Template:World timeline

<timeline> ImageSize = width:1000 height:250 PlotArea = width:900 height:200 left:65 bottom:20 AlignBars = justify

Colors =

   id:time value:rgb(0.7,0.7,1) # 
   id:period value:rgb(1,0.7,0.5) # 
   id:egypt value:rgb(1,0.7,0.5) # 
   id:age value:rgb(1,0.75,0.5) # 
   id:maya value:rgb(1,0.75,0.5) # 
   id:era value:rgb(1,0.85,0.5) # 
   id:indus value:rgb(1,0.85,0.5) # 
   id:eon value:rgb(1,0.95,0.5) # 
   id:mideast value:rgb(1,0.95,0.5) # 
   id:China value:rgb(0.7,0.7,1) # 
   id:filler value:gray(0.8) # background bar
   id:black value:black

Period = from:-5000 till:2025 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:500 start:-5000 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:100 start:-5000

PlotData =

 align:center textcolor:black fontsize:8 mark:(line,black) width:25 shift:(0,-5)

 bar:Mesopoth color:era fontsize:8
 from: -4000 till:  -2330 text:Sumerian city-states
 from: -2330 till:  -2254 text:Akkad
 from: -2254 till:  -2112 text:
 from: -2112 till:  -2004 text:Ur III
 from: -2004 till:  -1763 text:
 from: -1763 till:  -539 text:Babylon
 from:  -539 till:  -330 text:A.E
 from:  -330 till:  -322 text:
 from:  -322 till:  -140 text:S.E
 from:  -140 till: 637 text:Persians
 from:  637 till: 1258 text: Caliphates
 from:  1258 till: 1534 text:
 from:  1534 till: 1918 text: Ottomans
 from:  1918 till: 2025 text:Iraq

 bar:Egypt color:period fontsize:8
 from: -3200 till: -2686 text:Early
 from: -2686 till: -2134 text:Intermediate
 from: -2134 till: -1690 text:Middle
 from: -1690 till:  -600 text:New
 from: -600 till:  -350 text:Late
 from:  -350 till:   641 text:Greco-Roman Egypt
 from:  641 till:   969 text: Caliphates
 from:  969 till:   1517 text: Late Medieval
 from:  1517 till:   1805 text:Ottoman
 from:  1805 till:   2025 text: Modern

 bar:Indus color:age fontsize:8
 from: -3300 till: -1500 text:Indus Valley civilisation
 from: -1500 till:  -600 text:Vedic period
 from: -1200 till:  1001 text:Gandhara
 from: -200  till:   550 text:Classical
 from: 550  till:   1526 text: Medieval
 from: 1526  till:   1858 text: Mughals
 from: 1858  till:   1947 text:
 from: 1947  till:   2025 text:Pakistan

 bar:China color:eon fontsize:8
 from: -1900 till: -1500 text:Erlitou
 from: -1500 till:  -1046 text:Shang
 from: -1046 till:   -221 text:Zhou
 from: -221  till:   -202 text:Qin
 from: -202  till:    220 text:Han
 from: 220  till:    280 text:
 from: 280  till:    337 text:Jin
 from: 337  till:    581 text:
 from: 581  till:    618 text: Sui
 from: 618  till:    907 text: Tang
 from: 907  till:    960 text:
 from: 960  till:    1142 text: Song
 from: 1142  till:    1222 text: Jin
 from: 1222  till:    1279 text:
 from: 1279 till:    1368 text: Yuan
 from: 1368 till:    1644 text: Ming
 from: 1644 till:    1911 text: Qing
 from:1911  till:    1949 text: 
 from:1949  till:    2025 text: PRC

 bar:Andes color:era fontsize:8
 from: -3200 till: -1800 text:Norte Chico
 from: -1800 till:  -900 text:Formative
 from:  -900 till:   200 text:Chavín
 from:   200 till:   600 text:Intermediate
 from:   600 till:   1100 text:Wari
 from:   1100 till:   1438 text:
 from:   1438 till:   1572 text:   Inca
 from:   1572 till:   1824 text:V.P
 from:   1824 till:   2025 text:Peru

 bar:Mesoamer color:period fontsize:8
 from: -1600 till: -400 text:Olmecs
 from: -400 till: -300 text:
 from: -300 till: 250 text:Epi-Olmec
 from:  250  till:   900 text:Classic
 from:  900 till:   1521 text:Postclassic]
 from:  1521 till:   1821 text:New Spain
 from:  1821 till:   2025 text:Mexico

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