| Date | Region | Event |
| 8000 B.C.E. | Mid East | Neolithic Revolution |
| 5000 B.C.E. | Mid East | Sumer civilization in the Fertile Crescent |
| 5000 B.C.E. |
Africa | Agriculture begins in Nile River Valley |
| 3500 B.C.E. | Mid East | Bronze Age |
| 3000 B.C.E. | Africa | Pharaohs rule Egypt |
| 3000 B.C.E. |
Mid East | Indus River Valley civilization |
| 1600 B.C.E. | East Asia | Huang He (Yellow River) civilization |
| 550 B.C.E. | Mid East | Persian empire |
| 600–501 B.C.E. | East Asia & South Asia | Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism begin |
| 500–401 B.C.E. |
Europe | Greek Golden Age |
| 403–221 B.C.E. | East Asia | Era of Warring States in China |
| 321–185 B.C.E. | South Asia |
Mauryan empire |
| 221 B.C.E. | East Asia | Qin dynasty unifies China |
| 32 C.E. | Mid East | Christianity begins |
| 206–220 C.E. | East Asia | Han dynasty |
| 320–550 C.E. |
South Asia |
Gupta Golden Age |
| 476 C.E. | Europe | Fall of Rome |
| 518–527 C.E. |
Europe & Mid East | Justinian rules the Byzantine Empire |