IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
c. 15000 B.C.E.
Zoroastrianism begins developing in ancient Persia
c. 1200–1000 B.C.E.
alphabet is created
776 B.C.E.
The first recorded Olympic Games are held in Greece
587 / 586 B.C.E.
Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon destroys the First Temple in Jerusalem
551 B.C.E.
The Chinese philosopher Confucius is born
c. 550 B.C.E.
Cyrus the Great founds the Achaemenid Empire
522 B.C.E.
Darius the Great becomes king of the Achaemenid Empire
509 B.C.E.
The Roman Republic is established
490 B.C.E.
Greece defeats the Persian invasion at the Battle of Marathon
c. 425 B.C.E.
Herodotus publishes The Histories
330 B.C.E.
The Achaemenid Empire falls to Alexander the Great
247 B.C.E.
Arsaces I founds the Parthian Empire
224 B.C.E.
Ardashir I defeats the Parthian king and creates the Sasanian Empire
51 B.C.E.
Cleopatra becomes ruler of ancient Egypt
633–651 C.E.
The Arab Muslim conquest brings an end to pre-Islamic Persia