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Period: 100 to
100 to Today
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313
Lealization of Christianity in Rome
Edict of Milan granted legalization to Christianity which was handed down by Constantine, the emperor. It later became the official religion of Rome and then the only legal faith. -
330
Fall of Roman Empire
As Christianity arose in Rome, it became weaker and started its beginning of the end. It was not able to maintain all the people and the empire and increasing struggles overtook the empire. -
570
Mohammed's birth
Mohammed, the founder of Islam, was born in Arabia in the town of Mecca and spent time meditating in the mountains. He eventually had a vision of Gabriel telling hime the word of Allah. -
May 24, 1000
Vikings accepting Christianity
The Vikings became more peaceful and less feared when they accepted Christianity as it entered their home land of Scandinavia. They decided to not expand any more land westward. -
May 22, 1206
The Mongols by Genghis Khan
After the Mongols broke apart, Genghis Khan which means "ruler of limitless strength" united the Mongols agains by reorganizing them and then eventually led them to their great power and ruling. -
May 22, 1370
End of the Mongol Empire
The Mongols became so large that they could not govern their people and weere soon overtaken by all the people they conquered. The authority declined and the four khanates seperated and became independent empires. The Ming dynasty defeated the Mongol rulers in 1368. -
May 22, 1492
North America Expedition
The Europeans were looking for a better route to Asia for more efficient and easier trade. Christopher Columbus was on an expedition to find this route and traveled west and found North America thinking it was Asia. -
May 24, 1497
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama completed the sea route expedition from Europe around Africa all the way to India for the Portuguese Crown. He lost many boats and people on this expedition. -
The Glorious Revolution
In England, revolts were arousing against the people and the authority over religious issues. Eventually James I and his son Charles I ran out of money to maintain their governments and started to challenge royal authority. This led to monarchy being abolished. -
The Flying Shuttle
John Kay inented the flying shuttle, which was a more advanced and efficiant way to weave cloth and saved much more time. This invention eventually led to many new technological advancements. -
French Revolution
The European citizens revolted against the most powerful because of built up anger against the higher classes, such as the monarchical authorities, for their need of more funds from the lower classes. -
The First Opium War
The Chinese attempted to stop the imports of opium, but the British fought back and destroyed Chinese ships and port installations in the harbor at Guangzhou when Lin Zexu tried to destroy the opium. -
The Telephone
Many inventions were beginning to be created, one of these were the telephone. It changed the way of life throughout the world. By 1907, there were 6 million phone users in the United States. -
The Mexican Revolution
In Mexico, the middle class creole was prospering, but urban workers' and peasants' salaries were declining and getting much worse. People were going hungry and life was difficult. Porfirio Diaz ran again for president, but when revolts broke out throughout Mexico he resigned and went to Paris. -
World War I
The beginnig of WWI started from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and then like a domino effect other countries started to join such as Russia then Germany then Britain and so on. -
The Great Depression
The stock market crashed in the United States causing a great depression for many in the country as many were in debt and could not pay their dues. Many filed for bankruptcy. -
The Holocaust
Beginning in 1933, Adolf Hitler took control and started to gain much power in Germany. He blamed all of Germany's hardships on the Jews and eventually succeeded in killing millions of Jews as he sent them to concentration camps where he worked them to death or killed them right away. -
Pearl Harbor Bombing
When America put an embargo on trade with Japan in July of 1941 and limited their supplies of oil and other materials, the Japanese bombed the US Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with over 300 planes. -
The "Great Leap Forward"
Unable to feed the growing population, the Chinese government tried to resolve the problems by sending down city people to villages and grouping all of rural China into communes. This attempt to restructure the economy led to an even greater fall including millions of deaths. -
World Trade Centre Attacks
Al-Qaeda targeted US power and tried to frighten America out of its involvement with the Middle East. They flew two planes into the twin towers in New York, killing thousands as well as numerous other plane accidents the same day. -
AP World History Test
My classmates and I finished our AP World History test and now life is much easier and a lot less stressful!!!!! -
The Sui Dynasty
Wen Chien founded the Sui dynasty when Chinese power was at one of its weakest points. He reunited the empire by restoring the military, economic productivity, and administrative integration. -
Gunpowder
Gunpowdeer was discovred in China. This made their military technology more advanced and gave their military a new kind of power when fighting. -
Chandra Gupta II Ruling
He was known as Chandra Gupta the Great and the son of Samudra's son and successor. He has a great impact while ruling the Gupta Empire. In his ruling many advancements were made such as mathmatics including pi and the concept of zero. -
Fall of the Han
The Han began to fall when revolts from the peasnts broke out. Zhang Jue said that a new era would begin at the fall of the Han and led the rebellion known as the Yellow Turban revolt. Additonal revolts followed.
