2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2280 B.C. +-----------------+ | | 2205--Chinese history begins. 2200 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | | | 2100 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | EARLY | | | 2000 | | 2000--Aryan migration to India(?). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 1920--Gold and silver first mentioned as | | money. | | | | | | 1556--Athens founded. (traditional.) | | 1546--Traditional founding of Troy. | | | | 1507--Court of Areopagus founded at Athens. | | | | 1500--Thebes founded. Greek alphabet | | introduced by Cadmus. | | | | c. 1500--Hittite migration to southern 1500 | | Asia Minor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | BABYLONIAN | | | | | 1400--Rise of Hittite Kingdom in Asia 1400 | | Minor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | | | | | | | 1300 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | | EMPIRE. | | | | | 1235--Theseus, King of Athens. | | 1233--Carthage founded. | | | | 1200 | | 1200--Dorian migration into Greece. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 1193--Trojan war begins. | | | | | | 1122--Chow dynasty reigning in China. | 1120 B.C. | +-----------------+ 1100 | |