After his death, his empire splits up.ĩ76 The Great Byzantine emperor Basil II rules. He rules a great empire including France, Germany, and North Italy.Ĩ14 Charlemagne dies. They begin the conquest of Persia.Ħ98 The Arabs conquer Carthage in Tunisiaħ32 The Franks defeat the Moors at the Battle of Tours in FranceĨ00 Charlemagne is crowned Emperor. Roman soldierĢ24 AD In Persia a member of the Sassanid family kills the last Parthian king and founds the Sassanid Empireģ95 The Roman Empire permanently splits into two parts, East and WestĤ07 Germanic tribes overrun Gaul (France)Ĥ76 AD The Western Roman Empire ends completelyĥ27-565 Justinian rules the Byzantine Empire (the Eastern Roman Empire)Ħ42 The Arabs conquer Egypt. Rome destroys Carthage.ĥ8-51 BC Julius Caesar conquers Gaul (France)ģ0 BC Egypt becomes a province of the Roman Empireĩ8-117 AD Trajan is Emperor of Rome. The great Carthaginian general Hannibal leads an expedition through Spain over the Alps against Rome but he fails to capture the city.Ģ02 BC The Romans defeat the Carthaginians in at the battle of Zama in North Africaġ49-146 BC The Third Punic War is fought between Rome and Carthage. 480 BC The Phoenicians found Carthage in Tunisiaģ22 BC In India the Mauryan Empire is foundedģ34 BC Alexander the Great invades the Persian Empireģ33 BC Alexander wins the Battle of Issusģ30 BC Alexander controls all of the former Persian Empire Alexander the Greatģ23 BC Alexander dies and his generals split his empire between themĢ47 BC The Parthian Empire is founded in PersiaĢ73-236 BC The great Indian Emperor Asoka livesĢ64-241 BC The First Punic War is fought between Rome and Carthage (on the North African coast). The Babylonians then create their own empire.ĥ59-529 BC Cyrus the Great founder of the Persian Empire reignsĥ46 BC Cyrus conquers Lydia in Asia Minorĥ39 BC Babylon is captured by the PersiansĤ90 BC The Greeks defeat the Persians at the Battle of MarathonĤ80 BC The Greeks defeat another Persian invasionĬ. The Assyrian Empire is at its peak An Assyrian reliefĦ20s BC The Assyrian Empire is split by civil warĦ12 BC A rebellion led by Babylon brings the Assyrian Empire to an end. 880 BC The Assyrians of Northern Iraq begin to create a great empire 1,200 BC The Hittite Empire in Turkey collapsesĬ. 1,600 BC The Hittite empire arises in what is now TurkeyĬ. 2,350-2,150 BC The Akkadian Empire exists in what is now IraqĬ.