(1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – 2nd millennium – other millennia)

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Events:

• Beginning of Christianity and Islam
• London founded by Romans as Londinium
• Diaspora of the Jews
• The Olympic Games observed until 393
• The Library of Alexandria, largest library in the world, burned
• Rise and fall of the Roman Empire
• Germanic kingdoms established in Northern and Western Europe
• Maya civilization at its height
• Three kingdoms in China
• The height of Hindu culture in India under the Gupta Dynasty
• Islamic conquest of the Middle East and North Africa
• Viking raids common in northern Europe in the 9th and 10th centuries.
• Beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe

Significant persons:

• Caesar Augustus, Roman emperor
• Jesus, central figure in Christianity
• Plutarch, Greek historian
• Paul of Tarsus, Israelite Apostle to the gentiles, created Christianity
• Cai Lun, Chinese inventor of paper
• Zhang Heng, Chinese astronomer and mathematician
• Ptolemy, Greek astronomer and mathematician
• Constantine I, Roman emperor
• Attila, Hunnic king and warlord
• Muhammad, prophet and founder of Islam
• Charlemagne, Frankish conqeurer and founder of the Holy Roman Empire
• al-Khwarizmi, Persian mathematician

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions:

• Paper invented in China
• Algebra developed in the Middle East
• Various horse-riding improvements including the horseshoe and the stirrup
• Hop (plant) added to beer for the first time
• Ptolemaic system used to describe the motion of the planets
• Chess developed, gaining widespread use
• Magnetic compass invented
• Steel first used in India

Centuries and Decades

1st century	0s	10s	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s
2nd century	100s	110s	120s	130s	140s	150s	160s	170s	180s	190s
3rd century	200s	210s	220s	230s	240s	250s	260s	270s	280s	290s
4th century	300s	310s	320s	330s	340s	350s	360s	370s	380s	390s
5th century	400s	410s	420s	430s	440s	450s	460s	470s	480s	490s
6th century	500s	510s	520s	530s	540s	550s	560s	570s	580s	590s
7th century	600s	610s	620s	630s	640s	650s	660s	670s	680s	690s
8th century	700s	710s	720s	730s	740s	750s	760s	770s	780s	790s
9th century	800s	810s	820s	830s	840s	850s	860s	870s	880s	890s
10th century	900s	910s	920s	930s	940s	950s	960s	970s	980s	990s