c. 8000 BCE
Beginnings of agriculture
By 400 BCE
Upanishads compiled as philosophical expression of Hinduism
566-486 BCE
Buddha in India
6th-5th C BCE
Life of Confucius and Laozi (Confucianism/Daoism begin)
32 CE
Beginnings of Christianity
312 CE
Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity
380 CE
Christianity becomes state Religion of Roman Empire
4th C
Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
622 CE
Founding of Islam
c. 730
Printing invented in China
750-990 CE
Flourishing of Abbasid Caliphate
c. 900 CE
Decline of classical Maya
960-1279 CE
Song Dynasty in China
1054 CE
Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)
1095-c 1300 CE
Euro Christian Crusades to Holy Land