The Timeline of discoveries and important events

In these time periods, the discoveries of various metals and materials are listed. This timeline explains how certain discoveries correlate to certain time periods. We can use this time line and incorporate other discoveries besides the discoveries of metals and other minerals. For example, the Renaissance period happened in the 16th century, when all the enlightenment of new ideas began to prosper. During this time, many metals were discovered after long periods of misery. Then 10000 to 4000 BC, was the time period when Mesopotamia was established, one of the first human civilizations. In 1939, the Manhattan Project began to take place, and the atomic bomb was created. These various dates in the timeline shows how certain discoveries and identification of certain elements correlates to some of the events that took place in our history.