2. Over 10,000 Years of History in 10 Minutes!
(Big Bang) 8,000 BCE – 600 BCE
600 BCE – 600 CE
600 CE – 1450
1450 – 1750
1750 – 1900
1900 – 2017

5. 1. (Big Bang) 8,000 BCE – 600 BCE Early Human Migrations Out of Africa
Agriculture/Neolithic Revolution  Domestication of Plants and Animals
River Valley Civilizations 
Mesopotamia, India, Egypt
Emergence of Hinduism and Judaism

6. 2. 600 BCE – 600 CE Emergence of Belief Systems 
Buddhism, Confucianism, Greek Philosophy, Christianity
Rise (and fall) of Classical Empires 
China (Qin and Han), India (Mauryan and Gupta), Persia, Greece/Rome, Maya
Silk Roads

7. 3. 600 CE – 1450 Rise of Islam and Islamic Caliphates (Muslims)
Indian Ocean Trade Network
Mongol Empire
Aztec and Inca Empires
Byzantine (Medieval, Black Plague)
Southernization  Imperial China, India (Delhi Sultanate), Islamic Caliphates

8. 4. 1450 – 1750 Age of Exploration Columbian Exchange
Colonization of the Americas
Mercantilism and Rise of Overseas Empires
Gunpowder Empires  Ottoman Empire, India (Mughal), Persia (Safavid)
Qing Empire (Manchu China) until Period 6
*Renaissance, Printing Press, Reformation, Scientific Revolution*

9. – 1900
Enlightenment
French Revolution (also American, Haitian, and Latin American Revolutions)
Industrial Revolution
Imperialism in Africa and Asia
Global Migrations and Population Growth
Rise of Nationalism and Nation-States  Japanese Empire

10. 6. 1900 – 2017 Rise of Science and Technology
MORE Global Migrations and Population Growth
MORE Industrial Production
World Wars and the Cold War
Rise of USA
Emergence of Independence and Rights Movements
Globalization
Rise of the Rest?