World History 1

David Head

• Publisher: QuickStudy Reference Guides
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781423237419
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

The perfect study tool for students in a World History course or for any history buff's collection. This 6 page laminated guide is a timeline covering the utmost critical points, events, figures, cultural migrations, and destruction that led to the formation of the world of today. Part 1 of a series, this guide covers the earliest humans through establishing links of a globalized world.
6 page laminated guide includes:

• The Earliest Humans, 5 million-11, 000 BCE
• The Origins of Human History, 10, 000-1200 BCE
• Rivalries in the Ancient Mediterranean, 1200 BC-212 BCE
• The Growing Civilizations of the East, 900 BCE-500 CE
• The Rise of Civilization in the Americas, 2500 BCE-1100 CE
• The Rise of Civilization in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1500 BCE-1270 CE
• The Roman World, 753 BC-476 CE
• Continuity and Change in Late Antiquity, 481-793
• The Contest for Empire in Asia, 500-1281
• The Growth of Christendom, 800-1295
• Toward an Early Modern World, 1299-1501
• Establishing the Links of a Globalizing World, 1405-1619
  

The Roman World, 753 BCE–476 CE

753 BCE	Rome is founded.
ca. 700 BCE	The Etruscan civilization arises in Italy.
509 BCE	The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus is constructed in Rome.
312 BCE	Appius Claudius Caecus becomes censor of Rome and commences building projects such as roads (e.g., the Appian Way) and aqueducts.
264 BCE	Rome commences the First Punic War against Carthage, in North Africa.
218 BCE	In the Second Punic War, Carthaginian general Hannibal leads a force, including elephants, through the Alps to attack Rome.
214 BCE	Rome defeats Macedonia.
197 BCE	Rome conquers Hispania, what is now Portugal and Spain.
146 BCE	Rome defeats Carthage in the Third Punic War.
133 BCE	Reforming leader Tiberius Gracchus is assassinated. He will be succeeded by his brother Gaius, who is also assassinated (123 BCE).
82 BCE	Sulla inaugurates the policy of proscription in which political opponents can be designated as enemies of the state, subject to death and the confiscation of property.
71 BCE	Spartacus leads a rebellion of gladiator slaves. The rebels are defeated, and 6,000 are crucified along the Appian Way.
60 BCE	Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus agree to share power and form the First Triumvirate.
58 BCE	Caesar begins the conquest of Gaul.
49 BCE	Caesar leads his legion, encamped in Gaul, across the Rubicon River in Italy and begins the Roman Civil War.
48 BCE	Caesar establishes an alliance with Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
46 BCE	Caesar promulgates the Julian calendar. It is 365 days long with a leap year every four years. Nevertheless, it was not in synch with the solar year and it moved by three days every 400 years.
44 BCE	Julius Caesar is named dictator for life. Previously, “dictator” had been a temporary office, granting the power to govern only during an emergency. Caesar is assassinated in Rome by a cabal of senators led by Brutus and Cassius.
43 BCE	Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus form the Second Triumvirate. Cicero, an opponent of Mark Antony, is proscribed and put to death. Rome begins its conquest of Britain.
41 BCE	Mark Antony and Cleopatra establish an alliance in support of Antony’s campaign in Parthia.
31 BCE	Octavian defeats the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, near Egypt.
30 BCE	Octavian conquers Egypt. Mark Antony and Cleopatra both commit suicide.
27 BCE	Rome becomes an empire as Octavian ascends to power and receives the title “augustus.” Henceforth, he will be known as Augustus.
19 BCE	Roman poet Vergil completes the Aeneid, an epic poem about the founding of Rome that traces the empire’s roots to the ancient Trojan warrior Aeneas.
14 BCE	The Pax Romani, a two-century period of relative peace in the Roman world, begins. Tiberius succeeds Augustus as emperor.
1 CE	The world population is estimated to have been 300 million.
8 CE	Roman poet Ovid composes Metamorphoses.
ca. 30 CE	Jesus of Nazareth is crucified in Jerusalem. The Christian movement begins among his followers.
ca. 36 CE	Saul of Tarsus converts to Christianity, becoming the Apostle Paul and a great evangelist of the new Christian movement.
37 CE	Army favorite Caligula becomes Roman emperor when Tiberius dies without naming a successor.
41 CE	Caligula is assassinated and replaced by Claudius.
ca. 60–70 CE	The Gospel of Mark is written. The Gospels of Matthew (ca. 70–80), Luke (ca. 80), and John (ca. 90) will follow.
64 CE	Fire devastates Rome. Emperor Nero blames the Christians.
66 CE	The First Jewish-Roman War begins in Palestine.
67 CE	St. Peter, the first pope, is crucified in Rome.
68 CE	Civil war erupts when Nero dies without a successor.
70 CE	Roman troops destroy the Temple of Jerusalem.
77 CE	Pliny the Elder writes Naturalis Historia, an early encyclopedia aiming to assemble all knowledge in one work.
79 CE	The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius buries the Roman city of Pompeii. It ...

Table of contents

• The Earliest Humans, 5 million–11,000 BCE
• The Origins of Human History, 10,000–1230 BCE
• Rivalries in the Ancient Mediterranean, 1200–212 BCE
• The Growing Civilizations of the East, 1050 BCE–500 CE
• The Rise of Civilization in the Americas, 2500 BCE–1100 CE
• The Rise of Civilization in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1500 BCE–1270 CE
• The Roman World, 753 BCE–476 CE
• Continuity & Change in Late Antiquity, 481–793
• The Contest for Empire in Asia, 500–1281
• The Growth of Christendom, 800–1295
• Toward an Early Modern World, 1299–1501
• Linking a Globalized World, 1405–1619