Er... I originally made this in the Mass Debate section but after a while, I thought it fit more here. Ya know, I'm creating a timeline of the world in brief.
Ok, so here goes:
This is just a simple timeline of what I think the world should be split in. What this thread is about is debating over where certain events should be placed, some which could be put in, and some that could be omitted. The aim of my project is to create a near-complete version of the most important events of the world in terms of Culture, Politics, and Science.
Here's the current version:
[B][I][U]Science[/U][/I][/B]
[B]12,000BC[/B]
[I]Neolithic Revolution[/I]
First signs on agriculture, the first technological revolution in the world (Credits to mdeciever79)
[B]4000 BC[/B]
[I]First signs of civilisation: Mohenjo Daro, Mesopotamia, etc.[/I]
This marks the birth of human civilisation, the start of cities and the gathering of villages to form little states.
[B]4000 BC (circa)[/B]
[I]The wheel[/I]
The wheel marked a significant advance in land travel technology, although it was a few centuries before horse-drawn carts were invented.
[B]460BC[/B]
[I]Hippocrates is born[/I]
Medical science is born because of him
[B]384BC[/B]
[I]Aristotle is born[/I]
The first "scientist" is born, as opposed to the "philosophers" before, which Aristotle actually tried to prove his theories.
[B]44BC[/B]
[I]Birth of the Roman Empire[/I]
Created lots of practical technology, such as roads, and created transportation networks all over the continent
[B]618AD[/B]
[I]The Tang Dynasty Starts[/I]
Founded by Li-Shi Min, this dynasty ushers a new era of prosperity. Some of the greatest of China's literary works are made in this dynasty and technological advances such gunpowder were found then.
[B]1271AD[/B]
[I]Birth of the Yuan Dynasty[/I]
The Mongolians, creators of the Yuan Dynasty in China, conquer all of Asia and most of Eastern Europe, creating the largest empire ever known. Spreads Chinese inventions and culture (such as gunpowder) to the West.
[B]1453AD[/B]
[I]Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire[/I]
Wipes Rome, the great empire, off the map. Marks the Ottoman entrance into Eastern Europe. Lost Greek books start to return to the Religon-dominated Europe.
[B]1500 AD (circa)[/B]
[I]Start of the Renaissance[/I]
Starts the cogs of science after about half a millenia of a standstill, gearing science towards the next breakthrough, the industrial revolution
[B]1687 AD[/B]
[I]Philosophaie Naturalis Principia Mathematica is published[/I]
The groundwork for further science in set - gravity is explained in this book by Sir Isaac Newton
[B]1850AD (circa)[/B]
[I]The Industrial Revolution[/I]
The most important scientific breakthrough which opened up new sciences and technology. The pace of science is sped up tenfold
[B]1907AD[/B]
[I]Einstein Writes a Paper on the theory of Relativity[/I]
...which shapes much of modern science today.
[B]1941AD[/B]
[I]The Birth of the Modern Computer[/I]
The Zuse Z3, the first functioning and fully programmed computer, is made.
[B]1945AD[/B]
[I]Atomic Bomb is thrown[/I]
Humans enter the atomic age, where the pace of science speeds up by tenfold again. War is redefined - it is now much more than close combat over strategic spots.
[B]1961AD[/B]
[I]Man in Space[/I]
Yuri Gargarin, Soviet astronaut, goes into space, marking the start of the space race. Governments rush to develop new technology
[B]1990AD[/B]
[I]Human Genome Project[/I]
Human Genome Project (HGP) is initiated to find out all the genomes in the human body.
[B]1990AD[/B]
[I]The Hubble Telescope is Launched[/I]
From the Hubble Telescope we are able to see the planets outside Earth.
[B]2005AD[/B]
[I]Birth of Facepunch[/I]
Needs no explanation.
