1. 3000-1000 BCE Minoan Hittites Mesopotamia Indus Valley Egypt Shang

2. 500 BCE Beginning of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism Greek States Carthage Bantu Nubia Chavin Olmec Sheba Persians Zhou Indian States

3. 323 BCE – Alexander The Great Alexander the Great Zhou Carthage Nubia Bantu Nok Olmec Paracas Celts Huns

4. 200 BCE Seleucid Qin (up to 206) Carthage Nubia Bantu Ptolemaic Olmec Nazca Celts Huns Germans Roman Republic Mauryan (Asoka) Polynesians Parthia Bactria

5. 14 CE Han Nubia Bantu Maya Moche Celts Huns Germans Roman Empire Kushan Polynesians Parthian Empire Teotihuacan Axum Huns Various kingdoms

6. 200 CE – Early Christianity and Silk Road Han Meroe Bantu Maya Moche Celts Hsiung-Nu Germans Roman Empire Kushan Polynesians Parthian Empire Teotihuacan Axum Huns Andhra

7. 420 CE – Christianity Official in Rome Northern Wei Ghana Bantu Maya Moche Celts Avars Germans Western Roman Empire Kushan Polynesians Sassanid Teotihuacan Axum Huns Gupta Slavs Huns Eastern Roman Empire Yamato Liu Sung

8. 600 CE - Before Start of Islam Koguryo Silla Ghana Bantu Maya Moche Celts TurksFrankish Kingdoms Tibetans Sassanid Teotihuacan Axum Turks Chalukya Slavs Eastern Roman Empire Yamato Sui Tiahuanaco Bantu Arabs Harsha

9. 800 CE Silla Ghana Bantu Maya Huari Celts Uighurs Frankish Kingdoms Tibetans Abbasid Caliphate Toltecs Axum Turks Slavs Eastern Roman Empire Heian Tang Tiahuanaco Bantu Finns Anasazi Mound Builders Srivijaya Anglo- Saxons Scandinavians Bulgars Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba Magyars

10. 1000 CE Koryo Ghana Bantu Maya Chimu England Uighurs Tibetans Fatimid Caliphate Toltecs Turks Russia Byzantine Empire Heian Song Bantu Finns Anasazi Mound Builders Srivijaya Scandinavian Hungary Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba Chola Khmer Mongols France Holy Roman Empire Poland Maori

11. 1237 CE – Rise of Mongols Koryo Mali Bantu Maya Chimu England Almohad Caliphate Zapotec Russia Byzantine Empire Kamakura Song Zimbabwe Finns AnasaziMound Builders Srivijaya Scandinavian Hungary Castile & Leon Sultanate Of Delhi Khmer Mongols France Holy Roman Empire Poland Maori Zanj City States Inuit Iroquois Arawak Benin Ethiopia Scots Ayyubid Caliphate Rum

12. 1300 CE Mali Bantu Maya Chimu England Marinids Mixtec Zapotec Russia Byzantine Empire Kamakura Jagatai Khanate Zimbabwe Pueblo Mound Builders Majapahit Scandinavian Kingdoms Hungary Castile Sultanate Of Delhi Khmer Yuan France Holy Roman Empire Poland Maori Zanj City States Inuit Iroquois Arawak Benin Ethiopia Scotland Mamelukes Ilkhanate Inca Apache Granada Oyo Portugal Khanate of The Golden Horde Lithuania Aztec

13. 1400 CE Mali Bantu Maya Chimu England Marinids Mixtec- Zapotec Russia – Mongol Tributary Ottoman Empire Ashikaga Jagatai Khanate Zimbabwe Pueblo Mound Builders Majapahit Union of Kalmar Hungary Castile VijayangaraSiam Ming France Holy Roman Empire Poland- Lithuania Maori Zanj City States Inuit Iroquois Arawak Benin Ethiopia Scotland Mamelukes Timurid Empire Inca Apache Granada Oyo Portugal Khanate of The Golden Horde Aztec Korea

