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Would anyone be interesting in creating a timeline? Maybe we could omit the Chinese and Japanese timelines, unless there is a consensus to leave them. I would like Middle Eastern history in here too, but, again, consensus.We could start with something like this (LINK) and then just add things as you think of them…from major historical events to minor ones, but highlight the major eras. Only problem is when they overlap.Mesopotamia (6000 BC – 1100 BC) Indus Valley Civilization (3300 BC – 1300 BC) Old Kingdom (Egypt, 3000 BC – 2000 BC) Middle Kingdom (Egypt, 2000 BC – 1300 BC) Shang Dynasty (China 1800 BC – 1200 BC) New Kingdom (Egypt, 1300 BC – 700 BC) Zhou Dynasty (China 1200 BC – 500 BC) Ancient Greece (Greece and Near East, c. 1000 BC- 31 BC, see Timeline of Ancient Greece) Jomon period (Japan 800 BC-400 BC) Ancient Rome 509 BC – 476) Yayoi Period (Japan 400 BC – 300) Kofun Period (Japan 300- 600) Period of the Three Kingdoms (China, 220 – 280) Dark Age (Europe, 4th century – 900) (prefer to narrow this down to Late Antiquity)Middle Ages (Europe, 5th century – 15th century) *Above timeline is just an example.
You know, I am currently wanting to make a timeline of a presentation I have to give soon. I am hoping to find a free program that will let me do this, but so far I've only found the following one which costs about $50 (which therefore precludes me from getting it):http://www.timelinemaker.com/index.php?p=products_basic_chartsI'll have to keep searching to see if I can find something.
I've been eyeing this one because it looks like the charts in books.http://www.timelinecreator.com/
When you do your timeline be sure to include four things:1. technological innovation2. significant military battles3. significant cultural events4. significant geological and climatological events (eruptions, earthquakes, and floods)If you can think of other markers for your timeline then add them as well.
Not sure how I (ahem..WE ;D) want to do this. Good idea, Don. Didn't think of the climate events.Was also thinking of dividing it up by countries too,otherwise it may get too crowded, but keeping it on the same graph so one can visualize everything together.
Don't divide it into countries…that will become too complex and you will soon see why (countries come and go during the timeline and so you'll constantly be introducing new names and it will become confusing). Concentrate on key historical figures, events, battles, and the notable earthquakes or eruptions etc…that changed the course of history (e.g. Pompeii, the mini ice-age of Northern Europe, the Irish Potato Famine etc….).You should focus in on events that altered History's course or events that defined the era. Remember you are using these events as markers so they should be extraordinary in nature and well known enough to help those unfamiliar with History to sort of know where they are in time. Also, you will want to highlight technological or literary contributions from all over the world to show where cultures stand in relation to one another during a specific era of time.
I wonder if this timeline can simply be done within a spreadsheet and then exported to a graph. That might be easiest.
Funny, I was just checking that out. It looks like there are templates available or you can just make databases and charts in Word and Excel. Found some HTML code too, but that looks hard.
Well, I tell you what. We can start putting the information into a spreadsheet that anyone can edit. Have you tried using Zoho before? Different people can make edits on the same file….really cool, actually (Google has something similar). But at least that way we could get started on it.
How about Pear? Or is Pear just the program PHP uses to generate chart and graph images? I installed it on my laptop so that PHP code could be used to generate pie charts…I think graphs are also possible. But the spreadsheet thingy probably is most practical.
I found this yesterday (but the link to the mnemograph website isn't working today). It's a web based timeline that multiple users can edit. I would imagine it's password protected so not just anyone messes with it.There were some other similar ones I found too, in java script or something.
In case anyone was looking, here's a site to create timelines:http://xtimeline.com/
