Chronology

Old Kingdom Egypt Gilgamesh Sargon Hammurabi Abraham in Ur Shang Dynasty Zhou Dynasty Kingdom of Israel Ashurbanipal Nebuchadnezzar Confucius Golden Age of Athens Greece
 * 1) [Persia -- the other major power along with Greece]
 * 2) Roman Republic
 * 3) Age of Warring States in China (AOWS)
 * 4) Alexander the Great
 * 5) Qin Shi Huangdi ("wins" the age of warring states)
 * 6) Qin Empire rules a unified China
 * 7) Han Empire
 * 8) Roman Empire
 * 9) Islam expansion
 * 10) Charlemagne
 * 11) Pope Urban II- Crusade
 * 12) Medieval Europe
 * 13) Mongols expansion
 * 14) Plague
 * 15) Renaissance
 * 16) Columbus
 * 17) Martin Luther; Protestant Reformation