EARLIEST TIMES to 505 BC
Most dates approximate at best
| 3600-2450 BC | Occupation of settlement at Skara Brae, Orkney. |
| 3100-2686 | Early dynastic period in Egypt. |
| 3000-1400 | Minoan civilization in Crete. |
| 2500 | Great pyramid and sphinx built in Egypt. |
| 2000 | Stonehenge in Britain, first phase. |
| 1400-1200 | Mycenaean civilization in Greece. |
| 1250 | Israelite settlements in Canaan. |
| 1220 | Destruction of Troy. |
| 1152 | Traditional date of founding of Alba Longa. |
| 1150-1050 | Period of the judges in Israel. |
| 1000-750 | Phoenician expansion overseas. |
| 1000 | Latins settle in Latium. |
| 965-925 | Solomon, king of Israel. |
| 814 | Traditional date of founding of Carthage. |
| 776 | First Olympic Games. |
| 775 | Euboean Greeks establish a trading post in Bay of Naples. |
| 753 | Traditional date of founding of Rome. |
| 753-510 | Period of the kings in Rome. |
| 750 | Greek alphabet, based on a Phoenician version of the Canaanite alphabet, begins to be used. |
| 650 | Etruscans occupy Latium. |
| 616-578 | Tarquinius Priscus. |
| 578-534 | Servius Tullius. Temple of Diana on Aventine hill. |
| 568-488 | Life of Buddha. |
| 551-479 | Life of Confucius. |
| 534-510 | Tarquinius Superbus. |
| 524 | Defeat of Etruscans at Cumae. |
| 510 | Ejection of kings. |
| 505 | Final defeat of Etruscans. |