[U][I][B]Politics[/B][/I][/U]
[B]Unknown (Before 4000BC?)[/B]
[I]Human Tribal Systems[/I]
[B]2682BC[/B]
[I]Start of the Old Empire[/I]
The Egyptian Civilisation starts, ushering great cultural prosperity and inspiring the cultures of Crete, Greece etc. to form. Mathematical and scientific discoveries such as trigonometry etc. are found.
[B]2600BC[/B]
[I]Minoans Appear[/I]
First "Sophisticated" European civilisation appears on Crete
[B]2000 BC (circa)[/B]
[I]The Code of Ur-Namu[/I]
The first law code, but is just regional, simple laws instead of the complex structure of the Hammurabi Code
[B]1772BC[/B]
[I]The Hammurabi Code[/I]
The Hammurabi Code, the first ever law, is created by Babylonian king Hammurabi.
[B]1300BC[/B]
[I]Birth of Athens, the first "democratic" city[/I]
Athens had the first model of a "fair" country with a system of democracy. Of course, it was still in its baby steps and was no very fair at all. Athens also marked the birth of the fathers of most modern sciences, from Aristotle to Hippocrates.
[B]505BC[/B]
[I]Birth of the Roman Republic[/I]
The first republic - features the senate and 2 consuls.
[B]356BC[/B]
[I]Birth of Alexander[/I]
Conquered most of the known world, taking in Eastern culture and spreading Western culture in the process. The view of the world is changed drastically because of him.
[B]264BC[/B]
[I]Start of the Punic Wars[/I]
The largest war in their times. This was a war between Rome and Carthage, the largest empires at the time, this decided the controller of Europe and the Mediterranean.
[B]221BC[/B]
[I]China is Unified[/I]
From the previous chaos of many warring states, the Qin state unified them into one, starting a long line of different dynasties.
[B]146BC[/B]
[I]The Punic Wars End[/I]
Rome emerges victorious and becomes the ruler of Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, and the Mediterranean, becoming the largest power of the time.
[B]44BC[/B]
[I]Birth of the Roman Empire[/I]
Marks the first large empire in human history, creates the laws which most laws are still based on today
[B]3rd Century[/B]
[I]The Frankish Empire is born[/I]
Conquers most of western Europe after the fall of the WRE (Western Roman Empire), giving relative peace across East Europe.
[B]313 AD[/B]
[I]Christianity Is Allowed In the Roman Empire[/I]
Christianity's influence increases by tenfold, which affects politics for the next millenia.
[B]476AD[/B]
[I]Fall of the Western Roman Empire[/I]
Marks the start of the flourishment of Germanic tribes, which are to create other empires for the next few centuries
[B]618AD[/B]
[I]The Tang Dynasty Starts[/I]
Founded by Li-Shi Min, this dynasty ushers a new era of prosperity. Some of the greatest of China's literary works are made in this dynasty and technological advances such gunpowder were found then.
[B]1271AD[/B]
[I]Birth of the Yuan Dynasty[/I]
The Mongolians, creators of the Yuan Dynasty in China, conquer all of Asia and most of Eastern Europe, creating the largest empire ever known. Spreads Chinese inventions and culture (such as gunpowder) to the West.
[B]1453AD[/B]
[I]Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire[/I]
Wipes Rome, the great empire, off the map. Marks the Ottoman entrance into Eastern Europe. Lost Greek books start to return to the Religon-dominated Europe
[B]1492AD[/B]
[I]Columbus discovers America[/I]
The first time this other continent had come to Europe's attention. It started to let Europe loot from it and give it an age of prosperity.
[B]16th Century[/B]
[I]Rise of the Seafarers[/I]
Seafarers such as Spain and Portugal start to get rich by pillaging gold from other eastern and western countries
[B]1600AD (circa)[/B]
[I]The Reformation[/I]
Protestants break away from Catholicism. This marks the split of North European countries from the grip of the southern powers.
[B]1776AD[/B]
[I]American Independence[/I]
The creation of the future superstate, America.
