In Charted Waters - Evolution of the World Map as it was Explored Maps are among the most accessible assets we can use accurately, whether it’s an old print or the newest mobile app. Still, it took centuries for people to truly understand the geography of the world. Here, we show how our knowledge has grown and developed over time… Scroll to begin the journey Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Britain Thailand Cambodia Sumatra Java China NorthAmerica Africa Indian Ocean Uzbekistan Azores CapeVerdeIslands Cape ofGood Hope The Bahamas Cuba Haiti DominicanRepublic VirginIslands EastAfrica Trinidad SouthAmerica Madagascar Philippines PapuaNewGuinea PacificOcean Japan Siberia Antarctica CapeYork Tasmania NewZealand Australia Carthaginians reach the Atlantic Oceanfor the first time. Herodotus prefaces his Histories with a description of the lands known to him. Britain appears forthe first time on a map. Western traders reach Thailand, Cambodia, Sumatra and Java, as well as China. Approximate date for the Viking discoveries of America for which they had different names.
BBC Nature - History of life on Earth Timeline of Art History - Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content Having trouble viewing this page? Click here for a printer-friendly version. FacebookTwitterPinterestTumblrShare Email This Page AddToAny The oldest land plants (1) Fossils tell the story About fourhundred and fifty million years ago, at the end of the Ordovician and in the beginning of the Silurian, the land was desolate and empty. Barren, hardly wethered rockgrounds, empty sand-, gravel- and clayplains, no green. The oldest indications for the existence of real land plants have been found in cores from boreholes in Oman. Cooksonia The first fossils of macroscopic land plants have been found in the Middle Silurian of Ireland. more common and also more complete. The evolution from algae to land plants must have been a lengthy process. Another problem for land plants is that they miss the upward force of the water. Species of Cooksonia are found at several places on earth, e.g. in Wales, Scotland, England, Czechia and Canada. Baragwanathia A plant, almost as old as Cooksonia, is Baragwanathia longifolia. Enigmatic plants At the time of the first Cooksonias a completely different group of plants has evolved, which tried to colonize the land.
Holocaust Timeline Jump to: 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1933 January 30, 1933 - Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000. February 22, 1933 - 40,000 SA and SS men are sworn in as auxiliary police. February 27, 1933 - Nazis burn Reichstag building to create crisis atmosphere. February 28, 1933 - Emergency powers granted to Hitler as a result of the Reichstag fire. Terms of use: Private home/school non-commercial, non-Internet re-usage only is allowed of any text, graphics, photos, audio clips, other electronic files or materials from The History Place.
Medieval English Literature Timeline 43-600 CE: The British Invasions First came the Romans, who brought Christianity and built Hadrian's Wall. This wall protects Britain from the northern barbarians, known as the Picts. But they say "buh-bye" in 400 and hustle off in their skirty armor to protect their own capital. That means the Brits were left to subsequent waves of invasions all by their lonesome. 700: The Lindisfarne Gospels The Christian religion combines with native Celtic art forms to form the Lindisfarne Gospels. 731: The Ecclesiastical History of the English People So this monk, Bede "the Venerable," writes a history of England. 790s-900: The Viking Invasions Just when the British thought they were finally safe, the Vikings attack. 871-899: King Alfred reigns Nothing brings people together like a common enemy, and that's just what the Vikings give King Alfred the Great. His reign represents a sort of "golden age" of the Anglo-Saxon period. 700-1000: Beowulf 1066: The Norman Conquest 1154-1189: Henry II Not.
Geologic and Biological Timeline of the Earth Astronomical and geological evidence indicates that the Universe is approximately 13,700 million years old, and our solar system is about 4,567 million years old. Earth's Moon formed 4,450 million years ago, just 50 million years after the Earth's formation. Because the composition of the rocks retrieved from the Moon by the Apollo missions is very similar to rocks from the Earth, it is thought that the Moon formed as a result of a collision between the young Earth and a Mars-sized body, sometimes called Theia, which accreted at a Lagrangian point 60° ahead or behind the Earth. A cataclysmic meteorite bombardment (the Late Heavy Bombardment) of the Moon and the Earth 3,900 million years ago is thought to have been caused by impacts of planetesimals which were originally beyond the Earth, but whose orbits were destabilized by the migration of Jupiter and Saturn during the formation of the solar system. Simplified model of the formation of the Moon (my = millions of years) Glossary
Geologic Time Scale - Geological Time Line - Geology.com Dividing Earth History into Time Intervals Geologists have divided Earth's history into a series of time intervals. These time intervals are not equal in length like the hours in a day. Examples of Boundary "Events" For example, the boundary between the Permian and Triassic is marked by a global extinction in which a large percentage of Earth's plant and animal species were eliminated. Eons are the largest intervals of geologic time and are hundreds of millions of years in duration. Eras Eons are divided into smaller time intervals known as eras. Periods Eras are subdivided into periods. Epochs Finer subdivisions of time are possible and the periods of the Cenozoic are frequently subdivided into epochs. Our geologic time scale was constructed to visually show the duration of each time unit. Contributor: Hobart King More Geologic Time Scale Resources Find it on Geology.com More from Geology.com
Food Timeline: food history research service Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events, 1620-1920 Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events: Pre-1620 to 1920 This timeline provides a short chronology of events in American history and literature. It is linked to course pages and bibliographies as well as to a set of more general linked resources: pages on American authors, literary movements, and American literature sites. Each author page contains a picture (if available), a bibliography (if available), links to major sites about the author, and links to works online.