| ERA |
WORLD HISTORY |
YEAR |
NORTH AMERICA and the MI'KMAQ
|
ERA |
| |
|
1600 |
Hudson
(1610)
Champlain (1604) |
W
O
O
D
L
A
N
D |
M
E
D
I
E
V
A
L |
|
1500 |
Cartier (1534) |
| Inca Empire founded in Peru
(1438) |
1400 |
Cabot (1497)
Columbus (1492) |
| Aztec capital Tenochtitlan built in Mexico
(1325) |
1300 |
Basque
fishing off Cape Breton (1372?) |
| |
1200 |
Earliest
identifiable Mi'kmaw petroglyphs at Kejimkujik |
| Crusades |
1100 |
|
| |
1000 |
Norse settlement
in L'anse Aux Meadows NF |
| |
900 |
|
| |
800 |
Celtic
monks from Greenland may have reached
Cape Breton Island and started a colony, only to be
absorbed into Mi'kmaq. |
| |
700 |
|
Death of Muhammad
(632)
Beginnings of Islam |
600 |
|
| |
500 |
|
| |
400 |
|
C
L
A
S
S
I
C
A
L |
Mayan Old Empire established
(350) |
300 |
|
| |
200 |
|
| |
100 |
|
| Death of Jesus Christ
(36) |
0 |
CE
---------------------------------
BCE |
| |
100 |
|
| |
200 |
|
| |
300 |
|
Hellenic Greek period
starts (479)
Death of Gautama Buddha (486) |
400 |
|
Time
of King Arthur
Roman Republic
starts (500) |
500 |
Augustine
Mound built near Red Bank NB |
L
A
T
E
A
R
C
H
A
I
C |
| |
600 |
|
| |
700 |
|
| King David crowned
(869) |
800 |
|
| Greek civilization starts |
900 |
|
| |
1000 |
|
| |
1100 |
|
| Death of Moses
(1273) |
1200 |
|
| |
1300 |
|
| Iron worked in Middle East |
1400 |
|
| Olmec civilization
in Mesoamerica |
1500 |
|
| |
1600 |
|
| |
1700 |
|
| Life
of Abraham |
1800 |
|
| |
1900 |
|
| Construction
of Stonehenge begins |
2000 |
Mi'kmaq
building stone eel weirs in Kejimkujik |
| |
2100 |
|
| |
2200 |
|
| |
2300 |
|
| |
2400 |
|
| Bronze developed in Mesopotamia |
2500 |
|
| Great Pyramid of Cheops
(2680) |
2600 |
|
| |
2700 |
|
| |
2800 |
|
| Beginnings of
Greek civilization |
2900 |
|
|
C
O
P
P
E
R
A
G
E |
|
3000 |
Earliest
identifiable Mi'kmaw campsites in Kejimkujik |
M
I
D
D
L
E
A
R
C
H
A
I
C |
| Beginnings of Egyptian civilization |
3100 |
|
| |
3200 |
|
| First Sumerian
cities |
3300 |
|
| |
3400 |
|
Phonetic writing
(cuneiform)
Invention of wheel |
3500 |
|
| |
3600 |
|
| |
3700 |
|
| |
3800 |
|
| |
3900 |
|
| Earliest
camps in Britain (Devon,
Henbury) |
4000 |
|
| |
4100 |
|
| |
4200 |
|
| |
4300 |
|
| |
4400 |
|
| |
4500 |
|
| |
4600 |
|
| |
4700 |
|
| |
4800 |
|
| |
4900 |
|
Beginnings of
Mesopotamia
Rice cultivation starts in China |
5000 |
|
| |
5100 |
|
| |
5200 |
|
| |
5300 |
|
| |
5400 |
|
| |
5500 |
|
| |
5600 |
|
| |
5700 |
|
| |
5800 |
|
| |
5900 |
|
N
E
O
L
I
T
H
I
C |
Copper artifacts in Middle East;
city of Jericho
Village of Ban Po in China |
6000 |
|
E
A
R
L
Y
A
R
C
H
A
I
C |
| |
6100 |
|
| |
6200 |
|
| |
6300 |
|
| |
6400 |
|
| |
6500 |
|
| |
6600 |
|
| |
6700 |
|
| |
6800 |
|
| |
6900 |
|
| |
7000 |
|
| |
7100 |
|
| |
7200 |
|
| |
7300 |
|
| |
7400 |
|
| |
7500 |
|
| |
7600 |
|
| |
7700 |
|
| |
7800 |
|
| |
7900 |
|
P
A
L
E
O
L
I
T
H
I
C
|
|
8000 |
|
P
A
L
E
O
I
N
D
I
A
N
|
| |
8100 |
|
| |
8200 |
|
| |
8300 |
|
| |
8400 |
Mi'kmaw
encampment site at Debert NS |
| Foundation
of Jericho as village |
8500 |
|
| |
8600 |
Wisconsonian
Ice Age ending |
| |
8700 |
|
| |
8800 |
|
| |
8900 |
|
