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ID Category Subcategory Date Summary
5154 Archeology Earthquake Evidence 2300BC Site Destruction and abandonment in Mesopotamia/Iran
5155 Archeology Volcanic Eruption Evidence 1650BC Eruption of Thera Changed World
5156 Archeology Tsunami Evidence 1650BC Tsunami generated by Theran eruption
5157 Archeology Earthquake Evidence 1650BC Earthquake caused by Theran Eruption
5158 Archeology Epigraphic Evidence 1650BC Worldwide effects of Theran Eruption - China
5159 Archeology Comet/Asteroid Evidence 1650BC Theran eruption/possible comet/asteroid event related
5160 Archeology Dating Evidence 1650BC Dating the Eruption of Thera
5161 Archeology Mass Migration Evidence 1650BC Mass displacement of populations resulting from Theran eruption
5162 Celestial Solar Eclipse 717BC Jul. 5 Solar eclipse, Descending cloud, blasts of wind and rain, disappearance/ascent of Romulus
5163 Archeology Climate Evidence 2300BC Adverse Climate Changes in Anatolia and Cyprus
5164 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 2300BC Site Destruction and abandonment in Anatolia (Troy incl.)
5165 Archeology Dating Evidence 753BC Apr. 21 Founding of Rome
5166 Archeology Earthquake Evidence 2300BC Earthquake and crustal warping in Anatolia, Black Sea, and Rhodes
5167 Celestial Canonical Solar Eclipse 709BC Jul. 17 Solar eclipse, total crosses northern Italy
5168 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 2300BC Site Destruction and abandoment in southern and central Greece
5169 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 2100BC Earthquakes in Anatolia
5170 Society Mass Death 2300BC Adverse Climate Changes in Egypt, dynasty collapse, severe famine, cannibalism
5171 Environment Drought 2300BC Adverse Climate Changes in Egypt, desertification
5172 Society Mass Migration 2300BC Exodus event?
5173 Environment Dust/Ash Veil 2300BC Dust from unknown source
5174 Celestial Tunguska-like event 2300BC Widespread destruction event, possible Tunguska-like
5175 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 2300BC Pre-Harappan civilization disappears from Indus region
5176 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 2300BC Widespread site abandonment in Central Asia
5177 Archeology Mass Migration Evidence 2200BC Harappan culture migrates from Western Asia to Indus region
5178 Celestial Canonical Solar Eclipse 791BC Jun. 24 Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Mediterranean
5179 Celestial Canonical Solar Eclipse 778BC Apr. 4 Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Mediterranean
5180 Celestial Canonical Solar Eclipse 775BC Jan. 31 Solar eclipse, partial, visible from central and southern Europe
5181 Celestial Canonical Solar Eclipse 771BC Nov. 8 Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Mediterranean
5182 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 2300BC Earthquakes, crustal movement, floods, Indus Valley
5183 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1900BC End of Harappan Civilization, floods, earthquakes
5184 Archeology Earthquake Evidence 1175BC Earthquakes destroyed Bronze Age civilization
5185 Archeology Earthquake Evidence 2300BC Land subsidence, Sri Lanka
5186 Archeology Comet/Asteroid Evidence 2300BC Rakshasos, falling meteoroids, associated with "terrible clamor" and sea level rise in Southern India
5187 Celestial Canonical Solar Eclipse 765BC Feb. 10 Solar eclipse, total, crosses Mediterranean
5188 Celestial Canonical Solar Eclipse 763BC Jun. 15 Solar eclipse, total, crosses Arabia
5189 Celestial Canonical Solar Eclipse 744BC Dec. 9 Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Central Europe
5190 Celestial Canonical Solar Eclipse 737BC Jul. 26 Solar eclipse, annular, crosses north Africa
5191 Society Famine 612BC Famine in Babylon reported with lunar eclipse observation
5192 Society Famine 610BC Famine in Babylon reported with lunar eclipse observation
5193 Celestial Tunguska-like event 3123BC Jun. 29 Overhead comet/asteroid explosion; Köfels’ Impact
5194 Society War 539BC Oct. Fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great
5195 Society Massacre 490BC Sep. 12 Battle of Marathon
5196 Celestial Canonical Solar Eclipse 480BC Oct. 2 Solar eclipse, annular, crosses north Africa
5197 Society War 492BC First Persian Invasion of Greece
5198 Society War 480BC (Spr.) Second Persian Invasion of Greece
5200 Society Sack or Destruction of City 1188BC Fall of Troy
5201 Celestial Comet 1188BC Pleiades-Arctic comet "trails out for a long distance" associated with the fall of Troy recorded in Roman texts
5202 Celestial Comet 1140BC Very large, bright comet or meteor with tail like a scorpion observed in Babylon
5203 Celestial Falling Fire 975BC Terrible comet-like ball of fire seen over Ethiopia and Egypt
5204 Geology River/Water Table Anomalies 426BC Oct. Rivers and springs stopped flowing for several days, land sinking and rising prior to Malian Gulf tsunami
5205 Society War 397BC Siege of Syracuse by Carthaginians
5206 Celestial Falling Fire 388BC Thunderbolt falls killing several men
5207 Society Mass sickness 379BC "Supernatural disaster", turmoils and fears causing panic and discord in Carthage
5208 Geology Earthquake 373BC (Win.) Great earthquake; Bura disappeared in a chasm of the earth, and Helice was wiped out by a wave from the sea.
