Chapter 27 Chronology of events in this volume

In 3500 BC, the earliest human civilization appeared in Egypt and West Asia. In 3100 BC, Narmer (Menes) established the first dynasty of Egypt. From 3100 BC to 2700 BC, the Minoan civilization was born. In 2500 BC, the Harappan (Indus) civilization was born. In 1700 BC, the evidence-proven Xia civilization was born. In 1200 BC, the Olmec civilization was born. In 1046 BC, King Wu defeated Zhou. 969-936 BC, Hiram I, king of Phoenicia in Tyre. 960-930 BC, Israel-Jewish king Solomon. In 841 BC, the Western Zhou Dynasty republic. In 770 BC, King Ping moved eastward. In 753 BC, Rome was founded.

In 722 BC, the Spring and Autumn Period began. In 721 BC, King Sargon II of Assyria destroyed the kingdom of Israel. In 671 BC, Assyria conquered Egypt. In 639 BC, Ashurbanipal captured Susa, the capital of Elam, and the territory of the Assyrian Empire was unprecedented. In 612 BC, the coalition forces of the Chaldean and Median kingdoms captured Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. In 605 BC, Nebuchadnezzar succeeded to the throne and the Assyrian Empire fell. In 594 BC, at the beginning of the state of Lu, tax mu was reformed by Solon in Athens. In 586 BC, King Nebuchadnezzar of the New Babylonian Kingdom destroyed Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Judah, and Judaism was formed in the "Babylonian Prisoner".

Sakyamuni was born in 569 BC. In 558 BC, Cyrus established the Persian Kingdom, and a few decades later established the Persian Empire. Confucius was born in 551 BC. In 550 BC, Cyrus conquered Media and established the Persian Empire. Cyrus destroyed Lydia in 546 BC. In 538 BC, Cyrus destroyed the Babylonian kingdom and restored the Jewish nation. In 525 BC, Persia conquered Egypt. In 518 BC, Persia invaded India. In 509 BC, the Roman Republic was born. 499-449 BC, Greek-Persian War. The first evacuation of Roman civilians took place in 494 BC. In 469 BC, Socrates was born. Mozi was born in 468 BC.

In 450 BC, the Roman "Law of the Twelve Tables" was published. In 445 B.C., Li Kui of Wei State reformed the law. 480-404 BC, the era of Pericles in Athens. 431-404 BC, Peloponnesian War.In 427 BC, Plato was born. In 403 BC, the Warring States Period began. In 384 BC, Aristotle was born. Mencius was born in 372 BC. Zhuangzi was born in 369 BC. In 367 BC, the "Licinian-Sextu Law" was passed, and Roman civilians could be consuls. In 356 BC, Roman civilians became dictators. In 351 BC, commoners in Rome were allowed to serve as censors. In 338 BC, Macedonia conquered Greece.

In 337 BC, commoners in Rome were allowed to serve as justices. In 356 BC, Shang Yang reformed. In 332 BC, King Alexander of Macedon conquered Egypt. In 330 BC, the Persian Empire fell. In 327 BC, Alexander invaded India. In 324 BC, India established the Mauryan Dynasty. In 323 BC, Alexander died and the Macedonian Empire was divided. In 296 BC, Rome conquered central Italy. In 275 BC, Rome conquered southern Italy. From 273 BC to 236 BC, during the era of King Ashoka in India, Buddhism was the state religion. In 247 BC, Anxi was founded. In 241 BC, during the First Punic War, Carthage was defeated by Rome, and Sicily was set as a Roman province, which was the beginning of Rome's establishment of overseas provinces.

In 239 BC, Sardinia and Corsica were established as Roman provinces. In 225 BC, Rome defeated Gaul (now France). In 221 BC, Qin destroyed the six kingdoms. From 218 BC to 201 BC, Carthage lost again in the Second Punic War. In 202 BC, Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor. From 149 BC to 146 BC, during the Third Punic War, Carthage was destroyed and was set as the province of Africa by Rome. In 148 BC, Macedonia became a Roman province. In 146 BC, Rome conquered Greece and established the province of Achaia. In 141 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne. In 138 BC, Zhang Qian made his first mission to the Western Regions.

Around 130 BC, Rome had nine provinces: Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, Gaul, Spain, Africa, Illyria, Macedonia, Achaia, and Asia. In 126 BC, Zhang Qian fled back to China due to civil strife among the Huns. In 82 BC, Sulla was declared dictator for life of Rome. In 48 BC, Caesar served as consul for a five-year term and tribune for life. In 45 BC, Caesar served as dictator for life. In 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated. In 33 BC, Zhaojun left the fortress. In 27 BC, Octavian established the head system, and the Roman Republic came to an end.In 1 BC, Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the Queen Mother came to the court, and Wang Mang served as the chief Sima.

