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Timeline c. 3300–1500 BCE Indus Valley Civilization (South Asia) c. 2300–1200 BCE Composition of the Rig Veda (Central and South Asia) c. 1600–1000 BCE Migration of Indo-Aryans into the Indus Valley(South Asia) c. 1500–1045 BCE Shang Dynasty (East Asia) c. 1045–221 BCE Zhou Dynasty (East Asia) c. 1045–771 BCE Western Zhou Dynasty (East Asia) c. 1000 BCE Migration of Indo-Aryans into Gangetic Plains (South Asia) c. 1000 BCE Zoroaster (West Asia) c. 1000 BCE Composition of the Gathas of the Avesta (West Asia) c. 800–200 BCE Composition of the Upanishads (South Asia) 771–221 BCE Eastern Zhou (East Asia) 722–481 BCE Spring and Autumn Period (East Asia) 595–573 BCE Ministry of Ezekiel (Judah) 586–536 BCE Babylonian Captivity (Judah) 582–507 BCE Pythagoras of Samos (Greece) c. 551–479 BCE Confucius (East Asia) c. 540–468 BCE Vardhamana Mahavira (South Asia) 535–475 BCE Heraclitus of Ephesus (Greece) c. 490–410 BCE Siddhattha Gotama, the Buddha (South Asia) 475 or 403–221 BCE Period of the Warring States (East Asia) c. 470–390 BCE Mozi (East Asia) 470–399 BCE Socrates of Athens (Greece) c. 427–347 BCE Plato (Greece) c. 385–312 BCE Mencius (East Asia) c. 384–322 BCE Aristotle (Greece) 369–286 BCE Zhuangzi (East Asia) 327–325 BCE Campaign of Alexander the Great in India c. 310–219 BCE Xunzi (East Asia) 273–232 BCE Reign of Ashoka (South Asia) c. 250 BCE Composition of the book of Ecclesiastes (Judah) xvii 221–206 BCE Qin Dynasty (East Asia) 206 BCE–220 CE Han Dynasty (East Asia) c. 200 BCE–100 CE Composition of the Bhagavad Gita (South Asia) c. 200–100 BCE First Buddha images in Gandhara (South Asia) c. 167–164 BCE Final redaction of the Book of Daniel (Judah) c. 150 BCE Pali Canon put in writing (South Asia) c. 100 BCE–100 CE Rise of Mahayana Buddhism (South Asia) c. 4 BCE–29 CE Jesus of Nazareth (West Asia) c. 50 CE Introduction of Buddhism to China (East Asia) 570–632 CE Muhammad (Arabia) c. 788–820 CE Shankara (South Asia) 960-1279 CE Song Dynasty (East Asia) c. 1077–1157 CE Ramanuja (South Asia) 1844–1900 CE Friedrich Nietzsche (Germany) 1869–1948 CE Mohandas K. Gandhi (India) 1883–1969 CE Karl Jaspers (Germany) xviii | The Age of the Sages ...

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