1911Marie Curie and her two Nobel Prizespeople
    6. 1914–1918The First World Warpolitics
    7. 1917The Russian Revolutionpolitics
    8. about 1920Radio for everyonedaily life
    9. about 1920Jazz spreadsart
    10. 1922Insulin against diabetesscience and technology
    11. 1922Totalitarian regimes in Europepolitics
    12. 1927Talking picturesart
    13. 1928The discovery of penicillinscience and technology
    14. 1929The Great Depressiondaily life
    15. 1937Picasso's Guernicaart
    16. 1939–1945The Second World Warpolitics
    17. about 1941–1945The Shoahpolitics
    18. 1942Anne Frank writes her diarypeople
    19. 1942Fermi and the first atomic pilescience and technology
    20. 1943–1945The Italian Resistancepolitics
    21. 1946The Italian Republic and votes for womenpolitics
    22. 1946The first general-purpose electronic computerscience and technology
    23. 1948The Italian Constitutionpolitics
    24. about 1948Post-war rebuildingdaily life
    25. about 1950Television spreadsdaily life
12. 12Todayfrom 1950 to today
    The whole era
    1. 1953The double helix of DNAscience and technology
    2. 1955The polio vaccinescience and technology
    3. 1957Birth of the European Communitypolitics
    4. 1957The first artificial satellitescience and technology
    5. 1961The first human in spacepeople
    6. about 1962Pop artart
    7. 1963The Beatlesart
    8. 1963Martin Luther King and civil rightspeople
    9. 1969The Moon landingscience and technology
    10. 1969The internet's first ARPANET linksscience and technology
    11. 1970Earth Day and the environmental movementdaily life
    12. 1977The personal computerscience and technology
    13. 1989The fall of the Berlin Wallpolitics
    14. 1991The World Wide Webscience and technology
    15. 1993The European Unionpolitics
    16. 1994Nelson Mandela becomes presidentpeople
    17. 1998The International Space Stationscience and technology
    18. 2002Euro notes and coins arrivedaily life
    19. 2007The modern smartphonescience and technology
    20. 2008The global financial crisisdaily life
    21. 2014Malala wins the Nobel Peace Prizepeople
    22. 2015The Paris Agreement on climatepolitics
    23. 2019The first image of a black holescience and technology
    24. 2020The COVID-19 pandemicdaily life
    25. 2022The Webb telescope starts observingscience and technology