To navigate the timeline, click and drag it with your mouse, or click on the timeline overview on the bottom.
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE
1000 BCE
500 BCE
0 CE
500 CE
1000 CE
1500 CE
2500 BCE: First Dynasty of Lagash under King Eannutum is first empire in Mesopotamia.
2334 BCE - 2279 BCE: Sargon of Akkad (the Great) reigns over Mesopotamia and thus creates the world's first empire.
1504 BCE - 1492 BCE: Egyptian empire reaches greatest extent under Thutmose I.
1500 BCE: Egyptian empire extends to the Euphrates.
1350 BCE - 1250 BCE: The Hittite Empire is at its peak.
1285 BCE: Peak of Hittite power.
188 BCE: Maximum extent of the Pergamon Empire after Apamea peace.
100 BCE - 44 BCE: Life of Gaius Julius Caesar, founder of the Roman Empire.
31 BCE: Greece absorbed into Roman Empire.
60 CE - 61 CE: Boudicca's Revolt in Britain.
83 CE: Battle of Mons Graupius in Scotland.
200 CE - 1000 CE: Tiwanaku Empire flourishes based around Lake Titicaca.
500 CE - 1240 CE: The Ghana Empire dominates West Africa.
802 CE - 1431 CE: Khmer Empire in South East Asia.
1425 CE - 1532 CE: The Inca Empire flourishes in South America.