Mrs. Ruland's Advanced Placement World History Course
WHAP Timeline Assignment 8000 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. Multiple-year 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. Timelines will be verified one week prior to the unit test (have timelines, get stamped that timeline is complete, keep timeline to use to study).
Alexander the Great
Attila the Hun
Babylonian Empire
Bantu migration reach South Africa
Buddhism arrives in China
Confucius
Cuneiform writing begins
Destruction of Second Temple in Jerusalem
Edict of Milan
Gupta Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Height of Greek City-States
Height of Harrapan Civilization
Height of Egyptian Civilization
Hittites develop iron
Jesus
Justinian
Pax Romana
Phoenicians
Printing invented
Regular use of Bronze in Egypt and Mesopotamia
Roman capital moves to Constantinople
Sack of Rome
Shang Dynasty
Siddhartha Gautama
Socrates
St. Paul
Theravada doctrine codified
Zhou dynasty
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