Timeline of History

Gradualist:

80,000 BC - 72,000 BC       Out of Africa (Bantu-Congo) to Ethiopia and Arabia (Semitic),, to India, Southeasst Asia
72,000 BC                            Toba Volcano explosion in Sumatra devastates India
72,000 BC - 70,000 BC       Back to India (Dravidian), to Australia (Aboriginal), China coast (Formosan)
70,000 BC - 50,000 BC       ICE AGE - Division into Bantu, Semitic, Arian, Dravidian, Asian, SE Asian
50,000 BC                            Aurignacian (Arian) culture moves into S. Europe through fertile Anatolia, back to N. Africa
45.000 BC - 30,000 BC       ICE AGE, Central Asia occupied from S. Asia and E. Asia
30,000 BC                            Gravettian culture moves west to Europe from Central Asia
25,000 BC                            NE Asians move across Bering Strait to N America
25,000 BC - 10,000 BC       ICE AGE
10,000 BC                            Central Americans move to S. America

 

Periods of Prehistory

Mesopotamia Anatolia Levant Egypt Europe India China N. America
80,000 BC
75,000
65,000
60,000
55,000
50,000 Aurignacian
45,000
40,000
35,000 Gravettian
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000 Clovis
10,000 BC
9500
9000
8500
8000 Neolithic
7500 dog
7000 Catal Huyuk Jericho
6500
6000 Crete
5500
Badarian
5000 Hassuna Amratian Xia
Gerzean
4500 Chalcolithic Samarra Halaf Naqarra I Tang-Shao
4000 Bronze Ubaid Naqarra II
3500 wheel Uruk Naqarra III
3000 Jemdet-Nasr Old Kingdom Mohenjo Daro Shang
2500 Ur 1st Intermediate Harrappa
2000 Akkad Middle Kingdom
1500 Assyria 2nd Intermediate
1000 New Kingdom