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 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… Continue reading A Timeline of Spain

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 Czechia

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 Ancient Medicine 1,500 BC The Ebers Papyrus is the first known medical book 500 BC Alcmaeon of Croton in Italy says that a body is healthy as long as it has the right balance of hot and cold, wet and dry. If the balance is upset the body falls ill. 460-377 BC… Continue reading A Timeline of Medicine

By Tim Lambert 20,000 BC In Europe people make warm clothes such as trousers, coats, and boots from animal skins using bone needles 1200 BC Men in Egypt wear loincloths and a kind of kilt. Women wear dresses with shoulder straps. Both sexes wear jewelry. 400 BC Women in Greece wear long dresses that cover… Continue reading A Timeline of Clothes

By Tim Lambert Roman London 50 The Romans found a town at London 61 Boudica, a Celtic queen burns London c. 180 Stone walls are built around London c. 250 London is a flourishing town with a population of around 45,000 407 The Roman army leaves Britain c.460 London is abandoned Saxon London c. 600… Continue reading A Timeline of London