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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationThe Six Major Periods of Western The Six Major Periods of Western Civilization (BCE = BC; CE = AD)Civilization (BCE = BC; CE = AD)
1. Mesopotamia, Egypt, & Hebrews (3000-500 BCE)2. Ancient Greece (1200-200 BCE)3. Ancient Rome (753 BCE - 476 CE)-----------------------------------------------------------------4. The Early Middle Ages (476-1000 CE)5. The High Middle Ages (1000-1300 CE)6. The Late Middle Ages (1300-1500 CE)
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationMesopotamia (3000-500 BCE)
3000-2000 BCE: Sumerian CivilizationCuneiform, Sargon of Akkad
2000-1600 BCE: Old Babylonian CivilizationHammurabi, Abraham (Ur)
1600-1200 BCE: Disorder in Mesopotamia1200-612 BCE: The Middle and New Assyrian Empire612-539 BCE: The New Babylonian Empire
586-539 BCE: The Babylonian Captivity (Nebuchadnezzar)
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationEgypt (3000-500 BCE)
3000-2200 BCE: The Old KingdomHieroglyphics, Pyramids
2200-2000 BCE: The First Intermediate Period2000-1800 BCE: The Middle Kingdom1800-1550 BCE: The Second Intermediate Period1550-1200 BCE: The New Kingdom
Hatshepsut, Akhenaten/Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ramses, The Egyptian Captivity
1200-500 BCE: The Late Period
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationHebrews (1800-500 BCE)
ca. 1800 BCE: Abraham leaves Ur1800-1200 BCE: The Age of the Patriarchs1200-1000 BCE: The Age of the Judges1000-920 BCE: The United Kingdom
Saul, David, Solomon
920-586 BCE: The Period of the Two Kingdoms712 BCE: The Fall of Israel to the Assyrians
586-539 BCE: The Babylonian Captivity586 BCE: The Fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar’s army
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationAncient Greece (1200Ancient Greece (1200--200 BCE)200 BCE)
2000-1200 BCE: the Indo-European invasionsca. 1183 BCE: The Fall of Troy
1100-800 BCE: Dark Age800-700 BCE: Homer and the Age of Greek Epic
The Iliad and The Odyssey, Agamemnon
700-500 BCE: the Pre-Classical Age510-508 BCE: The Birth of Athenian Democracy
500-479 BCE: The Persian Wars490 BCE: The First Persian War; 481-479 BCE: The Second Persian War
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationAncient Greece (1200Ancient Greece (1200--200 BCE)200 BCE)
479-431 BCE: The Classical AgePericles, Parthenon, Philosophy, Drama
431-404 BCE: The Peloponnesian War: Athens vs. Sparta404-336 BCE: Civil War and the Rise of Macedon
338 BCE: The Battle of Chaeronea
336-323 BCE: Alexander the Great323-31 BCE: The Hellenistic Age
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationAncient Rome (753 BCE Ancient Rome (753 BCE -- 476 CE)476 CE)
ca. 1200 BCE: Aeneas settles Italy753 BCE: Romulus founds the city of Rome753-510 BCE: Kings rule Rome510 BCE: The Founding of the Roman Republic
Age of Patriotism, Cincinnatus
264-202 BCE: The Punic Wars264-241 BCE: The First Punic War218-201 BCE: The Second Punic War (Hannibal)
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationAncient Rome (753 BCE Ancient Rome (753 BCE -- 476 CE)476 CE)
201-31 BCE: Rome conquers the Mediterranean worldMarch 15, 44 BCE: Caesar is assassinated
31 BCE - 14 CE: Augustus rules as Roman Emperor31 BCE: The Battle of Actium19 BCE: Vergil’s Aeneid is published
31 BCE - 476 CE: The Roman Empireca. 40-95 CE: St. Paul, The Gospels, The Gnostics117-138 CE: Hadrian (Pantheon)330 CE: Constantine founds Constantinople (Istanbul)
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationEarly Middle Ages (476Early Middle Ages (476--1000 CE)1000 CE)
476 CE: The “Fall of Rome”Barbarian Invasions: Huns, Vandals, Visigoths
500-750 CE: The Dark Age in Western Europe527-565 CE: Justinian rules the Byzantine Empire
Theodora, Procopius’ Anecdota, The Church of Hagia Sophia
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationEarly Middle Ages (476Early Middle Ages (476--1000 CE)1000 CE)
476 CE: The “Fall of Rome”Barbarian Invasions: Huns, Vandals, Visigoths
500-750 CE: The Dark Age in Western Europe527-565 CE: Justinian rules the Byzantine Empire
Theodora, Procopius’ Anecdota, The Church of Hagia Sophia
ca. 570-632 CE: Muhammad and the Birth of IslamHegira, Ka’aba, Koran, Jihad, Caliphs, Shi’ites661-750 CE: The Umayyad Dynasty750-1250 CE: The Abbasid Dynasty
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationEarly Middle Ages (476Early Middle Ages (476--1000 CE)1000 CE)
750-850 CE: The Carolingians and the Holy Roman Empire
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationEarly Middle Ages (476Early Middle Ages (476--1000 CE)1000 CE)
750-850 CE: The Carolingians and the Holy Roman Empire850-1000 CE: The Viking Invasions
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationHigh Middle Ages (1000High Middle Ages (1000--1300 CE)1300 CE)
1000-1100 CE: The Rise of the Medieval PapacyCathedrals, Chivalry
1096-1099 CE: The First Crusade1201-1204 CE: The Fourth Crusade
1204 CE: The Sack of Constantinople
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationLate Middle Ages (1300Late Middle Ages (1300--1500 CE)1500 CE)
1315-1317 CE: The Great Famine1337-1453 CE: The Hundred Years’ War
Joan of Arc
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An Overview of Western CivilizationAn Overview of Western CivilizationLate Middle Ages (1300Late Middle Ages (1300--1500 CE)1500 CE)
1315-1317 CE: The Great Famine1337-1453 CE: The Hundred Years’ War
Joan of Arc
1347-1352 CE: The Black Death
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