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 I originally made this in the Mass Debate section but after a while, I thought it fit more here.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])
[quote]2005AD
Birth of Facepunch[/quote]
Bit incorrect there gaffer.
BC & AD isn't the professional designation of ages. Go with BCE and CE.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42369462]BC & AD isn't the professional designation of ages. Go with BCE and CE.[/QUOTE]
Also it is disputed whether Jesus was born on 0 CE or 5-7 BCE.
1776 wasn't important enough to be added?
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;42372565]1776 wasn't important enough to be added?[/QUOTE]
ah yes, the year the world fell under the control of Adam Weishaupt and his evil schemes
Judaism isn't the oldest monotheistic religion. Zoroastrianism is even older and that was the state religion of Persia up until the Arabs invaded.
In fact I'm pretty sure that Zoroastrianism had an influence on Judaism when Israel was ruled by the Persians.
Uh
Apollo 11 should be on here probably
greatest event in human history and etc.
[QUOTE=evilweazel;42372733]
greatest event in human history and etc.[/QUOTE]
Giving it a bit too much importance.
Also the treatment of the industrial revolution is awful.
It began in phases in different parts of the world. Arguably as early as the mid 18th century in Britain.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;42372682]Judaism isn't the oldest monotheistic religion. Zoroastrianism is even older and that was the state religion of Persia up until the Arabs invaded.
In fact I'm pretty sure that Zoroastrianism had an influence on Judaism when Israel was ruled by the Persians.[/QUOTE]
Zoroastrianism if I'm correct though is only semi-monotheistic.
[editline]1st October 2013[/editline]
[quote=wikipedia]Zoroaster simplified the pantheon of early Iranian gods[2] into two opposing forces: Ahura Mazda (Illuminating Wisdom) and Angra Mainyu (Destructive Spirit) which were in conflict.[/quote]
[QUOTE=matt000024;42373397]Zoroastrianism if I'm correct though is only semi-monotheistic.
[editline]1st October 2013[/editline][/QUOTE]
Wouldn't Christianity fall under the same category? God and the Devil being the opposing powers.
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;42374149]Wouldn't Christianity fall under the same category? God and the Devil being the opposing powers.[/QUOTE]
Devil isn't an actual god.
Sorry to be that guy but this is a poorly done timeline in its present form. Some vital stuff is missing while trivial things are added in their place; I don't think the omission of the Hippie Movement would cause any legitimate gaps in history, but the lack of any mention of the Civil Rights movement or the Suffrage Movement or even the dissolution of apartheid in South Africa is odd. It's rife with grammatical mistakes and odd, inconsistent formatting (for instance, it seems like every other sentence you forget to add a period which is only noticeable because you add them in subsequent sentences). You switch between the past and present tense too often when describing events and you label things erratically; why is the Human Genome Project listed by the day it was initiated (something which is rather arbitrary by itself considering the day it was completed is much more notable), meanwhile the Atomic Era is listed by the time the first bomb was dropped (instead of just going the simple route and listing the Manhattan Project or even the less known Uranverein).
this is a silly silly project
2013 AD, and the establishment of the USSA; 10/1/2013 to be exact.
this reads more like a timeline of Europe/Western civilisation
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;42376457]this reads more like a timeline of Europe/Western civilisation[/QUOTE]
Well China did stuff. The Islamic golden age doesn't matter much I guess.
Whatever happened to the great molasses flood of 1919
Or the death of Genghis Khan...
What about the black plague and the Spanish flue?
1991 Debut of the Web as a publicly available service on the Internet.
nowhere near enough emphasis on the fall of the HRE (1806), the rise of prussia (19th century), the rise of nationalism (19th - early 20th century), the spread of republicanism (early 20th century) or the phoenicians (1200 - ~600BC)
[QUOTE=Hellduck;42378765]nowhere near enough emphasis on the fall of the HRE (1806), the rise of prussia (19th century), the rise of nationalism (19th - early 20th century), the spread of republicanism (early 20th century) or the phoenicians (1200 - ~600BC)[/QUOTE]
The fall of the Holy Roman Empire is directly tied to Napoleon and his wars, so I think mentioning Napoleon is enough for that.
[editline]2nd October 2013[/editline]
I just realized he outright ignored both World Wars
What are your sources for this?
Jesus.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42378876]The fall of the Holy Roman Empire is directly tied to Napoleon and his wars, so I think mentioning Napoleon is enough for that.
[editline]2nd October 2013[/editline]
I just realized he outright ignored both World Wars[/QUOTE]
the napoleonic wars aren't getting high enough billing either
hey guys
how about we help him out because clearly he doesn't have a clear understanding of the importance of a great deal of history
And we could do it while not being shitty to him, too.
[QUOTE=Hellduck;42382345]the napoleonic wars aren't getting high enough billing either[/QUOTE]
Are the world wars?
[QUOTE=katbug;42390451]hey guys
how about we help him out because clearly he doesn't have a clear understanding of the importance of a great deal of history
And we could do it while not being shitty to him, too.[/QUOTE]
Why though
This has been done a billion times by professionals
What's the point
There's a lot of issue pinning a lot of these onto specific dates and, not only that, how are you supposed to discern what [b]the[/b] all time important events are and to who? Even just looking at history as a series of important events moving things along is so basic. I really don't think it's worth it to get any more detailed than what you've already got and even then it's shaky. Sorry.
Where is the battle of Hastings?
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