In 8 AD, Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor, ending the Western Han Dynasty. In 25 AD, Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor, and the Eastern Han Dynasty began. In 30 AD, Jesus was crucified on the cross. In 43 AD, Rome conquered Britain. In 56 A.D., Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty granted Zen to Mount Tai, built Mingtang, Lingtai, and Piyong, and announced the prophecy to the world, and the theory of prophecy became the official ruling thought. In 57 AD, Emperor Guangwu died at the age of sixty-two.His son Liu Zhuang succeeded to the throne at the age of 30 and was Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.

In 65 A.D., the Chinese began to worship Buddha. In AD 68, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty first built a Buddhist temple in Luoyang. In 73 AD, Dou Gu sent Ban Chao to the Western Regions. In 75 AD, Emperor Han Ming died at the age of forty-eight.His son Liu Da succeeded to the throne at the age of nineteen and was Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty. In 79 AD, there was a meeting of the White Tiger Temple. In 88 AD, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty died at the age of thirty-three.His son Liu Zhao succeeded to the throne as Emperor Hanhe.When Emperor He was ten years old, Empress Dowager Dou came to court, and her brother Dou Xian ruled.

In 92 AD, the 14-year-old Emperor He of the Han Dynasty joined forces with eunuchs to eliminate the Dou family, and Chinese eunuchs began to participate in politics from then on. In AD 97, Ban Chao sent Gan Ying as an envoy to Daqin (Rome), Tiaozhi (now Iraq), and returned to the western border of Anxi (now Iran). In 105 AD, Emperor Hanhe died at the age of twenty-seven.His son Liu Long succeeded him as Emperor Shang of the Han Dynasty.Emperor Shang was only a hundred days old, and Empress Dowager Deng came to court. In 106 AD, Emperor Shang of the Han Dynasty died at the age of two.His nephew Liu Hu succeeded to the throne as Emperor Han'an at the age of thirteen.

In 121 A.D., Empress Dowager Deng died, Emperor An destroyed the Deng family, and Yan Xian, the younger brother of the empress, used it. In 125 AD, Emperor Han'an died at the age of thirty-two.The eunuch welcomed Liu Bao, the king of Jiyin, to succeed him as Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, who was eleven years old.Kill Yan Xian. In 144 AD, Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty died at the age of thirty.His son Liu Bing succeeded to the throne as Emperor Chong of the Han Dynasty.Emperor Chong of the Han Dynasty was two years old, and the Empress Dowager Liang came to court, and her younger brother Liang Ji was in charge. In 145 AD, Emperor Chong of the Han Dynasty died at the age of three.Liang Ji Yingli's clan Liu Zuan succeeded him as Emperor Han Zhi, who was eight years old. In 146 AD, Emperor Hanzhi was poisoned to death by Liang Ji at the age of nine.Liang Ji Yingli's clan Liu Zhi succeeded him as Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty at the age of fifteen. In 159 AD, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty joined forces with eunuchs to destroy the Liang family. In 166 AD, the Roman mission came to Luoyang.The first disaster of party imprisonment. In 167 AD, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty died at the age of thirty-six.Empress Dowager Dou ordered Dou Wuying to set up the clan Liu Hong to succeed her as Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty at the age of twelve. In 168 A.D., Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and the eunuch Cao Jie and others jointly destroyed Dou Wu. Dou Wu committed suicide after being defeated and was beheaded for public display. In 169 AD, the second disaster of party imprisonment. In 184 AD, the Yellow Turban Army revolted. In 189 AD, Emperor Ling of Han died at the age of thirty-four. In 220 AD, Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, and the Eastern Han Dynasty fell.In 226 AD, Anxi died in the Sasanian Dynasty of Iran. In 280 AD, Wu died and Jin ruled the world. AD 284-305, Roman Emperor Diocletian reigned. In 313 AD, Constantine and Licinius jointly issued the Edict of Milan, and Christianity gained legal status in Rome. In 316 AD, the Western Jin Dynasty fell, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty began the following year, and the economic and cultural center of China moved southward. In 320 AD, the Gupta Dynasty in India began. In 330 AD (the fourth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty), the Roman Empire moved its capital to Byzantium and changed its name to Constantinople. In 372 AD, the Huns crossed the Volga River, quickly defeated the East Goths, and then coerced the Visigoths to cross the Danube. In 386 AD, the Northern Wei Dynasty was established and the Northern Dynasty began. In 392 AD, Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire. In 395 AD, the Roman Empire was divided. In 420 AD, the Eastern Jin Dynasty fell and the Southern Dynasty began. In 476 AD, the Western Roman Empire fell. From 529 to 534 AD, Byzantium edited the Encyclopedia of Civil Laws. In 581 AD, Yang Jian proclaimed himself emperor, and his capital was Chang'an, the beginning of Sui Dynasty. In 618 AD, Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, the Sui Dynasty died, and the Tang Dynasty began. In 622 AD, Muhammad, who founded Islam, established a theocracy in Medina, and Islamic civilization began. In 1453 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire fell to the Ottoman Turks.