Empires: Timeline 2 (C. 100 BCE To 1300 CE)

Overland routes and Mediterranean sea routes

Overland routes and Mediterranean sea routes connected regions and helped goods, people, and ideas move across large distances. The Han empire also sa

Alexander of Macedon conquered parts

Alexander of Macedon conquered parts of North Africa, West Asia, and Iran, reaching the Beas, where his soldiers refused to go further east. His empir

The region under Alexander became Hellenised

The region under Alexander became Hellenised, and Greek became a well-known language. At the same time, Iranian culture remained very important, often

Rome was a republic when it

Rome was a republic when it first expanded into North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean from the second century BCE. In the middle of the first cen

Latin was the main language

Latin was the main language of the Roman Empire, though Greek continued in the east. The empire became substantially Christianised after Constantine b