Gears and winches (500 BC), cast iron (400 BC), water wheel (280 BC), water mill (250 BC), air and water pumps, surveying tools (200 BC), th...

Liberalized Republic (494 BC), Direct Elections (494 BC), City Hall (435 BC), Embassy (435 BC), Private Property (400 BC), Mixed Governme...

Grand regional empires with well-trained armies, unifying ideologies and advanced bureaucracies make it possible to govern a huge populat...

Current Date: 8/31/1000 BC Population: 115,280 Season: Summer Season 2: Primitivo (3,000 to 1 BC) City Type: Village Period: Axial A...

FOUNDED CITIES: Tripoli, Delhi, Cartago, Rome, Jingzhou, Suzhou, Palermo, Hamadan, Gaza, Yerevan, Istanbul, Seville, Malaga, Cagliari, Me...

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM: Socialism, Liberalism, Communism, Oligarchy, Autocracy, Senate (753 BC), Legislative Assembly (753 BC), State Reli...

The First Olympics is held in 776 BC. In 648 BC the first horse race is held. With that the racecourses appear. The theater was ...

Military engineering is developed, responsible for innovation in the construction of equipment, fortifications, camps and roads. In 884 t...

The first known Greek medical school was opened in Cnidus, in 700 BC. A training facility for competitors in public games called...

INFRASTRUCTURE: To meet the great demand for ships, docks are invented and ports are modernized. The first lane outside ...

Socialism, Liberalism, Communism, Oligarchy, Autocracy, Senate (753 BC), Legislative Assembly (753 BC), State Religion (712 BC), Forum (7...

Labor divisions in the countryside and urban centers led to the rise of an upper class and the development of complex cities. With that c...

Current Date: 12/30/1500 B.C. Population: 100,251 Season: Winter Season 2: Primitivo (3,000 to 1 BC) City Type: Village Period: Iron...

FOUNDED CITIES: Athens, Lisbon, Beijing, Damascus, Varanasi, Xi'an, Cadiz, Pyongyang. LARGEST CITY IN THE WORLD: Thebes - Egypt (1500...

ARCHITECTURE: Elegant architecture and art dominate the palaces. In 1400 BC concrete was invented. INFRASTRUCTURE: Two rivers are connect...

Luxor Temple (1400 BC), Lion's Gate (1250 BC)

  Emergence of the first equipped and organized armies.

Water and sewage facilities were available for upper class households through clay pipes. The first sundials were built in 1500 BC.

Two rivers are connected by a channel. Water wells are built. Streets are paved with bricks for the first time. First dry stone bridge fo...

Elegant architecture and art dominate the palaces. In 1400 BC concrete was invented.