[B]1789AD[/B]
[I]The French Revolution[/I]
Sets out the groundwork for modern politics of democracy
[B]18th~ 19th century AD (circa)[/B]
[I]The Rise of England[/I]
England, after defeating the Spanish Armada, quickly becomes a world power by dominating the seas and creating colonies around the world
[B]1809AD[/B]
[I]Birth of the First French Empire[/I]
The Napoleonic Laws are set out, which are still the basis for laws today
[B]1914AD[/B]
[I]First World War[/I]
Shows just how much chaos war can cause and starts to make countries go into more peaceful agreements
[B]1939AD[/B]
[I]Second World War[/I]
Smooths out the problems of the treaties after the first world war and is the cause for the first step to real peace. Establishes America and the USSR as the major superpowers for the next 50 years to come
[B]1945AD[/B]
[I]Atomic Bomb is thrown[/I]
Humans enter the atomic age, where the pace of science speeds up by tenfold again. War is redefined - it is now much more than close combat over strategic spots.
[B]1950AD[/B]
[I]The Cold War[/I]
The clash between two ideologies and is the final part of the crafting of modern politics.
[B]1991AD[/B]
[I]The Soviet Union Collapses[/I]
Crafts modern politics - communism ceases to be a government system due to people seeing its failures. America becomes the world's largest superpower
[B]2001AD[/B]
[I]9/11[/I]
The tragic event of two planes driving into the twin towers starts the American war against terrorism.
[B]2011AD[/B]
[I]Arabic Spring[/I]
Marks changes in Arabic states: they leave an islamic government for a more western and less religion-controlled government
[U][I][B]Cultural:
[/B][/I][/U]
[B]Before 10th Century BC[/B]
[I]Judaism[/I]
The first monotheistic religion is born.
[B]2300 BC[/B]
[I]Phoenicians are born[/I]
Phoenicia is to be famous for the next few centuries as traders before being taken over by Greece. It is them that spread flourishing eastern culture to new countries such as Greece and Crete.
[B]1300BC[/B]
[I]Birth of Athens, the first "democratic" city[/I]
Athens had the first model of a "fair" country with a system of democracy. Of course, it was still in its baby steps and was no very fair at all. Athens also marked the birth of the fathers of most modern sciences, from Aristotle to Hippocrates.
[B]505BC[/B]
[I]Birth of the Roman Republic[/I]
First republic, created the senate and two leading figures, which is still used in countries around the world today
[B]0BC/AD[/B]
[I]Birth of Christ[/I]
The birth of Christianity has had a profound influence on politics for the next millenia, affecting the growth of science and culture
[B]570AD[/B]
[I]Birth of Muhammad[/I]
1/3 of the people of the world chant his scriptures, and most central asian governments are based on this religion. (credits to Pelican)
[B]618AD[/B]
[I]The Tang Dynasty Starts[/I]
Founded by Li-Shi Min, this dynasty ushers a new era of prosperity. Some of the greatest of China's literary works are made in this dynasty and technological advances such gunpowder were found then.
[B]1500 AD (circa)[/B]
[I]Start of the Renaissance[/I]
Starts the cogs of culture after a millenia of Christian domination. Gears the Baroque period, where people break away from Christian-dominant culture
[B]1600AD (circa)[/B]
[I]The Reformation[/I]
Protestants break away from Catholics
[B]17th Century (circa)[/B]
[I]The Rise of England[/I]
An age of prosperity from controlling the trade routes to America, birthing greats such as Shakespeare.
[B]1789AD[/B]
[I]French Revolution[/I]
Marks the beginning of modern governments and the start of modern democracy. Napoleon creates the Napoleonic laws, which are still base of most of the laws in today's world
[B]18th~ 19th century[/B]
[I]The Enlightenment[/I]
Thinkers start to have bursts of new ideologies - Nietzche, Kant, etc.
[B]1848AD[/B]
[I]The Communist Manifesto[/I]
...is published by Karl Marx. The birth of Communism, one of the most dominant ideologies of the 20th century
[B]1917AD[/B]
[B]The Establishment of the USSR[/B]
Leon Trotsky and Lenin topple the Russian Aristocracy and create the USSR, the first communist state.
