| A MAP OF TIME |
|---|
| 1400–800 B.C.E. | Lapita culture in Oceania |
| 900–200 B.C.E. | Chavín religious movement in Peruvian Andes |
| 730 B.C.E. | Nubian conquest of Egypt |
| 300 B.C.E.–100 C.E. | Kingdom of Meroë in upper Nile Valley |
| 300 B.C.E.–900 C.E. | Niger Valley civilization in West Africa |
| 200 B.C.E.–400 C.E. | Hopewell “mound-building” culture in U.S. eastern woodlands |
| 1st–8th centuries C.E. | Flourishing of Axum (East Africa) and Moche (coastal Peru) civilizations; spread of Bantu-speaking people in eastern and southern Africa |
| 250–900 C.E. | Classical Maya civilization |
| 300–600 | Flourishing of Teotihuacán |
| 4th century | Introduction of Christianity to Axum |
| 400–1000 | Tiwanaku and Wari in the Andes |
| 860–1130 | Chaco culture in U.S. Southwest |
| 900–1250 | Cahokia |
| After 1000 | Flourishing of Tonga trading network |
| 1100–1600 | Saudeleur dynasty on island of Pohnpei |
| 1200 | Initial settlement of New Zealand |