| A MAP OF TIME |
|---|
| 750–336 B.C.E. | Era of Greek city-states |
| 553–330 B.C.E. | Persian Achaemenid Empire |
| 509 B.C.E. | Founding of the Roman Republic |
| 500–221 B.C.E. | Chinese age of warring states |
| 490 and 480 B.C.E. | Major battles between Persians and Greeks |
| 479–429 B.C.E. | Golden Age of Athens |
| 431–404 B.C.E. | Peloponnesian War |
| 336–323 B.C.E. | Reign of Alexander the Great |
| 326–184 B.C.E. | India’s Mauryan dynasty empire |
| 221–206 B.C.E. | China’s Qin dynasty empire |
| 206 B.C.E.–220 C.E. | China’s Han dynasty empire |
| 200 B.C.E.–200 C.E. | High point of Roman Empire |
| 1st century B.C.E. | Transition from republic to empire in Rome |
| 184 C.E. | Yellow Turban Rebellion in China |
| 220 C.E. | Collapse of Chinese Han dynasty |
| 320–550 C.E. | India’s Gupta dynasty empire |
| 5th century C.E. | Collapse of western Roman Empire |