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.
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The Vanga Kingdom comes to power in modern-day India and Bangladesh
Vanga was an ancient kingdom and geopolitical division on the Ganges delta in the Indian subcontinent. It was located in southern Bengal, with the core region including present-day southern West Bengal (India) and southwestern Bangladesh.
Timoto-Cuica culture thrives in modern-day Venezuela
Pre-Columbian Venezuela had an estimated population of one million. The Timoto-Cuica culture was the most complex society in Pre-Columbian Venezuela; with pre-planned permanent villages, surrounded by irrigated, terraced fields and with tanks for water storage.
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.
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.
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.
Chinese bronze inscriptions come into use in modern-day China
The bronze inscriptions are one of the earliest scripts in the Chinese family of scripts.
The Zhou Dynasty rises to power in China
The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history. The military control of China by the royal house lasted initially from 1046 until 771 B.C.E.
Jin City, known now as Beijing, is established as a city
Beijing City was established over 3,000 years ago and was called Jin City in the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century B.C.E. – 771 B.C.E.).
Humans in ancient Chinese invent the sheng, an early polyphonic reed instrument
The sheng is a Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes. It is a polyphonic instrument and enjoys an increasing popularity as a solo instrument. It is one of the oldest Chinese instruments