Constitutional Convention

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  • Minoan's become a shipping powerhouse
    1600 BCE

    Minoan's become a shipping powerhouse

    Minoan culture sweeps through Greece and they become a international shipping powerhouse
  • Persia Invades Greece
    449 BCE

    Persia Invades Greece

  • Plague of Athens
    426 BCE

    Plague of Athens

    The plague killed 300,000 people.
  • Period: 400 BCE to 3500 BCE

    Old Era

  • Period: 476 to 1000

    Middle Era

  • Monastic tradition begins in Europe
    529

    Monastic tradition begins in Europe

    Benedict of Nursia and his followers establish the monastery at Monte Cassino, Italy. This marks the beginning of the monastic tradition in Europe.
  • Muhammad Escapes the City of Mecca
    622

    Muhammad Escapes the City of Mecca

    Muhammad and his followers escape the city of Mecca. This event, known as the hegira, marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar.
  • Arabs Invade Sind, India
    711

    Arabs Invade Sind, India

    Arabs invade the Sind in western India, establishing a Muslim foothold on the Indian subcontinent.
  • Period: to

    Modern Era

  • Discovery of Antartica

    Discovery of Antartica

    The first confirmed sighting of mainland Antarctica, on 27 January 1820, is attributed to the Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev.
  • American Civil War began

    American Civil War began

    The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states.
  • The Start of World War 1

    The Start of World War 1

    The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. In June 1914, a Serbian-nationalist terrorist group called the Black Hand sent groups to assassinate the Archduke.