5209 Environment Animal Prodigies 373BC (Win.) For five days before great earthquake and tsunami, creatures flee region
5210 Geology Volcanic Eruption 360BC Volcanic eruption on the Island of Vulcano
5211 Society People 484BC Herodotus
5212 Society People 470BC Socrates
5213 Society People 570BC Pythagoras
5214 Society People 522BC Pindar
5215 Society People 345BC Timaeus of Tauromenium
5216 Society Prodigy 332BC "Bloody bread", vision of Apollo leaving city during siege of Tyre
5217 Society Sack or Destruction of City 332BC Alexander's Siege of Tyre
5218 Geology Earthquake 325BC Nov. Earthquake associated with tsunami that destroyed much of Alexander's fleet in India
5219 Society People 673BC Reign of Tullus Hostilius, third King of Rome
5220 Society People 715BC Reign of Numa Pompilius, second King of Rome
5221 Archeology Dating Evidence 250BC Giant ancient water basin found in Rome
5222 Archeology Dating Evidence 700BC Temple from the time of Numa Pompilius found
5223 Society People 771BC Mar. 28 Traditional Birth of Romulus, founder and King of Rome
5224 Society People 350BC Diocles of Peparethus, author of earliest known Roman history
5225 Society People 270BC Quintus Fabius Pictor, earliest Roman historian
5226 Society Laws and legal system 272BC Creation of the Hebrew Bible Primary History
5227 Celestial Meteor or Meteorite 707BC "Shield" falls from the sky during pestilence
5228 Society People 624BC Thales of Miletus philosopher and mathematician, one of the Seven Sages of Greece
5229 Society People 610BC Anaximander
5230 Society People 585BC Anaximenes of Miletus
5231 Society People 570BC Xenophanes
5232 Society People 341BC Epicurus
5233 Society People 535BC Heraclitus of Ephesus
5234 Society People 750BC Homer
5235 Society People 515BC Parmenides of Elea
5236 Society People 490BC Zeno of Elea
5237 Society People 490BC Empedocles formulates 4 elements and 2 powers of the cosmos
5238 Society People 480BC Leucippus
5239 Society People 460BC Democritus, philosopher
5240 Society People 490BC Protagoras, first relativist
5241 Society People 430BC Xenophon
5242 Other Other 2100BC Epic of Gilgamesh stories composed
5243 Archeology Dating Evidence 7250BC 'Ain Ghazal Neolithic site near Amman, Jordan, settled
5244 Archeology Dating Evidence 6850BC Sesklo culture, Thessaly, Greece used advanced agriculture and made pottery
5245 Environment Unusual Weather 279BC Tempest, hail, severe cold, snow, during Gallic invasion of Greece
5246 Society Massacre 279BC Gallic invasion of Greece, Battle of Thermopylae
5247 Society War 390BC Gallic invasion of Rome, Battle of the Allia
5248 Society People 428BC Plato
5249 Society People 642BC Reign of Ancus Marcius, fourth King of Rome
5250 Society People 616BC Reign of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Tarquin the Elder, fifth King of Rome
5251 Society Massacre 218BC Dec. 21 Battle of the Trebia, Roman army massacred by Hannibal
5252 Society People 334BC Zeno of Citium, founder of Stoicism
5253 Archeology Volcanic Eruption Evidence 1780BC Vesuvius Vented Its Wrath during Bronze Age
5254 Society Massacre 215BC Roman consul, Postumius Albinus, beheaded; entire army destroyed by the Boii
5255 Environment Atmospheric Prodigies 198BC Haloes around the sun and moon
5256 Geology Earthquake 198BC Chalcis-on-Belus in northern Syria swallowed by earthquake
5257 Geology Earthquake 198BC Sidon extensively damaged by earthquake; nearly two-thirds "engulfed"
5258 Geology River/Water Table Anomalies 198BC Fountains of Arethusa in Chalcis stopped and gushed up elsewhere
5259 Geology Volcanic Eruption 198BC Chasm opened in Lelantine Plain, Euboea, erupting a river of fiery lava
5260 Society People 361BC Titus Manlius Torquatus single combat with gigantic Gaul - David and Goliath type story
5261 Society War 343BC First Samnite War
5262 Society War 326BC Second Samnite War, Roman expansion
5263 Society War 298BC Third Samnite War, peoples of Italy unite against Rome
5264 Society Massacre 291BC Capture and colonization of Venusia by Romans
5265 Society Massacre 293BC Battle of Aquilonia; Romans vs. Samnites
5266 Society Massacre 298BC Etruscans and Gauls invade Rome, Battle of Volterra
5267 Society Massacre 305BC Battle of Bovianum, end of second Samnite War, Rome acquires more territory
