1st millennium BC
(2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – other millennia)
Events The Iron Age began in Western Europe Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Buddhism was founded Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon and created the Persian Empire (6th century BC) Sparta and Athens fought the Peloponnesian War Alexander the Great conquered Greece, Egypt, Persia and Afghanistan Hellenic Greek culture spread through the Mediterranean China was unified under the Qin Dynasty Celts invaded Western Europe The Roman Republic rose and fell Rome and Carthage fought the Punic wars The Maya civilisation began
Significant persons David, Israelite king Homer, Greek poet Gautama Buddha, Hindu prince, founder of Buddhism Confucius, Chinese philosopher Pericles, Athenian statesman Aeschylus, Greek tragedian Sophocles, Greek tragedian Euripides, Greek tragedian Socrates, Greek Philosopher Plato, Greek philosopher Aristotle, Greek Philosopher Pythagoras, Greek mathemetician Alexander the Great, Greek conqueror (4th century BC) Euclid, Alexandrian mathematician Archimedes, Greek scientist Cicero, Latin orator and philosopher Julius Caesar, Roman conqueror and dictator Virgil, Latin poet
Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions Iron use becomes widespread Buoyancy principle is discovered Geometry is developed Pythagorean theorem proved Eratosthenes proves that the earth is a sphere and estimates its diameter. The Phoenicians propagate the phonetic alphabet in the Mediterranian Many major religious and philosophical viewpoints are created, further explored or codified
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