Category: Timelines of History

By Tim Lambert 30,000 BC Stone Age hunters live in Portugal 5,000 BC Farming is introduced to Portugal 2,000 BC Bronze is introduced into Portugal 700 BC Celts enter Portugal bringing iron with them. Meanwhile, the Phoenicians trade with Portugal. 600 BC The Greeks trade with Portugal 210 BC The Romans invade the Iberian Peninsula… Continue reading A Timeline of Portugal

By Tim Lambert The Ancient World c. 2,400 BC Kubaba is the first recorded female ruler in history. She is the queen of Sumer, in what is now Iraq. 2285 to 2250 BC Enheduanna lives in what is now Iraq. She is a priestess and writer. C. 1800 BC Sobekneferu is the ruler of Egypt… Continue reading A Timeline of Women’s History

By Tim Lambert There were many famous women artists from the Middle Ages to the present day. Here is a timeline of some of them. Women Artists in the Middle Ages Ende In the Middle Ages books were often beautifully decorated. This art was called illumination. Ende was a famous illuminator. Guda 12th century Guda… Continue reading A Timeline of Women Artists

By Tim Lambert 19th Century Melbourne 1835 The city of Melbourne is founded 1837 Williamstown is laid out 1842 St James Cathedral is built. Melbourne is incorporated. 1848 Melbourne Royal Hospital is founded 1851 Melbourne has a population of 29,000 1853 Melbourne University is founded 1854 A railway is built between Melbourne and Port Melbourne… Continue reading A Timeline of Melbourne

Ancient Spain 900 BC The Phoenicians trade with Spain 227 BC The Carthaginians from North Africa found Cartagena 218 BC The Romans send an army to Spain and they gradually drive out the Carthaginians 197 BC The Romans divide the Iberian Peninsula into 2 areas, Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior 171-73 AD People from North… Continue reading A Timeline of Spain

By Tim Lambert Early Zambia 1st Century AD Bushmen live in Zambia 4th Century AD Bantu speaking immigrants arrive in Zambia 12 Century The Iron Age Luanga culture exists in Zambia 1500 Organised kingdoms arise in Zambia 1851 David Livingstone is the first European to reach Zambia 1889 Cecil Rhodes sets up the South African… Continue reading A Timeline of Zambia

By Tim Lambert Ancient Houses 20,000 BC People live in caves or in tents made of mammoth skins 6,000 BC People in Catal Huyuk in Turkey live in houses made of mud brick. Walls are plastered and sometimes painted. 2,000 BC Rich people in Iraq live two story houses arranged around a courtyard. Poor people… Continue reading A Timeline of Houses

By Tim Lambert 400 BC A Celtic people called the Boii live in what is now the Czech Republic The Early Czechs c 500 AD A Slavic people enter the Czech Republic 10th Century The Czechs are converted to Christianity 929 AD King Wenceslas is murdered 950 Bohemia (the modern Czech Republic) becomes part of… Continue reading A Timeline of Czech Republic

By Tim Lambert 862 The Vikings capture Novgorod 882 The Vikings capture Kyiv. The Vikings create the nation of Rus, which grows rich and powerful. 988 Prince Vladimir converts to Christianity 1054 Yaroslav the Wise dies and Rus breaks up 1237 The Mongols invade Russia 1240 The Mongols capture Kyiv 1242 The Principality of Novgorod… Continue reading A Timeline of Russia

By Tim Lambert Medicine After the fall of Rome After the fall of Rome in the 5th century the eastern half of the Roman Empire continued (we know it as The Byzantine Empire) and later Muslims took their knowledge of medicine from there. In the 9th century, a man named Hunain Ibn Ishaq traveled to… Continue reading Medicine in the Middle Ages