ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE 624 546 BCE Thales of Miletus, the first known Greek philosopher, seeks atio!

o!al a!s"e s to questions about the world we live in. 569 BCE Birth of P#tha$o as, the Greek thinker who combined philosoph mathematics and

55! BCE "raditional date of birth of %o!$ &u'i (Co!fu)ius*, whose philosoph is centered on es+e)t a!, t a,itio!. 5#$ BCE "he powerful Greek cit %state of &thens adopts a ,e-o) ati) )o!stitutio! 4./ BCE 'eath of Si,,ha tha 0auta-a, the Bu,,ha, founder of the reli(ion and philosoph of Bu,,his461 BCE Birth of So) ates, whose -etho,s of 2uestio!i!$ in &thens formed the basis for much of later )estern philosoph . *6# BCE E-+e,o)les proposes his theor of the fou Classi)al ele-e!ts+ he is the last Greek philosopher to record his ideas in 3e se. *#* BCE 'efeat in the Pelo+o!!esia! 4a leads to the decline of &thens, political power. -$5 BCE Plato founds his hu(el influential A)a,e-# in &thens. 555 BCE A istotle, .lato,s student, opens his own school in &thens/the L#)eu-. 552 565 BCE 6e!o of Citiu- formulates his stoi) +hiloso+h#, which (oes on to find favor in the 0oman Empire. -1- BCE "he ,eath of Ale7a!,e the 0 eat si(nals the end of the cultural and political dominance of Greece in the ancient world.

8// 89. CE Ptole-#, a 0oman citi2en of E( pt, proposes the idea that Ea th is at the )e!te of the u!i3e se and does not move. !11 CE Construction be(ins on Ha, ia!:s 4all in Britain, markin( the northernmost border of the 0oman Empire. 85/ CE 0ale! of Pe $a-u- produces e3traordinar -e,i)al esea )h that remains unsurpassed until the work of 4esalius in !5*-. 11# CE "he collapse of the Ha! ;#!ast# marks the end of a unified China. "he Pe io, of ;isu!it# be(ins.