The below given table shows the major World History Events of BCE (Before Common Era) along with respective details −
Timewise
|
Events of BCE
(Before Common Era) |
4 BCE
|
Birth of Jesus Christ (Widely accepted date)
|
111 BCE
|
First Chinese domination of Vietnam as the Nanyue Kingdom
|
124 BCE
|
China's Imperial University was established
|
200 BCE
|
Paper is invented in China
|
206 BCE
|
After the death of Qin Shi Huang, Han Dynasty established
in China
|
221 BCE
|
Qin Shi Huang unified China and the beginning of Imperial
rule (in China)
|
221 BCE
|
The Qin Dynasty began the construction of the Great Wall
of China
|
300 BCE
|
The Great Pyramid of Cholula constructed
|
323 BCE
|
Death of Alexander at Babylon
|
326 BCE
|
In the Battle of the hydaspes River, Alexander the Great
defeated Indian king Porus
|
331 BCE
|
In the Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great defeated
Darius III of Persia.
|
336 BCE
|
Philip II was assassinated and Alexander became king.
|
337 BCE
|
Philip II had created a strong and unified nation in
Macedonia. He hired Aristotle (the Philosopher) to tutor his son, Alexander.
|
338 BCE
|
In the Battle of Chaeronea, the king Philip II defeated
the combined forces of the Greek city-states Athens and Thebes.
|
490 BCE
|
Battle of Marathon.
|
499 BCE
|
Greco-Persian Wars.
|
500 BCE
|
Panini standardized the Sanskrit grammar and its
morphology in the text Ashtadhyayi.
|
500 BCE
|
Pingala learned the uses of zero and binary numeral
system.
|
508 BCE
|
Democracy introduced at Athens.
|
509 BCE
|
Founding of Roman Republic after exclusion of the last
Roman King.
|
550 BCE
|
Pythagoras (Greek scholar) studied the movements of
celestial bodies and mathematics.
|
586 BCE
|
The First Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) was
destroyed by the Babylonians.
|
600 BCE
|
Sixteen Maha Janapadas emerged in India.
|
653 BCE
|
Rise of Persian Empire.
|
753 BCE
|
City of Rome was established by Romulus.
|
776 BCE
|
Olympic Games first recorded.
|
850 BCE
|
Homer had written the epic “Iliad and Odyssey”.
|
1027 BCE
|
In China, Chou dynasty began.
|
1400 BCE
|
Water clock is invented in Egypt.
|
1700 BCE
|
End of Indus Valley Civilization.
|
1800 BCE
|
Alphabetic writing appeared.
|
2560 BCE
|
Great Pyramid of Giza.
|
2600 BCE
|
Indus Valley civilization.
|
3000 BCE
|
Early writing.
|
3100 BCE
|
First dynasty of Egypt.
|
2000 – 1200 BCE
|
Iron Age.
|
3500 BCE
|
Bronze was discovered in Egypt.
|
5000 BCE
|
Sumerian civilization evolved between the rivers Euphrates
and Tigris. Later it became popular as Mesopotamia (present day Iraq).
|
5000 BCE
|
First calendar of 365 days, 12 months, and 30 days
invented.
|
6000 BCE
|
Copper was discovered.
|
9500 BCE
|
Settled farming began.
|
10000 BCE
|
Middle East people domesticated goats and dogs.
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