A Greek's Life
Born Bronze
Dynastic Rule
All about the Caesars
Hunting for mine
100

This leader, who became a king, was born in Macedonia.

Alexander the Great

100

The invention of writing.

cuniform and hieroglyphics

100

The earliest to rule China 1600-1046BC.

Shang Dynasty

100

I destroyed the old republic before my demise.

Julius Caesar

100

Chile, we moved from place to place.

Nomads

200

A kingdom north of the Greek City-States.

Macedonia

200

The rise of the first city-states within these places.

Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China

200

I ruled China the longest, 1046-256 BC.

Zhou Dynasty

200

I wasn't a technical emperor; I was the first real emperor.

Augustus Caesar

200

We were simple, non-complex, foraged for food, and used simple tools.

The First Hunter-Gatherers

300

Starting cooperative argumentative dialogue, stimulating critical thinking, and illuminating ideas is the way.

Socrates

300

The monumental construction of these.

Pyramids, Ziggurats, and heavily fortified settlements

300

I unified all of China between 221 and 206 BC.

Qin Dynasty

300

I was capable as a military leader, and then I became paranoid.

Tiberius

300

We ate plants, tubers, seeds, and nuts while hunting animals and fishing.

Diet and Lifestyle

400

This person believes that reality consists of abstract, perfect, and unchanging forms or ideas.

Plato

400

The replacement of rock tools and weapons.

Bronze tools and weapons

400

I introduced the Mandate of Heaven (the divine right to rule).

Zhou Dynasty

400

I was the madman of tyranny before my assassination.

Caligula

400

During this period, we started growing food.

Neolithic

500

The purpose of life is happiness or flourishing, and is achieved through living virtuously and rationally.

Aristotle

500

I need four to move, or maybe two.

Invention of the wheel

500

I expanded the territory and solidified Confucianism as the state ideology.

Han Dynasty

500

Thanks to me, Rome burned, and the Christians were persecuted.

Nero

500

We had to get with the program. Our response to climate change was to settle down.

Adaptation