![]() Beginning of the Shang dynasty in the Lower Yellow River Valley (China). The construction of Stonehenge in England starts. Beginning of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, and also known as the “Age of the Pyramids”. There were large military campaigns by ethnic groups of people. Temples are usually build at the center of the cities. First city-states are created, palaces are starting to be build. Bricks are used widely(and made by a fired process). Egypt’s 1st Dynasty created by the joining of the upper and lower kingdoms of Egypt. Indus Valley Civilization established in South Asia. The wheel is invented and begins to be used. The very first year on the Egyptian calendar. Development of copper and bronze metallurgy. First settled societies in the Mesopotamia region. First beer is brewed from grain in the Near East. The oceans and sea’s rise, England is now cut off from Europe by land. A great earthquake destroys the city of Jericho. (interesting fact: first domesticated dog ever was found in Idaho, USA 8400 BC). Cows and sheep were domesticated and crops where manipulated and tended. The Neolithic Revolution and an agriculture way of life is discovered in the Fertile Crescent/Middle Eastern area. Humans make it to the southern most point of South America. Bering Strait is crossed by humans, connecting Asia to the Americas. Cro-Magnon’s painted caves with drawings of the animals they killed. Cro-Magnon man is flourishing, moving from the Near East into Europe, lives by hunting and gathering. Bow and arrows with stone points (arrowheads) are used. Homo sapiens, the first modern humans, appear in Africa. Derivative works and other unauthorized copying or use of stills, video footage, text or graphics is expressly prohibited. Your purchase from will assist the CenturyOne Foundation in providing funding for various archaeological and research projects which seek to provide more information about the period of the First Century C.E., the origins of Christianity and the world of the Bible in general.Īll materials contained in are protected by copyright and trademark laws and may not be used for any purpose whatsoever other than private, non-commercial viewing purposes. All Rights Reserved.Īll prices subject to change and given in U.S. The Roman World at the End of the Reign of TrajanĬopyright ©1996-2003 CenturyOne Bookstore. The Roman World During the Reign of Claudius The Roman World During the Reign of Augustus Caesar By his death on August 8 AD 117, when the new emperor Hadrain took over, the Roman Empire was at its greatest size. Trajan led successful military campaigns on a foriegn policy of expansion. By the end of the first century, Trajan had gained wide spread popularity with the people of Rome due to his public works and generousity with the poor. On January 28 AD 98, Trajan was declared Caesar. The Second Revolt in AD 132 only completed the devestation that was not accomplished at the end of the First Revolt. Two attempts were made in AD 66 and again in AD 132. ![]() At the death of Herod the Great in 4 BC, the time was ripe for a deliverer to rise up and release the populace from the hold of Rome. Constant friction between the subjects there and the often corrupt Roman govenors, created a continuously agitated state of affairs. ![]() In the province of Judea, all was not well. Loved or hated, Rome's power was absolute. The world of the First Century was Roman. Maps of the Roman World in the First Century C.E.
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