5268 Society Massacre 310BC Battle of Lake Vadimo; Romans vs. Etruscans; Rome acquires more territory
5269 Society War 321BC Battle of the Caudine Forks, humiliation of the Romans by Samnites
5270 Society War 640BC First Latin War; Rome against the Latins; people captured and made citizens of Rome
5271 Society War 588BC Second Latin War; Rome acquires more territory
5272 Society War 508BC Lars Porsena War between Clusium and Aricia; Rome acquires survivors as citizens
5273 Society War 503BC The Pometian revolt against Rome
5274 Society War 499BC Battle of Lake Regillus; thirty cities revolt against Rome
5275 Society War 495BC Volscian invasion; Rome's plebs refuse to fight without reforms and debt relief
5276 Society Politics 493BC Foedus Cassianum, military alliance between the Latin cities with Rome
5277 Society War 386BC Defection of the Latins from Rome, Volscians help the Antiates invade the Pomptine territory
5278 Society Assassination 384BC Marcus Manlius Capitolinus martyred - thrown off the Tarpeian Rock - for trying to help the poor
5279 Society War 382BC War between Rome and Praeneste
5280 Society Mass sickness 383BC Pestilence in Rome
5281 Society Massacre 381BC M. Furius Camillus' victory at Satricum
5282 Society War 381BC Roman annexation of Tusculum
5283 Society War 380BC Dictatorship of T. Quinctius Cincinnatus; capture of Praeneste and nine towns
5284 Society War 378BC Invasion of Volscii; revolt of plebs against patricians in Rome; Romans plunder Volscii territory
5285 Society War 377BC Defeat of Antium and destruction of Satricum
5286 Environment Unusual Weather 377BC Battle of Satricum interrupted by severe rainstorm
5287 Society Prodigy 377BC Voice heard from temple of Mater Matuta during burning of Satricum
5288 Society Politics 375BC Period of anarchy in Rome
5289 Society War 360BC Rome defeats coalition of Tiburtes and Gauls; Q. Servilius Ahala allegedly appointed dictator
5290 Society War 357BC Privernum and Velitrae raid Roman territory; Gaius Marcius Rutilus defends successfully
5291 Society War 358BC Renewal of treaty between Rome and the Latins; invasion by Gauls; C. Sulpicius Peticus appointed dictator, defeats Gauls
5292 Society Politics 354BC End of the early Latin Wars; Rome prevails
5293 Society People 519BC Cincinnatus, patrician opponent of justice and equality under the law
5294 Society People 462BC Gaius Terentilius Harsa, plebeian tribune and advocate of formal law code for all
5295 Society People 439BC Spurius Maelius, advocate for the people, falsely accused and assassinated by Gaius Servilius Ahala
5296 Society War 346BC Second Defeat of Antium and destruction of Satricum
5297 Society War 345BC Romans capture Volscian town, Sora
5298 Environment Unusual Weather 253BC Violent hail storm in Babylon
5299 Environment Unusual Weather 248BC Jan. Severe cold in Babylon
5300 Society People 276BC Eratosthenes of Cyrene
5301 Society Science 200BC Eratosthenes of Cyrene accurately calculates the circumference of the Earth
5302 Society People 356BC Jul. 20 Alexander III of Macedon, the Great
5303 Society People 300BC Aristo of Chios, stoic and companion of Zeno of Citium
5304 Society People 316BC Arcesilaus, founder of the Middle Academy and Academic skepticism; opposed Stoics
5305 Society People 310BC Callimachus, catalogued the library at Alexandria
5306 Society People 278BC Ptolemy III Euergetes, first known example of decrees published as bilingual inscriptions, invented leap years, builder of the Serapeum, expanded the Alexandrian library
5307 Society People 310BC Apollonius of Rhodes, author of the Argonautica, librarian at Alexandria, Homeric scholar
5308 Society People 262BC Ptolemy IV Philopator, builder of largest human-powered vessel ever built, major antagonist of 3 Maccabees
5309 Society People 289BC Archimedes: mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer
5310 Society People 680BC Archilochus: earliest known Greek author to compose almost entirely on the theme of his own emotions and experiences
5311 Society Assassination 578BC Assassination of Tarquinius by the sons of Ancus Marcius
5312 Society People 578BC Reign of Servius Tullius, the Etruscan 'Mastarna', sixth King of Rome; building of defenses, division of Rome into districts, other reforms
