Governments

*Date*	*Place*	*Event*
2350	Babylon	Sargon, the first king of Akkadian dynasty.
2300	China	Shun dynasty 2300 - 2205.
	Egypt	African pygmies appear in Egyptian court.
2200	China	Hsai dynasty rules 2200 - 1760; introduces tithe system with annual distribution of fields.
2000	Egypt	Egyptians control Crete & Aegean Islands.
	Babylon	Becomes capital of the empire due to shift in the course of Euphrates.
	Babylon	Hittites attack and plunder Babylon.
1880	Canaan	Sesostris III invades.
	Babylon	Code of Hammurabi sets laws of kingdom in order and provides first of all legal systems; includes guidelines for medical practices and permissible fees; also defines criminal laws and lines of inheritance.
1760	China	Shang dynasty to 1122.
1750	Persia	Beginning of empire.
	Syria	Hittites attack.
1600	Egypt	Hyksos drive Egyptians south and form a kingdom in the Nile Delta. Egypt reclaims territory about 1575.
1300	Egypt	Regulations established concerning the sale of beer.
1193	Egypt	Widespread robbery of royal tombs; thieves are prosecuted.
1146	Babylon	Nebuchadnezzar I becomes king.
1122	China	Chou dynasty to 480.
	China	Prohibition decreed.
1116	Ethiopia	Becomes an independent power.
	Athens	Abolition of monarchy; Medron becomes first archon.
1002	Israel	Saul becomes first king.
1000	Israel	David becomes king to 960.
960	Israel	Solomon becomes king.
950	Greece	Political unification of Attica under rule of Athenian kings.
933	Israel	King Solomon dies; kingdom divided into Israel (Northern Kingdom) & Judah (Southern Kingdom).
	Judah	Rehoboam I becomes king to 917.
	Israel	Jeroboam I becomes king to 907.
879	Corinth	Dorians conquer.
800	Judea	Amaziah, king of Judea, defeated by Israel, is killed in Judean rebellion.
784	Israel	Jeroboam II, last important ruler of Israel to 744.
746	Assyria	Tiglath-pileser III subjugates Syria & Philistia.
690	Judea	Submits to Assyria.
640	Greece	Solon, Athenian law giver and statesman to 560.
638	Judea	Josiah becomes king to 608.
	Greece	1st written laws of Athens by Draco.
	Judea	Nebuchadnezzar II makes Judea tributary.
	Egypt	Nebuchadnezzar II defeats Egyptian army under Necho.
520	Rome	Declared a republic, last king, Tarquin the Proud, expelled.
451	Rome	Three Roman senators sent to Athens to study the laws of Solon.
450	Rome	The Decemvirs codify Roman laws in a form known as the Twelve Tables.
405	Persia	Artaxerxes II becomes King of Persia and rules until 359.
356	Macedon	Birth of Alexander the Great.
350	Persia	Revolt of the Judeans against Artaxerxes III.
343	Egypt	Conquered by Persia.
338	Greece	Conquered by Macedonia.
336	Macedonia	Alexander placed on throne by army commanders.
335	Thebes	Conquered by Alexander.
333	Issus	Alexander defeats Darius.
332	Tyre	Conquered by Alexander.
332	Jerusalem	Conquered by Alexander.
331	Gaugamela	Alexander defeats Darius.
330	Babylon	Occupied by Alexander.
330	Susa	Occupied by Alexander.
330	Persepolis	Occupied by Alexander.
327	India	Invaded by Alexander.
326	India	Alexander extends empire to Indus River.
323	Babylon	Death of Alexander.
314	Judea	Ruled by the Seleucids of Syria.
312	Judea	Ruled by Antigonus I.
301	Judea	Antigonus I killed; ruled now by Egypt.
287	Rome	Full equity between patricians and plebeians.
281	Syria	Antiochus I Soter (Savior) - Seleucid King of Syria until 261.
268	Rome	1st appearance of the Roman silver coin, denarius.
250	Rome	1st Roman prison built, Tullianum, built.
225	Rome	Quintus Fabius Pictor - the first Roman historian.
175	Judea	Antiochus IV Epiphanes (god-manifest), Seleucid king, rules Judea and persecutes Judeans.
167	Judea	Hasmonean Revolt begun under Mattathias lasts until 164.
146	Greece	Under Roman rule.
141	Judea	Judea gains complete victory over their Seleucis enemies and become an independent nation.
80	Alexandria	Comes under Roman rule.
63	Judea	Civil war breaks out. Pompey captures Jerusalem and Judea comes under Roman control.
60	Switzerland	Rome establishes colonies.
55	Gaul	Northern part conquered by Caesar.
55	Britain	Rome sends punitive expeditions.
54	Britain	2nd invasion by Romans under Caesar; Britain agrees to pay tribute.
51	Egypt	Cleopatra VII and her brother Ptolemy XIII become joint rulers. She is the last Egyptian queen.
47	Judea	Younger son of Antipater, Herod, made governor of Galilee because he of reputation of being tough on the Judeans.
47	Egypt	Pompey murdered by order of Cleopatra.
46	Africa	Becomes Roman province.
46	Rome	Caesar is assassinated by a group of conspirators headed by Junius Brutus and Cassius Longinus; Mark Anthony seizes power.
40	Judea	Herod the Great appointed King in Rome by Mark Anthony & Octavian Augustus.
37	Judea	King Herod the Great captured Jerusalem in July with help of Roman Legions. He killed Antigonus and all heirs, bringing an end to the Hasmonean Dynasty.
30	Egypt	Anthony & Cleopatra commit suicide, Octavian declares Egypt a Roman province.
27	Rome	Octavian is given supreme power by the Senate, with the title of Augustus.
19	Rome	Emperor Tiberius expelled Jews from Rome for "converting many of the natives to their ways."
10		King Herod the Great inaugurated the new city of Caesarea.
9	Arabia	King Herod the Great invaded Nabataea.
9	Germany	Roman army penetrates as far as the Elbe.
6	Judea	Annexed by Rome.
6	Judea	King Herod the Great executed the Zealots who attempted to destroy the Roman Eagle Gate.
4	Judea	Death of Herod the Great.