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[edit] Span?

I guess the first millennium B.C. is supposed to be from 1000BC to 1BC. If this, or something else, is intended it would seem best to state it clearly. ~~reader —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.191.202.88 (talk) 22:08, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alphabet

• The Phoenicians develop and propagate the alphabet

We aren't that sure about the alphabet, are we? 203.162.3.147 05:26, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Shouldn't the foundation of Japan be added? Japan was, according to thier histories, founded on February 11, 660 B.C. This is an important event, as Japan lasted through the ages, beyond Egypt and Rome, become a powerful nation-state in the late 1860s, and a world power less than thirty years later. -Alex, 12.220.157.93 10:41, 22 January 2006 (UTC)