5313 Society People 534BC Reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, seventh and last King of Rome
5314 Society Politics 509BC Expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, Founding of Roman Republic; Consuls: Lucius Iunius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
5315 Society War 192BC Roman-Seleucid War, Treaty of Apamea
5316 Society War 200BC Second Macedonian War fought between Philip V of Macedon, and Rome
5317 Society People 222BC Reign of Antiochus III the Great
5318 Society People 238BC Philip V of Macedon
5319 Society People 204BC Reign of Ptolemy V Epiphanes; Rosetta Stone
5320 Geology Volcanic Eruption 204BC Possible eruption of Vesuvius
5321 Geology Volcanic Eruption 190BC Possible eruption of Vesuvius
5322 Geology Volcanic Eruption 188BC Possible eruption of Vesuvius
5323 Geology Volcanic Eruption 186BC Possible eruption of Vesuvius
5324 Society War 171BC Third Macedonian War between Rome and King Perseus of Macedon
5325 Society Massacre 168BC Jun. 22 Battle of Pydna: Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum against Perseus of Macedon
5327 Environment Fall of Unusual Objects 168BC At Anagnia it rained earth
5328 Geology River/Water Table Anomalies 168BC At Calatia in public land for three days and two nights blood flowed
5329 Celestial Halo 163BC Moon surrounded by halo observed from Babylon
5330 Celestial Halo 163BC Sun surrounded by halo observed from Babylon
5331 Environment Unusual Weather 163BC Severe cold and hail in Babylon
5332 Environment Plasma Event 163BC Flock of goats killed by lightning
5333 Environment Atmospheric Prodigies 163BC At Formiae two suns were seen during the day.
5334 Celestial Fire in the sky 163BC The sky blazed with fire
5335 Environment Fall of Unusual Objects 163BC At Gabiae it rained milk
5336 Environment Strange Sounds 163BC In Cephallenia a trumpet seemed to sound in the sky
5337 Environment Unusual Weather 163BC A tempestuous storm destroyed buildings and created carnage on the land
5338 Society Politics 657BC Expulsion of the Bacchiadae from Corinth
5339 Environment Fall of Unusual Objects 166BC Rained earth in Campania
5340 Environment Fall of Unusual Objects 166BC In Praenestine territory showers of blood fell
5341 Environment Plasma Event 166BC At Tarracina, three women seated in the Temple of Minerva killed by lightning; Many places at Cassinum were shattered by lightning
5342 Geology River/Water Table Anomalies 166BC Water poured from foot of Equestrian statue; on the Quirinal hill blood drenched the earth
5343 Celestial Wrath of God 166BC Temple of Salus was struck from the sky
5344 Celestial Comet 166BC Sun was seen at night for some hours
5345 Society War 166BC The Ligurian Gauls were destroyed
5346 Society People 705BC Reign of Sennacherib, king of Assyria
5347 Society War 701BC Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem; a calamity has come down from the Lord
5348 Society War 701BC Siege of Lachish
5349 Archeology Epigraphic Evidence 715BC Archaeologists Find Biblical-Era Seal Of King Hezekiah In Jerusalem; winged sun and ankhs
5350 Society People 747BC Reign of Nabonassar, King of Babylon
5351 Society Science 747BC Beginning of Babylonian Chronicles; first step in development of ancient historiography
5352 Society Science 747BC Beginning of Babylonian Astronomical Diaries recording 21 years of instability of the orbit of Venus
5353 Archeology Cultural Evidence 100BC Early compositions of Jewish Sibylline Oracles in Alexandria
5354 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1200BC Late Bronze Age collapse; almost every significant city in the eastern Mediterranean world destroyed
5355 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1190BC Mycenaean Greece perishes with the collapse of Bronze-Age culture in the eastern Mediterranean
5356 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1180BC Hattusas burned to the ground; Hittite kingdom vanishes from the historical record
5357 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1190BC Syrian Cities destroyed in conflagration during collapse of the Late Bronze Age
5358 Society War 1274BC Battle of Kadesh and subsequent peace treaty
5359 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1189BC Cities of the Levant destroyed by fire during Late Bronze Age collapse
