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8000 BCE
Beginning of agriculture
Introduced patriarchy and people having to settle -
3000 BCE
Beginning of bronze age
Indian Bronze Age and marked the use of iron -
1300 BCE
Iron age
After the Bronze Age and marked the use of iron. -
600 BCE
Beginnings of confusism and Buddhism
Helped centralized different groups of people -
500 BCE
Greek golden age
Laid foundations of western civilization -
323 BCE
Alexander the Great
Created an empire stretching from Greece to Egypt into northwest India and Pakistan. -
221 BCE
Qin unified China
Fought through the warring states period -
3 BCE
Korean War
A war between North Korea and South Korea. American troops were brought in to help South Korea and China fought with North Korea. -
32
Beginnings of christianity
Viewed Jesus as the prophet -
180
End of Pax Romana
Death of Marcus Aurelius -
180
End of Pax Romana
Death of Marcus Aurelius -
220
End of hen dynasty
189 to 220, emperor xian -
220
End of hen dynasty
189 to 220, emperor Xian -
333
Capital moved to Constantinople
Originally called Byzantium -
333
Capital moved to Constantinople
Originally called Byzantium -
400
Beginning of Trans-Saharan trade route
Relay trade -
400
Beginning of Trans-Saharan trade route
Relay trade through the Sahara -
476
Fall of Rome
Invasions by barbarian tribes -
476
Fall of Rome
Invasions by barbarian tribes -
527
Justinian rule of Byzantine
Empire wanted it to look extravagant -
527
Justinian rule of Byzantine
The Empire wanted it to look extravagant -
Jan 1, 632
Rise of Islam
Religion founded by Muhammad -
Mar 28, 632
Rise of Islam
Religion founded by Muhammad -
Jan 1, 732
Battle of Tours
End of Muslim move into France -
Mar 28, 732
Battle of tours
End of Muslium over into France -
Jan 1, 1021
Battle of Manzikert
Seljuk Turks over Byzantium -
Jan 1, 1054
1st schism in Christian church
Divided chalcedonian into Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox -
Jan 1, 1066
Norman conquests of England
Invasion and occupation led Duke William II of Norman -
Jan 1, 1095
1st crusade
Sought to reclaim holy land -
Jan 1, 1258
Mongols sack Baghdad
Entailed the investment to Mongol forces -
Period: Jan 1, 1271 to Jan 1, 1295
Marco Polo's travels
Traveled on the Silk Road -
Jan 1, 1324
Mansa musa's pilgrimage
Pilgrimage to Mecca and was west African emperor of Mali -
Period: Jan 1, 1325 to Jan 1, 1349
Travels to Ibn Battuta
Traveled along the coast of North Africa -
Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Jan 1, 1348
Bubonic plague in Europe
Killed over half of the population -
Jan 1, 1433
End of Zheng He's voyages
China started to close itself off from the rest of the world -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans capture Constantinople
This was the fall Of Constantinople -
Jan 1, 1488
Dias rounded Cape of Good hope
Portuguese explorer -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus/ reconquista of Spain
He landed in the Caribbean and slaughter many native -
Jan 1, 1502
1st slaves to Americas
Introduced new agriculture and culture -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther/ 95 theses
He challenge the authority of the pope -
Jan 1, 1521
Cortez conquered Aztecs
Mexico becomes a part of the Spanish Empire -
Jan 1, 1533
Pizarro toppled the Inca
Mark the end of 300 years of Inca civilization -
Jan 1, 1571
Battle of Lepanto
This marked the defeat of Ottoman navy -
Defeat of Spanish Armada by the British
Protestant propaganda victory -
Battle of Sekighara
Unification of Japan and beginning of Takugana rule -
Foundation of Jamestown
First successful English settlement -
Period: to
30 years war
Longest most destructive conflict in European history -
Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna
Cumulated the battle of Vienna -
Glorious revolution/ English bill of rights
Overthrow of King James II of England -
Period: to
Seven year French and Indian war
Fought between colonies of British America and New France -
American Revolution/ smith writes wealth of nations
Smith was highly concerned about the problems of poverty -
French Revolution begins
Social and political uproar sparked by enlightenment concepts -
Haitian independence
Use French Revolution s a prime example -
Congress of Vienna
Reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic wars -
Independence in Latin America
Were revolutions and they slipped out of three hands of Iberah powers -
1st opium war in china
Opium Was a drug that tore Chinese society apart -
European revolutions
Marx and Engels wartime communist manifesto -
Commodore Perry opens Japan
Opening trade and outside influences go Japan -
Sepoy mutiny
This was the reason for the Indian rebellion of 1857 -
End of Russian serfdom unification
Allowed all classes (except serfs) to own land -
Emancipation proclamation in the US
Issued by Arbaham Lincoln and changed the status of African Americans from slaves to freed Americans. -
German unification
Into a politically and administratively integrated nation state -
Berlin conference
Divided Africa into separate spheres of inference between European countries -
Spanish American war
US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam and Puerto Rico -
Period: to
Boer war
British in control of South Africa. A fight between the United Kingdom and South African republic. -
Russo- Japanese war
Established Japan as a world power -
Period: to
Mexican Revolution
A major armed struggle as an attempt to overthrow an authoritarian president -
Chinese revolution
Ended dynasty China and opened China up to communism -
Beginning of World War I
Introduced new technology while they still fought with old technology. -
Russian Revolution
Inspired the Soviet Union to rise after getting rid of the Soviet -
Treaty of Versailles
Was an unfair treaty that ended WWI while blaming it on the Germans -
Stock market crash
Resulted in the Great Depression -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japanese had occupied several strategical points in south Manchuria -
Italian invasion
Ethiopia experienced the first Nazi fascist aggression -
German blitzkrieg in Poland
German Soviet pact stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers -
Pearl Harbor
Brought America into WWI -
End of WWII
Communism then took over Germany and erected the Berlin Wall -
Independence and partition of India
India gains independence from British colonies -
Birth of Israel
The Jewish homeland -
Chinese communist revolution
Followed models of the Soviet Union -
Vietnamese defeat French at Dren Bien Phv
Ended French colonial rule in Vietnam -
De- Stalinization/ nationalization of Suez Canal
Made conflict look inevitable -
Cuban Revolution
Cuban missile crisis was an aspect of the Revolution -
Cuban missile crisis
Marked a success in the Soviet Union because Cuba underwent communism without any help from outside sources. -
6 day war/ Chinese cultural revolution
In order to reassert Mao Zedongs authority over Chinese government -
You Kippur War
Hoped to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab- Israeli war -
Iranian Revolution
Refers to the events that followed the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty -
1st Palestine Intifada
Was a Palestine uprising against Israel occupational -
Tianamen squard
Fall of Berlin Wall was a result of the war -
Fall of USSR/ 1st gulf war
Ended communism/ Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait -
Genocide in Rwanda/ 1st all race elections in South Africa
Slaughter of Tutsi and Hutu -
9/11
An attack on America from a terrorist group based on religion -
Beginning of Tans Saharan
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Beginning of Tans Saharan