2100 AD
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2000 AD
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1900 AD
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1800 AD
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1700 AD
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1600 AD
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1500 AD
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1400 AD
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1300 AD
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1200 AD
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1100 AD
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1000 AD
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900 AD
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800 AD
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700 AD
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600 AD
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500 AD
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400 AD
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300 AD
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200 AD
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100 AD
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1000 BC
2000 BC
3000 BC
Ancient Egyptian Arts
3150 BC
646 AD
Ancient
Greek Arts
900 BC
27 BC
Western Medeival Art
400 AD
1500 AD
Renaissance
1300 AD
1600 AD
Academic Art
1600 AD
1900 AD
Baroque
1600 AD
1700 AD
Neoclassicism
Romanticism
1700 AD
1900 AD
Rococo
1700 AD
1800 AD
Realism
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Pointilism
Naïve Art
Tonalism
Symbolism
1800 AD
1900 AD
Fauvism
Expressionism
Bauhaus
Art Deco
Cubism
Futurism
Modernism
Magical Realism
Surrealism
Abstract Expressionism
Social Realism
1900 AD
2000 AD
Early Dynastic Period
3150 BC
2613 BC
Old Kingdom of Egypt
2181 BC
First Intermediate Period
2040 BC
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
1782 BC
Second Intermediate Period
1570 BC
New Kingdom
1069 BC
Third Intermediate Period
525 BC
Late Period of Ancient Egypt
332 BC
Ptolemaic Dynasty
30 BC
Roman Egypt
646 AD
2560 BC
The Great Pyramid of Giza
is constructed by Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops)
2510 BC
Pyramid of Menkaure
is built at Giza
605 BC
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
are built by Nebuchadnezzar II
550 BC
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
is constructed
430 BC
The cult statue of Zeus by Phidias
is dedicated in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia
367 - 350 BC
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus is built,
tomb of Mausolus, ruler of Caria
356 BC
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
is destroyed by a deliberate fire
355 - 330 BC
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
is rebuilt/restored
300 - 280 BC
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
is constructed
292 - 280 BC
The Colossus of Rhodes, a representation of Helios,
is built in Rhodes town harbour
228 - 226 BC
The Colossus of Rhodes
is toppled by an earthquake
225 BC
Philo of Byzantium records The
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
267 BC
The Goths plunder and destroy the
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
395 AD
The statue of Zeus at Olympia
is removed to Constantinople
475 AD
According to the Byzantine historian Zonaras,
the statue of Zeus from Olympia is destroyed by a fire in Constantinople
654 AD
According to Theophanes, a Jewish merchant transports the pieces of the
fallen Colossus of Rhodes to Edessa for melting down
956 AD
The Lighthouse of Alexandria partially collapses
due to earthquake damage in 950 AD
1100 AD
A domed mosque is added to the repaired
Lighthouse of Alexandria
1330 AD
The Lighthouse of Alexandria definitively collapses,
probably due to an earthquake
1494 AD
The Knights of Saint John of Malta use parts of the
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in the walls of the castle of Saint Peter at Bodrum