14. 1519 CE – Reformation Songhai Maya England Islamic Kingdoms Muscovy - Russia Ottoman Empire Ashikaga Pueblo Mound Builders Union of Kalmar Hungary Spain VijayangaraSiam Ming France Holy Roman Empire Poland- Lithuania Maori Inuit Iroquois Spanish Empire Benin Ethiopia Scotland Safavid Empire Inca Oyo Portugal Aztec P = Portuguese Trading and Slave Stations Korea Delhi Sultanate Kongo Kazaks Mongols Manchus P P P P PP P P P P P P P P P P P P Vietnam

15. 1600 CE – Spanish & Ottoman Empires At peaks Kanem- Bornu England Moroccan Empire Russian Empire Ottoman Empire Tokugawa Pueblo Sweden Hungary Spain VijayangaraSiam Ming France Holy Roman Empire Poland Maori Inuit Iroquois Spanish Empire Benin Ethiopia Scotland Safavid Empire Oyo P = Spanish and Portuguese Trading and Slave Stations Spain and Portugal were united Under the Spanish crown from 1580-1640 Korea Mughal Empire Kongo Kazaks Mongols Manchus P P P P PP P P P P P P P PP P P Spanish Empire Spanish Empire Vietnam Denmark And Norway P P P P P P Tibetan

16. 1714 CE Bornu Great Britain Morocco Russian Empire Ottoman Empire Tokugawa Pueblo Sweden Hapsburgs Spain VijayangaraSiam Qing France Prussia Maori Inuit Spanish Empire Benin Ethiopia Safavid Empire Oyo P = European Trading and Slave Stations Korea Mughal Empire Kazaks Mongols P P P PP P P P P P P P P Spanish Empire Spanish Empire Vietnam Denmark And Norway P P P Tibetan Portuguese Empire Netherlands French Neth British French Portugal Portuguese Empire Portuguese Empire AlgiersTunis Tripoli Oman Omani Zanzibar Netherlands East Indies Netherlands East Indies Asante Poland

17. 1804 CE – Napoleonic Europe Bornu United Kingdom Morocco Russian Empire Ottoman Empire Tokugawa Russians Sweden Austria Spain British IndiaSiam Qing France Prussia Maori Spanish Empire Benin Ethiopia Persia Oyo P = European Trading and Slave Stations Korea Marathas Kazaks P P P P Spanish Empire Spanish Empire Vietnam Denmark And Norway PP Portuguese Brazil Neth. French British United States Portugal Portuguese Empire Portuguese Empire AlgiersTunis Tripoli Oman Omani Zanzibar Netherlands East Indies British Haiti British Asante Burma British Hausaland Afghanistan Texas to US In 1848 Mexico gains Independence In 1821 Central America gains Independence in 1823, Splits into 5 in 1839. South America gains Independence from 1819 – 1829 Greece gains independence In 1820s, others in 1878 Brazil gains Independence In 1822

18. 1919 CE – Post WWI United Kingdom Morocco (French) USSR Turkey Japanese Empire (Meiji) US Sweden Austria Spain British India Siam China France Mexico Italian East Africa Iran Manchukuo (Japanese) P Peru US Philippines French Indochina P Brazil Canada United States Portugal Libya (Italian) Oman Netherlands Indies Union Of South Africa Haiti Australia Burma (British) Malay States (British) French West Africa Afghanistan New Zealand Chile Argentine Bolivia Ecuador Guatemala El Salvador Colombia Venezuela Fr. Guiana Surinam Guyana Tibet British Possessions Liberia Iceland Finland Norway Belgian Congo Egypt Anglo- Egyptian Sudan French Equatorial Africa Madagascar (French) Mozambique (Portugal) Angola (Portugal) Rhodesia (British) Kenya (British) Uganda (British) Tanganyika (formerly German Now British) Southwest Africa (formerly German Now British) Poland Italy Germany Yugoslavia Saudi Arabia Yemen African nations receive independence from 1956- 1990. South east Asia from 1946-1965. India in 1948. Middle Eastern Mandates in 1946ish. See your modern day Europe maps and Middle Eastern Maps and Central American and Caribbean maps for more details. Cuba