Rome is founded on the banks of the Tiber
Originally a small town on the banks of the Tiber, Rome grew in size and strength, early on, through trade.
Civilization (3000 B.C.E. - 500 C.E.)
The first Olympic games begin in Greece
They continued for nearly 12 centuries, until Emperor Theodosius decreed in 393 C.E. that all such “pagan cults” be banned.
City-states rise to power in ancient Greece
The city-states emerged from the Dark Ages which followed the fall of the Mycenaean civilization in Greece and by the 8th century B.C.E. a significant process of urbanisation had begun.
The Phoenicians found the city of Carthage in modern-day Tunisia
Originally a small port on the coast, established only as a stop for Phoenician traders to re-supply or repair their ships, Carthage grew to become the most powerful city in the Mediterranean before the rise of Rome.
The Assyrians build the world’s first long-distance canal systems
The first sophisticated long-distance canal systems were constructed in the Assyrian empire in the 9th century B.C.E. and incorporated tunnels several kilometres in length.
The ancient Mayan city of Altun Ha is founded in modern-day Belize
Altun Ha was occupied for many centuries, from about 900 B.C.E to C.E. 1000. Most of the information on Altun Ha comes from the Classic Period from about C.E. 400 to C.E. 900, when the city was at its largest.
Jainism emerges in the Indian sub-continent
Jainsm has a set of five vows: nonviolence, truth-speaking, non-stealing, no sexual immorality and non-attachment to worldly things.
The Bantu expansion spreads across sub-Saharan Africa
The Bantu expansion is a major series of migrations of the original proto-Bantu language speaking group, who spread from an original nucleus around West Africa-Central Africa across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Humans in South American begin smoking tobacco for ceremonial and medicinal purposes
Jordan Goodman, in his book Tobacco in History, theorizes that tobacco was first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Americas, around the regions that have become known as Mexico and Brazil.
The Sami People emerge in modern-day Norway
About 1000 B.C.E., speakers of Uralic language arrived in the north and assimilated with the indigenous population, becoming the Sami people.