APWH Timeline Assignment PERIOD 2: 600 BCE —
600 CE
Instructions: Take all of the following events, people, and places. For each, find the
relevant dates and the significance. Place everything on one continuous timeline. You
must figure out an appropriate scale so that everything is spaced out EVENLY. Multipleyear events need to be bracketed. Please make a color code and corresponding key for
events by geographical area/political unit. WRITE THE DATE OF THE EVENT NEXT
TO IT ON THE TIMELINE. supplementary chronology should include a summary (2-3
sentences) of what each event/person is and the importance. Refer to calendar for due
date. Be prepared to get quizzed on the items below... (evil laugh!)...
1. Alexander the Great
2. Attila the Hun
3. Bantu migration reach South Africa
4. Buddhism arrives in China
5. Confucius
6. Destruction of Second Temple in Jerusalem
7. Edict of Milan
8. Gunpowder developed
9. Gupta Dynasty
10. Han Dynasty
11. Height of Greek City-States
12. Jesus
13. Justinian
14. Mauryan Empire
15. Pax Romana
16. Persian Empire
17. Printing invented
18. Qin Dynasty
19. Roman capital moves to Constantinople
20. Sack of Rome
21. Siddhartha Gautama
22. Silk Road
23. Socrates
24. St. Paul
25. Theravada doctrine codified