5360 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1190BC Cities of Cyprus destroyed during Late Bronze Age collapse
5361 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1190BC Cities of Anatolia destroyed during Late Bronze Age collapes; many never re-occupied
5362 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1185BC Areas in Mesopotamia that marginally survived Late Bronze Age collapse
5363 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1070BC Egyptian empire falls during Late Bronze Age collapse
5364 Archeology Climate Evidence 6200BC The 8.2 kiloyear "Bond" event; Misox oscillation; Finse event; sudden decrease in global temperatures
5365 Archeology Climate Evidence 10900BC The Younger Dryas; sharp decline in temperature over most of the northern hemisphere
5366 Archeology Volcanic Eruption Evidence 1021BC Hekla 3 eruption causes 18 years of global cooling; tree ring and ice core evidence
5367 Archeology Comet/Asteroid Evidence 10900BC Younger Dryas impact hypothesis; Clovis comet cause Holocene extinction, global cooling
5368 Archeology Dating Evidence 10900BC Ice core data supports ancient space impact idea
5369 Archeology Volcanic Eruption Evidence 10900BC Laacher See formed by a Plinian eruption; widespread destruction; two decades of environmental disruption
5370 Archeology Climate Evidence 3900BC The 5.9 kiloyear "Bond" event; intense aridification, cooling; triggered worldwide migrations
5371 Archeology Climate Evidence 2200BC The 4.2 kiloyear "Bond" event; aridification, cooling; empire collapse; cultural upheaval; mass migrations
5372 Archeology Climate Evidence 7400BC The 9.4 kiloyear "Bond" Event
5373 Archeology Climate Evidence 8300BC The 10.3 kiloyear "Bond" event
5374 Archeology Climate Evidence 9100BC The 11.1 kiloyear "Bond" event
5375 Archeology Mass Migration Evidence 600BC The 1.4 kiloyear "Bond" event; mass migration period
5376 Archeology Comet/Asteroid Evidence 10900BC Palaeolithic extinctions and the Taurid Complex
5377 Archeology Comet/Asteroid Evidence 10800BC Evidence for deposition of 10 million tonnes of impact spherules across four continents 12,800 years ago
5378 Archeology Comet/Asteroid Evidence 10900BC Very high-temperature impact melt products as evidence for cosmic airbursts and impacts 12,900 years ago
5379 Archeology Comet/Asteroid Evidence 10900BC Evidence from central Mexico supporting the Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact hypothesis
5380 Archeology Comet/Asteroid Evidence 10800BC Comprehensive Analysis of Impact Spherules Supports Theory of Cosmic Impact 12,800 Years Ago
5381 Society Mass Migration 1180BC Phrygians appear in historical record; migrate from southern Balkans to Anatolia upon collapse of Hittite empire
5382 Society Mass Migration 1180BC Mushki appear in historical record, migrating from the West, following collapse of Late Bronze Age
5383 Society Economy 1300BC Urnfield Culture appears in Central Europe; grows out of Tumulus culture
5384 Archeology Dating Evidence 800BC Hallstatt culture becomes predominant Central European culture; spread to western Iberian peninsula, Britain, and Ireland
5385 Archeology Dating Evidence 1100BC The Greek Dark Age following widespread collapse of Bronze Age civilization in the eastern Mediterranean
5386 Archeology Dating Evidence 2600BC Umm an-Nar culture in northern Oman and Abu Dhabi; beehive tombs with pottery vessels of Mesopotamian origin
5387 Archeology Dating Evidence 2350BC Akkadian Empire created by Sargon controlled Mesopotamia, the Levant, and parts of Iran
5388 Archeology Dating Evidence 11000BC Göbekli Tepe predates pottery, metallurgy, and the invention of writing or the wheel
5389 Archeology Comet/Asteroid Evidence 7640BC Tollmann's hypothetical bolide impact event
5390 Archeology Dating Evidence 2400BC Gutian people in Zagros mountains; pale in complexion and blonde; rapacious barbarians from east central Asia
5391 Archeology Dating Evidence 500BC La Tène culture develops from Iron Age Hallstatt culture; Celtoi, Galli; expands to Hispania, Italy, the Balkans, Asia Minor
5392 Archeology Mass Migration Evidence 950BC Dorian invasion hypothesis becomes Dorian migration and settling after collapse of Bronze Age
