Humanities Timeline 
Humanities Time Line
The following is a selective listing of some major figures and works of the Humanities (right column) and their relation to important events in History (Center Column)
c = approximately
First Column:
Century
Second Column:
Events in History
Third Column:
Humanities Giants
(write your entries here)
Before the Common Era (BCE) =
Before Christ (BC)
c. BC 15,000 - 10,000
Old Stone Age
Cave art at Lascaux and Altamira
c. BC 7000
Native Americans may have migrated from northern Asia
c. BC 5,000
New Stone Age
Pottery invented.
First large-scale architecture
Bronze tools
c. BC 3500 - 2350
Sumerian Period in Mesopotamia.
Reign of Gilgamesh (2700)
Pictographic writing.
Construction of first ziggurats.
Cult of Mother Goddess
c. BC 3200
Egyptian civilization established
Hieroglyphic writing (BC 3100)
Great Sphinx & Gaza Pyramids (2650-2514)
c. BC 2000
c. BC 1900-1600
Babylonian period
Epic of Gilgamesh (earliest version)
Law Code of Hammurabi ( BC 1792-1750)
c. BC 1500
Hinduism develops in India with polytheism
The Vedas
The Upanishads
c. 1400-1300
Egypt
Amenhotep IV establishes monotheism
Tutankhamen reestablishes polytheism
c. BC 1300-1200
Moses leads exodus from Egypt
Egypt Architecture at Luxur, Karnak, Abu Simbel (1298-1232)
BC 1200-100
Judaism develops monotheism in Middle East
*Old Testament
The “Old Testament” is a Christian term for the Hebrew Bible. It is a collection of religious writings by Israelites that form the first section of the Christian Bible and the ‘Old Testament” was later added to the second collection of writings known as the New Testament. The books are divided into several sections, one is known as Pentateuch. Another is the history books that tell the history of the Israelites, the wisdom books have the old age questions of good and evil in the world; and the books of the biblical prophets warns people of the consequences if they turning away from God. Each religion uses these old testaments but
The following is a selective listing of some major figures and works of the Humanities (right column) and their relation to important events in History (Center Column)
c = approximately
First Column:
Century
Second Column:
Events in History
Third Column:
Humanities Giants
(write your entries here)
Before the Common Era (BCE) =
Before Christ (BC)
c. BC 15,000 - 10,000
Old Stone Age
Cave art at Lascaux and Altamira
c. BC 7000
Native Americans may have migrated from northern Asia
c. BC 5,000
New Stone Age
Pottery invented.
First large-scale architecture
Bronze tools
c. BC 3500 - 2350
Sumerian Period in Mesopotamia.
Reign of Gilgamesh (2700)
Pictographic writing.
Construction of first ziggurats.
Cult of Mother Goddess
c. BC 3200
Egyptian civilization established
Hieroglyphic writing (BC 3100)
Great Sphinx & Gaza Pyramids (2650-2514)
c. BC 2000
c. BC 1900-1600
Babylonian period
Epic of Gilgamesh (earliest version)
Law Code of Hammurabi ( BC 1792-1750)
c. BC 1500
Hinduism develops in India with polytheism
The Vedas
The Upanishads
c. 1400-1300
Egypt
Amenhotep IV establishes monotheism
Tutankhamen reestablishes polytheism
c. BC 1300-1200
Moses leads exodus from Egypt
Egypt Architecture at Luxur, Karnak, Abu Simbel (1298-1232)
BC 1200-100
Judaism develops monotheism in Middle East
*Old Testament
The “Old Testament” is a Christian term for the Hebrew Bible. It is a collection of religious writings by Israelites that form the first section of the Christian Bible and the ‘Old Testament” was later added to the second collection of writings known as the New Testament. The books are divided into several sections, one is known as Pentateuch. Another is the history books that tell the history of the Israelites, the wisdom books have the old age questions of good and evil in the world; and the books of the biblical prophets warns people of the consequences if they turning away from God. Each religion uses these old testaments but