[B]Mid-1960s[/B]
[I]The Hippie Movement[/I]
Birthed cultural legends such as Bob Dylan were famous because of this and sparked a new age of free thinking
NOTE:
When posting about what should be added, add an explanation. Also, like me, the dates just have to be around the time, not exact. I'll add anything I deem appropriate to the line!
Important: Please, if you have extensive knowledge of a certain subject you would like to add into the timeline, please contribute and tell me! This is not a school project of any type, just a personal hobby of mine to discuss history and stuff.
List of Major Contributors
MyBumBum (OP), ([url]http://facepunch.com/member.php?u=554015[/url])
mdeciever ([url]http://facepunch.com/member.php?u=488730[/url])
Pelican ([url]http://facepunch.com/member.php?u=419365[/url])
wraithcat ([URL="http://facepunch.com/member.php?u=131194"]http://facepunch.com/member.php?u=131194[/URL])
c. 2600BC
Minoans
The Minoans, the first European civilisation, emerge on Crete.
There's a lot of stuff that's missing.
Virtually no mention of China as a civilisation, essentially no mention of the greeks, of Alexander the great , the huge egyptian civilisations or the fairly massive barbarian civilisations which coexisted with Rome in Europe.
Likewise the birth of the Franken empire, it's dissolution into three seperate entities is missing, the rise of the protestants in Europe, including the hussite wars. Which started well in 1400AD as opposed to 1600.
The impact the HRE had, the fact that science was advancing rapidly prior to the rennaisance needs no mention either.
Overall the whole list seems incredibly patchy, feels more like stuff grabbed of a primary school history textbook than any real timeline to be honest. Also seems odd to call Byzantine as the eastern roman empire.
No mention of the Napoleonic Wars, which basically destabilized Europe and put up the dominoes for all subsequent conflicts.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;42179474]Also seems odd to call Byzantine as the eastern roman empire.[/QUOTE]
Byzantine as a term has only been used since the 19th century. The "Byzantines" and their contemporaries always referred to them as the Roman Empire (The Ottoman Empire tried to do this as well but more or less forgot about it after Mehmet II died).
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[QUOTE=Moustacheman;42184209]No mention of the Napoleonic Wars, which basically destabilized Europe and put up the dominoes for all subsequent conflicts.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure how it set up the dominoes, since no large scale war happened in Europe for a century after. The only issues I could see would be the German and Italian questions, both of which had been resolved by the 1870s anyways.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;42179474]There's a lot of stuff that's missing.
Virtually no mention of China as a civilisation, essentially no mention of the greeks, of Alexander the great , the huge egyptian civilisations or the fairly massive barbarian civilisations which coexisted with Rome in Europe.
Likewise the birth of the Franken empire, it's dissolution into three seperate entities is missing, the rise of the protestants in Europe, including the hussite wars. Which started well in 1400AD as opposed to 1600.
The impact the HRE had, the fact that science was advancing rapidly prior to the rennaisance needs no mention either.
Overall the whole list seems incredibly patchy, feels more like stuff grabbed of a primary school history textbook than any real timeline to be honest. Also seems odd to call Byzantine as the eastern roman empire.[/QUOTE]
What? Byzantine?
Well, what do you have to add to it? Please be more specific. However, thanks for these points.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;42185954]I'm not sure how it set up the dominoes, since no large scale war happened in Europe for a century after. The only issues I could see would be the German and Italian questions, both of which had been resolved by the 1870s anyways.[/QUOTE]
Probably not all, but a few, definitely.
[editline]14th September 2013[/editline]
Without a doubt, though, they were extremely important and shouldn't be forgotten.
The timeline will update daily. Hopefully. Thanks for all the contribution!
[editline]14th September 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=wraithcat;42179474]There's a lot of stuff that's missing.