5393 Archeology Epigraphic Evidence 2500BC Linear A writing system; Minoan language connected to Etruscan?
5394 Archeology Cultural Evidence 2600BC Cretan hieroglyphs, artefacts of Minoans
5395 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1450BC Linear B: syllabic script used for writing Mycenaean Greek
5396 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1500BC Kingdom of Mitanni aristocracy shows Indo-Aryan roots
5397 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1250BC Bryges or Briges related to Phrygians, migrated to Balkans from Lausitz culture of Poland
5398 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1300BC Lusatian culture of Eastern Europe develops from preceding Trzciniec culture
5399 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1700BC Trzciniec culture of Eastern Europe develops around Łódź; spread to parts of Poland and Western Ukraine; from Corded Ware culture
5400 Archeology Cultural Evidence 2900BC Corded Ware culture, Battle Axe Culture, Single Grave Culture; major north and central European culture from the Rhine to the Volga; related to Yamna
5401 Archeology Cultural Evidence 3600BC Yamna or Yamnaya culture; Pit Grave Culture; Ochre Grave Culture, develops on the Pontic Steppes
5402 Archeology Cultural Evidence 22000BC Mal'ta-Buret' culture west of Lake Baikal similar to coeval cultures of Western and Eastern Europe
5403 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1450BC Kaskians, peoples living in mountainous Pontic Anatolia during Hittite times; unknown origins
5404 Society People 1114BC Tiglath-Pileser I; made Assyria the leading power of the Middle East
5405 Archeology Cultural Evidence 900BC Kingdom of Tabal; neo-Hittite, Luwian speaking, south central Anatolia
5406 Archeology Cultural Evidence 860BC Urartu, Ararat, Vannic Kingdom, successor of the Late Bronze Age Hurrian state of Mitanni
5407 Society Politics 1570BC Kassites rule of Babylon
5408 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1600BC The Tumulus culture dominates Central Europe
5409 Archeology Cultural Evidence 6000BC Cucuteni-Trypillian culture centered on modern-day Moldova with small villages to "vast settlements"
5410 Archeology Cultural Evidence 900BC Golasecca culture, Northern Italy
5411 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1280BC Canegrate Culture, Northern Italy; first migratory wave of the proto-Celts
5412 Archeology Cultural Evidence 900BC Villanovan culture of central and northern Italy related to the Central European Urnfield culture
5413 Archeology Cultural Evidence 6300BC Bug-Dniester culture, Moldavia and Ukraine
5414 Archeology Cultural Evidence 6200BC Starčevo–Kőrös–Criş culture, central and south central Europe, Romania to Serbia, Montenegro
5415 Archeology Cultural Evidence 2112BC Third Dynasty of Ur, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Law Code of Ur-Nammu
5416 Society Politics 2214BC Gutian dynasty of Sumer, destruction of Akkad
5417 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 2181BC First Intermediate Period of Egypt, Divided Egypt, famine, chaos
5418 Archeology Cultural Evidence 12500BC Natufian culture of the Eastern Mediterranean; domestication of dogs
5419 Archeology Cultural Evidence 8400BC Nevalı Çori, Anatolia; temples and monumental sculpture; Einkorn wheat first domesticated; ceramic firing
5420 Archeology Cultural Evidence 10200BC Mureybetian culture, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, northern Syria; early agriculture, animal domestication
5421 Archeology Cultural Evidence 8700BC Tell Aswad settlement, Syria, invented bricks, trade network, domesticated emmer wheat
5422 Archeology Cultural Evidence 7500BC Çatalhöyük, southern Anatolia, proto-city, trade network
