K12 Human Odyssey Chronological Order
Mesopotamia/Sumer to 3300 BC
Egypt 3100-2575 BC
Indus River Valley civilization 2500 BC
Sumer Conquered 2300 BC
Chinese civilization develops 2000 BC
Abraham goes to Canaan 1800 BC
Hammurabi’s Code 1780 BC (ruled 1792-1750 BC)
Shang Dynasty in China 1760-1045 BC
Aryans migrate to India 1500 BC
Queen Hatshepsut (ruled 1473-1458 BC)
Hindu texts Vedas are written 1400 BC
Tutankhamen (ruled 1361-1352 BC)
Ramses (ruled 1290-1224 BC)
Moses 1250 BC
Trojan War 1200 BC
Saul/David/Solomon rule Hebrews 1029-931 BC
First Olympics in Greece 776 BC
Homer writes The Iliad & The Odyssey 750 BC
Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon (ruled 605-562 BC)
Hebrews held captive in Babylon 550 BC
Buddha (563-483 BC) teaches in India 500 BC
Confucius (551-479 BC) teaches in China 500 BC
Cleisthenes designs Athens’ 1st democratic constitution 508 BC
Greeks defeat Persians in the Persian Wars 480 BC
Herodotus (484-425 BC) writes Histories 450 BC
Roman Republic publishes its laws as the 12 Tables 450 BC
Athenians finish building Parthenon 432 BC
Aristotle begins studies at Plato’s Academy 367 BC
Alexander the Great dies 323 BC
Asoka reigns in India 269-232 BC
Qin Shi Huangdi, First Emperor, rules China 221-210 BC
Han Dynasty begins in China 206 BC – AD 220
Romans in the 2nd Punic War 202 BC
Julius Caesar assassinated 44 BC
Augustus Caesar 1st Roman Emperor 27 BC
Jesus crucified AD 29
Paul spreads Christianity AD 50
Romans dedicate the Colosseum AD 80
Christianity becomes legal religion in Roman Empire AD 313
Constantine makes Byzantium capital of his empire AD 330
Part 1 Chapter 1-5
Part 1 Chapter 8
Part 1 Chapter 10
Part 1 Chapter 6
Part 1 Chapter 10
Part 2 Chapter 6
Part 1 Chapter 6
Part 1 Chapter 10
Part 2 Chapter 3
Part 1 Chapter 9
Part 2 Chapter 3
Part 1 Chapter 9
Part 1 Chapter 9
Part 2 Chapter 6
Part 2 Chapter 8
Part 2 Chapter 7
Part 2 Chapter 9
Part 2 Chapter 9
Part 1 Chapter 7
Part 2 Chapter 7
Part 2 Chapters 4 & 5
Part 2 Chapters 1 & 2
Part 3 Chapter 1
Part 3 Chapter 1
Part 2 Chapter 9
Part 3 Chapter 5
Part 3 Chapter 3
Part 3 Chapter 4
Part 3 Chapter 4
Part 2 Chapter 5
Part 2 Chapter 2
Part 2 Chapter 2
Part 3 Chapter 6
Part 3 Chapter 7
Part 3 Chapter 7
Part 3 Chapter 8
Part 3 Chapter 9
Part 3 Chapter 7
Part 3 Chapter 10
Part 3 Chapter 10
Barbarians overthrow last emperor of Western Roman Empire AD 476
Justinian builds Hagia Sophia and assembles code of laws AD 535
Sui Dynasty links northern & southern China AD 611
Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor AD 800
Muslim caliphs build House of Wisdom Ad 830
Leif Erikson sails from Greenland to North America AD 1000
William the Conqueror and Norman army invade England AD 1066
Saladin and Richard the Lion-Heart battle in Third Crusade AD 1190
King John is forced to sign the Magna Carta AD 1215
Main part of Cathedral of Notre Dame completed AD 1250
Marco Polo visits Kublai Khan AD 1275
Mansa Musa of Mali makes his hajj to Mecca AD 1324
The Black Death begins in Europe AD 1347
Joan of Arc defeats the English during Hundred Years’ War AD 1429
Part 3 Chapter 10
Part 4 Chapter 1
Part 4 Chapter 10
Part 4 Chapter 5
Part 4 Chapter 3
Part 4 Chapter 6
Part 4 Chapter 9
Part 4 Chapter 8
Part 4 Chapter 9
Part 4 Chapter 8
Part 4 Chapter 11
Part 4 Chapter 4
Part 4 Chapter 12
Part 4 Chapter 12