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Midterm Hist201
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aztec Empire dominates Mesoamerica | 1428 - 1521 CE |
| Bantu-speaking peoples expand across central and southern Africa | 1000 BCE - 1500 CE |
| beginning of the Neolithic era (first evidence of agriculture) | 9000 BCE |
| classical period in Greece | 500 - 338 BCE |
| Confucius | 551 - 479 BCE |
| construction of mounds at Cahokia | 1050 -1250 CE |
| Cyrus the Great consolidates the Persian Empire | 550 BCE |
| establishment of the first cities in Sumer | 3800 BCE |
| founding of Buddhism and Jainism | 500 BCE |
| Han dynasty | 206 BCE - 220 CE |
| height of Harappan civilization | 2800 - 2000 BCE |
| Hellenistic period | 1200 - 323 BCE |
| Homo sapiens migrates out of Africa to Eurasia | 120,000 years ago |
| Inca Empire dominates the Andes | 1438 - 1532 CE |
| Indo-European migrations | 4000 - 1000 BCE |
| Mauryan Empire | 322 - 185 BCE |
| Neanderthals flourish in Europe and western Asia | 30,000 - 150,000 years ago |
| Old Kingdom in Egypt | 2660 - 2180 BCE |
| Olmec culture | 1500 - 300 BCE |
| peak of Maya culture | 600 - 900 CE |
| Qin dynasty | 221 - 206 BCE |
| Roman Empire | 27 BCE - 476 CE |
| Roman Republic | 509 - 27 BCE |
| Shang dynasty | 1500 - 1050 BCE |
| Vedic Age | 1500 - 500 BCE |
| Zhou dynasty | 1050 - 256 BCE |