5423 Archeology Dating Evidence 9000BC Karaca Dağ, eastern Turkey, site of first domestication of einkorn wheat
5424 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 10900BC Holocene extinction; The Sixth Extinction; Younger Dryas Impact Event
5425 Archeology Cultural Evidence 2800BC Bell-Beaker maritime culture, spread over Europe, emerged from the lower Rhine and North Sea regions
5426 Archeology Cultural Evidence 5700BC Vinča culture, Balkans, earliest copper metallurgy
5427 Archeology Cultural Evidence 5000BC Khvalynsk on the Volga culture
5428 Archeology Cultural Evidence 5025BC Samara culture, middle Volga; Dnieper-Donets culture
5429 Archeology Cultural Evidence 4000BC Sredny Stog culture on the Dnieper river, origin of Indo-Europeans? Horse domestication, corded ware pottery
5430 Archeology Cultural Evidence 5500BC Dnieper–Donets culture, north of Black Sea, late Cro-Magnons contemporaneous with Samara culture, succeeded by Yamna
5431 Archeology Cultural Evidence 2800BC Catacomb culture, Ukraine, corded ware pottery, polished battle axe, cranial deformation
5432 Archeology Cultural Evidence 3500BC Afanasevo culture, south Siberia, Altai mountains, mixed Europoid, wheel, metals, Tarim mummies
5433 Archeology Cultural Evidence 2000BC Srubna culture; along the N. shore of Black Sea; precursors of Cimmerians?
5434 Archeology Cultural Evidence 2000BC Andronovo culture in W. Siberia, W. Asiatic steppes; early Indo-Aryans/Iranians; Cimmerians and Saka/Scythians; Thracians
5435 Archeology Cultural Evidence 3950BC Maykop culture W. Caucasus between Black Sea and Caspian; ties to the Iranian plateau and to South Central Asia
5436 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1500BC Karasuk culture; Central Asian steppes; advanced, industrial metal workers
5437 Archeology Cultural Evidence 800BC Tagar culture south Siberia; bronze-smelting; Scythian circle
5438 Archeology Cultural Evidence 3000BC Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex civilisation of Central Asia; monumental structures; evidence of wheeled transport
5439 Archeology Cultural Evidence 5500BC Early metallurgy: copper smelting, Belovode, Serbia: Vinča culture
5440 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1500BC Yaz culture; early Iranian culture as described in Avesta; sky burial
5441 Archeology Cultural Evidence 8000BC Stonehenge complex early stages of development
5442 Archeology Mass Migration Evidence 3200BC Ancient Irish ancestors came from Middle East, Pontic steppe
5457 Archeology Cultural Evidence 4350BC Leyla-Tepe culture; S. Caucasus Azerbaijan; amphora burials
5458 Archeology Cultural Evidence 5000BC Uruk of Sumer; early state formation and urbanization
5459 Archeology Cultural Evidence 5400BC Eridu: earliest city in southern Mesopotamia
5460 Archeology Cultural Evidence 6000BC Choga Mami, Samarran culture site, S. Iraq; first evidence of canal irrigation
5461 Archeology Cultural Evidence 5500BC Sumer: first urban civilization in Mesopotamia
5462 Archeology Climate Evidence 3250BC Piora Oscillation sudden cooling: volcanic eruption or a meteor or an asteroid impact event
5463 Archeology Cultural Evidence 3300BC Egyptian hieroglyphs
5464 Archeology Climate Evidence 7500BC Neolithic subpluvial wet period begins; wet and rainy N. Africa for 2K years
5465 Archeology Cultural Evidence 1800BC Tarim mummies; tall, red-haired Europoids in W. China
5466 Archeology Cultural Evidence 3300BC Indus Valley Civilisation; urban planning, metallurgy, wheeled transport, trade network, writing
5467 Archeology Mass destruction of unknown origin 1806BC Ipuwer Papyrus, turmoil, arrival of the Asiatics
5468 Archeology Cultural Evidence 2300BC Urukagina; first law code in recorded history
5469 Archeology Pestilence Evidence 1686BC Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis found in Kytmanovo, Russia