| | EUROPE: Development of city states in Greece and | | | | Italy. Lycurgan legislation of Sparta, about 800. | | | | Rome founded as a monarchy, 753. | | | | Spread of Greek colonies along Mediterranean | | | | coasts and islands. | | | 700 +-------------------------------------------------------+ 700 | | | WESTERN ASIA: Extension of Lydian kingdom in Asia | | | | Minor 687-546. | | | | Irruption of Cimmerians from the North. | | | | Repulse of Sennacherib before Jerusalem. Decline of | | | | Assyria. | | | | EGYPT: Invasion by Esarhaddon. Expulsion of Cushites. | | | | The Saitic dynasty. | | | | EUROPE: Between 700 and 500, sporadic displacement of | | | | aristocracies by “tyrannies,” followed either by an | | | | oligarchical restoration or by democracies. | | | | Rome becomes head of the League of Latin cities. | | | | FAR EAST: Japanese history begins. | | | 600 +-------------------------------------------------------+ 600 | | | WESTERN ASIA: Narbonaid, King of Babylon (556-538). | | | | Overthrow of Assyrian by New Babylonian Empire; the | | | | Babylonish captivity. | | | | Rise of Media, of which Cyrus, the Persian, makes | | | | himself master. | | | | Persian Empire: Overthrow of Lydia, New Babylonia, | | | | and Egypt. Aahmes (Amasis), 570-526. | | | | FAR EAST: Confucius and Lao-Tse in China, and Buddha | | | | in India. | | | | EUROPE: Greek states consolidated. Athens: Solon 594. | | | | Pisistratidæ expelled, 510. | | | | ROME: Expulsion of the kings, about 510. The | | | | Commonwealth. Administration aristocratic: Army and | | | 500 | legislative assembly on basis of land-ownership. | 500 | | B.C.| Etruscan--pre-Latin--domination in Italy. | B.C.| +-------------------------------------------------------------+------+