1400 to 800
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[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course The Ancient Centuries Before 400 BC
Session 4 Topics
Topic 1 Central Asian Migrations
Topic 2 Assyrian Empire Begins
Topic 3 Earliest Greeks
Topic 4 Jewish Golden Age
Topic 5 China Develops Writing
Other Sessions
Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 1400 | Fertile Crescent: Moses Lived |
| 1390 | Mesopotamia: Assyrian Independence |
| 1310 | India: Bhagavad Gita Written |
| 1280 | Turkey: Hittite Empire Splinters |
| 1274 | Kadesh, Syria: Largest Chariot Battle in History |
| 1250 | Troy: Greeks Destroy City |
| 1200 | China: Writing Developed |
| 1200 | Portugal: Lisbon Founded |
| 1200 | Central Asia: Massive Barbarian Migrations into Civilizations Begin; Greece, Turkey, Syria and Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Egypt |
| 1200 | Near East and India: Iron Age Begins |
| 1184 | Traditional Date: Greeks Sack Troy |
| 1133 | Mesopotamia: Assyrian Empire Begins |
| 1100 | Crete: Minoan Culture Ends |
| 1050 | Lebanon: Phoenicians Develop Alphabet |
| 1050 | Israel: Philistines Capture Ark of the Covenant |
| 1046 | China: Third (Zhou) Dynasty Begins |
| 1026 | Israel: Saul Establishes Kingdom |
| 1003 | Israel: David Begins Reign |
| 1000 | Italy: Latins Arrive |
| 962 | Israel: Solomon Begins Reign |
| 925 | Israel: Divided into Judah and Israel |
| 900 | Greece: Sparta Founded |
| 870 | Israel: Elijah’s Ministry |
| 814 | Tunisia: Carthage Founded |
| 800 | Central Europe: Iron Age Begins |
| 800 | Northern Italy: Etruscan Society Begins |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
- Barbarians Versus Civilization.
- The eastern Mediterranean becomes the hot spot of civilizations.
- The Orient and Europe enter the picture.
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1235 | Theseus Founds Athens | Plutarch |
| 1200 | How the Indian Caste System Began | Gustave Le Bon, William W. Hunter |
| 1184 | Fall of Troy | George Grote |
| 953 | Solomon Builds the Great Temple | Henry Hart Milman |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |