(6 MYA TO 1 BCE )

( MYA TO BCE ) DATES 6mya- , BP , - , BP , - , BP , - , , - , - BCE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BCE AFRICA Australopithecus fossils ( . mya) Evidence of use of fire ( . mya) Homo sapiens fossils ( , BP ) Paintings in caves/rock shelters ( , ) Domestication of cattle, dogs Domestication of donkey, cultivation of millet, use of copper Plough agriculture, first kingdoms, cities, pyramids, calendar, hieroglyphic script * , writing on papyrus (Egypt) Use of glass bottles (Egypt) City of Carthage established in North Africa by the Phoenicians from West Asia; growing trade around the Mediterranean Use of iron (Sudan) Use of iron (Egypt) Persians invade Egypt Establishment of Alexandria, Egypt ( BCE ), which becomes a major centre of learning EUROPE Evidence of use of fire ( , BP ) Homo sapiens fossils ( , ) Paintings in caves/rock shelters (especially France and Spain) Cultivation of wheat and barley (Greece) Use of copper (Crete) Domestication of horse (eastern Europe) Cities, palaces, use of bronze, the potter’s wheel, development of trade (Crete) Development of a script (Crete) * Use of iron First Olympic games (Greece, BCE ) Use of coins * (Greece);establishment of the Roman republic ( BCE ) Establishment of a ‘democracy’ in Athens (Greece) Alexander of Macedonia conquers Egypt and parts of West Asia ( - BCE ) T IMELINE - I T HEMES IN W ORLD H ISTORY DATES 6mya- , BP , - , BP , - , BP , - , BP , - , BP - BCE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BCE ASIA Evidence of use of fire ( , BP , China) Homo sapiens fossils ( , BP , West Asia) Domestication of dog ( , , West Asia) Domestication of sheep and goat, cultivation of wheat and barley (West Asia) Domestication of pig and cattle (West and East Asia) Domestication of chicken, cultivation of millet and yam (East Asia) Cultivation of cotton (South Asia);