Virtually no mention of China as a civilisation, essentially no mention of the greeks, of Alexander the great , the huge egyptian civilisations or the fairly massive barbarian civilisations which coexisted with Rome in Europe.
Likewise the birth of the Franken empire, it's dissolution into three seperate entities is missing, the rise of the protestants in Europe, including the hussite wars. Which started well in 1400AD as opposed to 1600.
The impact the HRE had, the fact that science was advancing rapidly prior to the rennaisance needs no mention either.
Overall the whole list seems incredibly patchy, feels more like stuff grabbed of a primary school history textbook than any real timeline to be honest. Also seems odd to call Byzantine as the eastern roman empire.[/QUOTE]
Tell us dates and descriptions please. This timeline has just started and is very patchy, but will update daily.
[QUOTE=MyBumBum;42186281]The timeline will update daily. Hopefully. Thanks for all the contribution!
[editline]14th September 2013[/editline]
Tell us dates and descriptions please. This timeline has just started and is very patchy, but will update daily.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Moustacheman;42186247]Probably not all, but a few, definitely.
[editline]14th September 2013[/editline]
Without a doubt, though, they were extremely important and shouldn't be forgotten.[/QUOTE]
Well they did push a modern civil code on most of Europe with the german one being pretty much instigated by Napoleon and the Austrian one being heavily inspired.
It did essentially kill the HRE though, accelerated german unification processes and validated the belief of many nationalities in the AH that they should either have more power or be free of Austrian influence.
The country was called the prison of nations for a reason.
As to ideas what else to list, just from a European perspective.
The code of Ur-Namu - Actually older the Hamurabi code by about 3 centuries
The many egyptian empires and their wars
The phoenicians
The Greek expansion
The Greek wars with the persian empire
The persian empire
Alexander the Great
The wars with Carthage
Sacking of Carthage
The Roman invasions to england
Various roman expansions
The code of Iustinian
The leges romanae barbarorum
The Avar invasions into Europe
The many small nations of Europe from the empire of Samo to various Celt empires.
The tene culture which spread all over Europe
The migration periods between 400-800AD
The Frankish Empire
The splitting of the Frankish empire
Anglo-Saxon takeovers of England.
And these things are more or less just a small scope of what was going on in the Early to late Antique, in Europe and the middle east alone. Let alone the talking of the heigth of European culture including many internal wars, pushes of ideology and relative constant pushing and backing of Orthodox and catholic denominations, which then added in protestant ones as well like the hussites (famous for popularising gunpowder weapons and from whom a lot of modern gun terminology comes, which resulted in multiple crusades into the center of Europe in the 15th century), the calvinists, Wicleff's protestants, Lutherans and many others.
I'll admit that I'm not including dates at the moment, since I'm writing purely from memory, but this small blurb should just indicate the sheer scope of what happened only in Europe.
It completely neglects various non-european civilisations like the African empires, the empires in the americas and Asia which in many ways had just as much impact on their respective areas of influence as the various European ones.
The fact that they were pushed away during the colonial phase (some earlier, same later) shouldn't discount them either.
Also which I find very important personally - the cold war. The end and collapse of the soviet sphere of influence more or less happened in 88-89 predating the fall of the Soviet union.
Updated. Added details about Phoenicia, the Punic Wars (Rome vs Carthage), and some other minor details
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It's already there
[QUOTE=MyBumBum;42198131]It's already there[/QUOTE]
I didn't see, huh, thanks
You kinda missed one for Cultural & Politics.
[b][u]1917 A.D.[/u] : Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and a young Josef Stalin, along with the people of Russia, overthrow the Romonov Family, burning the Russian Empire in the fires of Revolution, and establishing the United Soviet Socialists Republic (U.S.S.R) from it's ashes. Communism would be it's major ideology for 74 years until it's collapse in 1991.[/b]
Thanks, added
Would New age stuff count for cultural?
Sure, as long as you describe it
American War of Independence
American Civil War
The Troubles
9/11
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