The Past in Threes - 13.7 Billion years

Table of Contents

Summary

Charts

Pamphlet

Physical

0 

13.7 Gya

4.6 Gya

Biological

1.5 Gya

500 Mya

165 Mya

55 Mya

Pre Human

18 Mya

6 Mya

2 Mya

675 Kya

Oral History

225 Kya

75 Kya

25 Kya

Recorded History

-6,600

-900

1000  

Modern

1630

1840

1910

1945

1991

Future

Postscript

Table of Contents

Chapter           From               To                    Event

Physical

1                      0                      1 minute         Big Bang - How it started

2                      13.7 Gya         4.6 Gya           Cosmos, Galaxies, Sun

3                      4.6 Gya           1.5 Gya           Earth & Single Cells

Biological

4                      1,500 Mya      500 Mya         Oxygen & Multi Celled

5                      500 Mya         165 Mya          Land Dwellers

6                      165 Mya          55 Mya           Dinosaurs

7                      55 Mya            18 Mya           Large Mammals

Pre Human

8                      18 Mya            6 Mya             Apes

9                      6 Mya             2 Mya             Transition, Bipedal

10                    2 Mya             675 Kya           H. erectus, Brain growth

11                    675 Kya           225 Kya           Archaic Human, Fire

Oral History

12                    225 Kya           75 Kya             Eve & Adam

13                    75 Kya             25 Kya             Language, Migration

14                    25 Kya             8.5 Kya            Agriculture & Specialists

Recorded History

15                    -6,600*           -900*             Writing & City/States

16                    -900 *             1000                Empires & Religions

17                    1000               1630                 Six Civilizations

Modern

18                    1630               1840                  European Enlightenment

19                    1840               1910                  Worldwide Commerce

20                   1910                1945                  World Conflicts

21                    1945                1990                Cold War, Space

22                    1990                Now                America , Internet

Epilogue          The Future                  Physical, Biological & Cultural

PostScript       Three Beginnings        Physical, Biological & Cultural

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