Timeline (Guardians)

1800 - 753 B.C.

 * 1800 - Alphabetic Writing emerges.
 * 1700 - The Indus Valley Civilization mostly collapses.
 * 1600 - Beginning of Mycenaean Greece.
 * 1600 - Hittite dominance over the Eastern Mediterranean begins.
 * c. 1180 - End of Hittite dominance and the beginning of the end of their empire.
 * c. 1050 - 850 - The Greeks expand around the Aegean and the Mediterranean.

753 - 534 B.C.

 * 753 - Traditional founding of Rome by Romulus.
 * 745 - Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria and he turns it into an empire.
 * 728 - Establishment of the Median Empire.
 * 612 - Fall of Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire.
 * 586 - Fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian Empire during the Jewish Revolt.
 * 563 - Siddhartha Gautama is born in India.
 * 560 - Amel Marduk survives a coup instigated by his brother-in-law.
 * 556 - End of the Jewish Exodus and return of the Jews to Israel and Judah.
 * 553 - Cyrus of Persia begins a revolt against the Median Empire, starting the Persian-Median Wars.
 * 551 - Confucius is born in China.
 * 550 - Cyrus the Persian defeats Astyages at the Battle of Pasargadae.
 * 549 - A joint Median-Babylonian force defeats the Persian Army at Bisitun.
 * 546 - Taking advantage of the war between Persia and Media, Lydia advances into Eastern Anatolia.
 * 539 - Babylon defeats Persia at the Battle of Opis.
 * 535 - A joint Babylonian-Median force defeats the Persians at Susa.
 * 534 - A peace treaty ends the Persian - Median Wars.