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3000 BCE2500 BCE2000 BCE1500 BCE1000 BCE500 BCE1500100015002000Neolithic (Near East)Bronze Age (Near East and Mediterranean)Bronze AgeBronze AgeIron Age (Near East and Mediterranean)Iron AgeClassical antiquity (Mediterranean)Classical antiquityClassical antiquityMiddle Ages (Europe)Middle AgesMiddle AgesEarly modern period (Europe)Long 19th century (Europe)20th centuryContemporaryEgyptian divine kingship under the first pharaohs In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselves, State, law, and coercionEgyptian divine kingship under the firs…Code of Hammurabi sets law under a king In: Babylon and its long shadow, Forms of government: how societies rule themselves, State, law, and coercionCode of Hammurabi sets law under a kingMandate of Heaven justifies rule in Zhou China In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselves, State, law, and coercionMandate of Heaven justifies rule in Zho…Solon reforms the Athenian constitution In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselves, State, law, and coercionSolon reforms the Athenian constitutionRoman Republic is founded In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselves, State, law, and coercionRoman Republic is foundedCleisthenes founds Athenian democracy In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselves, State, law, and coercionCleisthenes founds Athenian democracyQin unifies China as a bureaucratic empire In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselves, State, law, and coercionQin unifies China as a bureaucratic emp…Han China builds a merit civil service In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselves, State, law, and coercionHan China builds a merit civil serviceJulius Caesar is assassinated In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselves, State, law, and coercionJulius Caesar is assassinatedAugustus turns the republic into empire In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselves, State, law, and coercionAugustus turns the republic into empireFeudal monarchy organizes medieval Europe In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselvesFeudal monarchy organizes medieval Euro…Republic of Venice and its elected doge In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselvesRepublic of Venice and its elected dogeMagna Carta limits the English crown In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselvesMagna Carta limits the English crownDutch Republic declares independence In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselvesDutch Republic declares independenceDivine right of kings takes hold In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselvesDivine right of kings takes holdMontesquieu argues for separation of powers In: Forms of government: how societies rule themselvesMontesquieu argues for separation of po…3 events, 380 BCE to 321 BCE. Click to zoom.34 events, 1649 to 1689. Click to zoom.49 events, 1787 to 1875. Click to zoom.99 events, 1920 to 2010. Click to zoom.9

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