(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD - other millennia)
Events:
- The Iron Age begins in Western Europe
- The Old Testament is written
- Founding of Buddhism
- Beginning of Roman Empire
- David, king of Israel
- Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon and creates Persia (6th century BC)
- Buddha, founder of Buddhism
- Confucius, Chinese philosopher
- Plato, Greek philosopher
- Alexander the Great, Greek conqueror (4th century BC)
- Archimedes, scientist
- Julius Caesar, Roman conqueror and emperor