TIMELINE 600 AD/BC

600 AD

INSTITUTIONS:

Goths and Svea peoples unite to form Sweden.

Java, Sumatra are converted to Buddhism.

TECHNOLOGY:

The beginning of animal ornaments being shown on Scandinavian art.

The first windmills are in use in Persia for irrigation.

Eastern Europe produces the moldboard plow.

The construction of the monastery for St. Catherine.

Chinese-influenced sculptures of Buddha introduced to Japan.

Glass mosaics in Caesarea reveal high quality craftsmanship.

GOVERNANCE:

Anglo-Saxons regain power in conquest of England.

In South America, the Wari conquerors expanded their territory.

COMMERCE:

Mint coins called sceattas are used for exchanges.

600 BC

INSTITUTIONS:

Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha is born.

Lao Tzu, founder of Taoism is born.

Pompeii is founded.

Milan is founded by Celts.

Marseille is founded by Phoceans.

Nebuchadnezzar builds Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

TECHNOLOGY:

The pitcher is made in Corinth.

The temple of Artemis is built.

Vases in Greece become orientalized.

Archaic period of sculpture in Greece.

GOVERNANCE:

Athens suffering from economic problems.

Etruscans capture Roman settlement becoming a thriving center for trade.

Smyrna, Turkey is attacked and destroyed.

COMMERCE:

The earliest coins made in Lydia (Turkey).

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