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10,000 BCE
The Neolithic Revolution
The Neolithic Revolution was the change from a nomadic lifestyle to an agricultural lifestyle. The nomadic lifestyle the people constantly moved around to have enough resources to survive and the people had to be hunters and gatherers. The agricultural lifestyle the people settled down and started civilizations, they developed farming to have their own food, and domestication of both animals and plants such as barley, wheat, sheep, and cows. -
9000 BCE
The Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent also known as the land between two rivers. Is a fertile piece of land that the early human civilizations flourished on due to the Nile, Euphrates, and Tigris rivers. This large piece of land was used by the ancient Mesopotamians to start and grow all their crops and used as a source for irrigation too. -
3400 BCE
The Beginning Of Writing(Cuneiform)
The first general writing system that is known is Cuneiform. Cuneiform is a system of writing based completely on symbols.
These pictograms were drawn in palm sized clay tablets and drawn in shallow scratches. Cuneiform is the ancestor of later on Western alphabets. -
3400 BCE
The Beginning Of Literature
One of the world's first greatest literary works have come from the Mesopotamian time period known as The Epic Of Gilgamesh. The Epic Of Gilgamesh is still taught today and is one of the best pieces of evidence we have to the beginning of the early civilizations. -
2100 BCE
The Beginning Of Medicine
A pharmacopoeia(a list of medical recipes) is the oldest surviving record of using alcohol in medicine. Beer was used for a mild sedative and used in some medicinal concoctions of herbs ans spices. Beer was used more often than water because beer was less likely to be contaminated then water alone and beer had the advantage of dissolving other ingredients more easily. -
Period: 907 BCE to 618 BCE
Tang Dynasty
Considered the Golden Age of China as many achievements such as gunpowder, compasses, papermaking, and printing occured. The Tang dynasty had major advances in science and technology and developments in woodblock printing, timekeeping, mechanical engineering, medicine, structural engineering, cartography, and alchemy. During this time China was also the largest, wealthiest, and populous. Thrived in trade on the Silk Road along with sculptures, painting, and pottery. -
Period: 600 BCE to 500 BCE
Slavery In Greece
As it is truly unknown when slavery did in fact start we see a drastic rise in it during the time of the ancient Greeks. Athens had the largest slave population of about 80,000 during 6-5 BC averaging about 3-4 slaves per household. The Greek democracy relied on slaves without it the slaves doing all the hard work such as agricultural or mining the men wouldn't have been able to focus on politics and have their leisure time. -
Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE
Golden Age Of Greece
Advancements in politics, philosophy, science,and law were made during the golden age. In politics the idea of democracy was formed, it is what runs our government still to this day. In philosophy the idea of reasoned arguments and dialogues of the nature of the world occurred. In science the ideas of theories formed to explain the natural phenomena. In law the adversarial legal system occurred. -
Period: 427 BCE to 347 BCE
Plato
Plato was a Greek philosopher and is considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy. Plato started a school called the Platonic Academy in 387 BCE which is considered to be the first University of the Western world. What makes Plato stand out over other philosophers is his work stayed intact for over 2,400 years. -
146 BCE
The Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea was important to both the Greek and Italian Peninsulas. This sea made sea trade very easy and accessible to both for importing and exporting goods and resources they needed. In 146 BCE Italy dominated the sea being the world's most wine producing land region. -
Period: 130 to 210
Galen
A Roman born physician and philosopher that believed that sickness was caused by an imbalance of the four humors. Galen believed you could balance the humors back together by using a method such as bloodletting. Galen has helped influence modern day anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and neurology. -
Period: 1206 to 1368
Mongol Empire
Known as the largest empire in history, were multiple nomadic tribes that came together. The nation was a group of very skilled horsemen and they were known for being fierce warriors with superior military tactics. This empire was run by Genghis Khan but eventually taken over by his grandson Kublai Khan. This empire spread all the way from the Sea of Japan to Central Europe and as far South as the Indian Subcontinent. The empire eventually dissolved due to it's size and complexity. -
Oct 12, 1492
The New World Exploration
A European explorer named Christopher Columbus was looking for a westerly passage to the East Indies but instead found what are the islands of the Caribbean. When Columbus reached these islands he found no gold, spices or silk to take back so he claimed the land for his Spanish rulers. On his second voyage back he brought sugarcane and started a sugar business on this new land. -
The First Permanent Colony
The first group of people that had been sent to the new land had many unexpected difficulties and even struggled to thrive on the land. The people were put on 3 ships and were sent to a town called Jamestown, Virginia. While the people were faced diseases, food shortages, infighting, and constant battles with the native indians for taking over their land. -
The Mayflower
The Mayflower originally set out to land on the Hudson River but because of bad weather had to cut the trip early. William Bradford became the governor of the colony. The pilgrims who boarded this ship signed a contract call the Mayflower Compact which allowed for self government to be created and enforced in America. -
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Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was a mathematician, astronomer, theologian, author, and physicist and is considered one of the most influential scientists of all time. Isaac Newton started the laws of motion and the theory. He used the theory of gravity to prove Kepler's laws of planetary motion. Isaac Newton was also the creator of the first reflecting telescope and the visible light spectrum. -
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Edmond Halley
An English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist and aided in proving Isaac Newton's laws of motion. Edmond Halley predicted a a comet would comeback in 76 years and used the laws of motion to prove that it would return sadly he did not live to see the return of the comet. The comet indeed did return and in his honor was named after him. -
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Great Fire Of London
A major fire that swept through London and was kept inside the old Roman empire walls. It burned down 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches and most of the buildings of city authorities. This fire destroyed the homes of 70,000-80,000 people leaving them without any homes. -
South Sea Bubble
The South Sea Bubble was the stock crash of a company called South Sea Company. With the collapse it ruined many thousands of investors because the company had a monopoly. After the crash The Bubble Act of 1720 was formed not allowing the formation of of any joint-stock companies unless they were approved. -
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Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is the creator of the spinning frame later on known as the water frame after it was used for water power. He also patented a rotary carding engine that turned raw cotton into cotton lap. His achievement was to combine power, machinery, semi-skilled labor, and new raw cotton to mass produce yarn. Is considered the creator of the modern factory system. -
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Encyclopedie
Compiled by Denis Diderort and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert. Became the definitive summary of Enlightenment thinking. It provided a secular view of the world. The Encyclopedie was eventually completed in 1772 with twenty-eight volumes delivered to other scribers. -
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The Industrial Revolution
During the Industrial Revolution the original hand made method changed to a machine. The workers went into large factories for hours on end to mass produce items and these workers worked in very poor conditions with very little pay. The Industrial Revolution is considered a major turning point because one it started daily life was changed forever and economies only grew from here on out. -
The Boston Tea Party
A protest on the Tea Act of 1773 where the people threw three shiploads of tea out into the harbor. This was also protesting other tax rules such as the sugar act of 1764, the stamp act of 1765, and the townshend acts of 1767. This is considered the start of a revolution which would lead up to the Revolutionary War later on. -
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Revolutionary War
On the eve of the outbreak of the war Paul Revere made his famous journey from Boston to Lexington to warn Paul Hancock and Samuel Adams of the incoming British troops. The hostile war then continued on for six years until the British surrendered in 1781 giving America their chance for independence. -
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John Pemberton
John Pemberton was a pharmacist who invented a drink later on know as Coca-Cola. John was a tinkerer and accidentally mixed the right combination of ingredients while trying to find a cure for headaches. John later took this caramel-colored liquid and mixed it was the soda water to create Coca-Cola. -
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The Opium Wars
Two wars fought between The Britain Empire and China over Britain's trade of Opium and China's sovereignty. The wars weakened China and forced them to trade with other countries. The British aided the opium crisis in China. A decade after the second war China's economy was cut in half and these times(1839-1949) is referred to as the Century of Humiliation. -
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Civil War
A war fought on American ground over slavery. The northern half(the union) fought the south(the confederacy) to abolish slavery. The 11 Southern states declared their secession from the U.S.to form the Confederate States of America which causes the battles to start. The Union won the war due to a surrender but 620,000-750,000 people died which is more than all other U.S. deaths in other wars combined. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the industrialized world. It all started with the Wall Market stock crash earlier that month sending millions of investors into panic. Later on 9,000 banks failed after the stock market crash. Many people were left jobless and the unemployment rates were through the roof, heavily industrial cities were hurt the most. The economy started improving again in the 1930s -
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World War II
Two sides called the Allies and the Axis, the world's greatest powers form the two opposing sides. Known as the deadliest conflict in human history from 50-85 million fatalities. This war included massacres, genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, death from starvation and disease, and only the use of nuclear weapons. The war began on the day Nazi Germany invaded Poland and war was declared by France and The United Kingdom. -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy Air Service at the U.S. Naval Base located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack on Pearl Harbor was the U.S. entry into World War II. The Japanese called this Hawaii Operation and when it was in the planning phase Operation Z. The naval base was attacked by 353 Imperial Japanese Aircrafts and all 8 navy battleships were damaged with two that sunk. 2,403 Americans were killed with 1,178 wounded.
