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99,000 BCE
Skhul People
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90,000 BCE
Natufians
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72,000 BCE
Faiyum
Nile Valley -
39,800 BCE
Neanderthals
Who: closest ancient human relatives
What: extinct human species
When: Ice Age 398,000 BCE
Where: Eurasia
Why: extinct because unable to adapt hunting methods during the Ice Age, long term inbreeding -
10,000 BCE
Neolithic Revolution
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Period: 10,000 BCE to 3500 BCE
Stone Age
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9000 BCE
Jericho
Palestinian City in Jordan Valley
One of the earliest settlements in the world -
8000 BCE
Fertile Crescent
This is between the rivers in Mesopotamia -
6200 BCE
Catalhoyu
Where: Turkey
One of the earliest settlements -
4000 BCE
Sumer
Where: Mesopotamia
Started languages, governments and architecture. -
3300 BCE
Out of Africa
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Period: 2686 BCE to 2181 BCE
Old Kingdom
Egypt Dynasty -
2500 BCE
Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
Where: Pakistan
"Mound of the Dead" -
Period: 1346 BCE to 1353 BCE
The Black Plague
Illness that wiped out majority of the European people. Spread by others started from fleas of rats. -
Period: 1162 BCE to 1227 BCE
Genghis Khan
Tribal leader of Mongolian nomads
Key to success: horses for communication purposes
Domesticated 5000 years before him
Covered up to 300 miles per day
Used to communicate over the world’s largest empire to date -
Period: 1096 BCE to 1270 BCE
The Crusades
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1066 BCE
Battle of Hastings
Angolos and Saxons -
800 BCE
Ancient Greece
Mythology and athleticism -
800 BCE
Charlemagne
Emperor of the Romans.
He united western and Europe -
Period: 793 BCE to 1000 BCE
Vikings From Scandinavia
Vikings Traveled around the world known for attacking churches and looking for land. -
Period: 753 BCE to 410 BCE
Rome
Italy -
732 BCE
Battle of Tours
This kept the Moors from entering France. -
550 BCE
Perisa
Where: Mesopotamia
Was made up of many different cultures of people. -
Period: 356 BCE to 323 BCE
Alexander the Great
Where: Macedonia, Greece
Took the throne at the age of 20 years old. -
Period: 221 BCE to 207 BCE
Quin Dynasty
Where: China
First Dynasty -
300
Rise of Religion Christianity
a. 300 CE Christianity rises
b. 500 CE Buddism in India
c. 600 CE Islam in Iraq (Persia) -
400
Alaric and the Goths Sack Rome
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500
Rise of Religion Buddism in India
a. 300 CE Christianity rises
b. 500 CE Buddism in India
c. 600 CE Islam in Iraq (Persia) -
600
Rise of Religion Islam in Iraq
a. 300 CE Christianity rises
b. 500 CE Buddism in India
c. 600 CE Islam in Iraq (Persia) -
Period: 1400 to
Renaissance "Age of Enlightenment"
Medici Family Reformation of the church Spanish inquisition – exploration of the New World -
Period: 1451 to 1506
Christopher Columbus
He didn't discover America and wasn't responsible for setting up trades with America.
He didn't probe the world was round and was looking for business not for discovering other places.
Ended up bringing native americans to other countries as slaves. -
Roanoke "The Lost Colony"
Attempted 3 times as a colony.
Where: Chesapeake Bay -
Jamestown
Colony -
Plymouth
Colony -
Maryland
Colony -
New York
Colony -
Pennsylvania
Colony -
Carolinas
Colony -
Salem
Colony -
Georgia
Colony -
Period: to
French and Indian War
Where: near Ohio river
The English and French fought for land and control. -
Period: to
Taxation without Representation
During the British Rule of the 13 colonies. It was one of the biggest reasons for the revolution. -
Boston Massacre
Killed 5 colonists in Boston Massachusetts and helped start the Revolutionary war. -
Boston Tea Party
Where: Boston, Massachusetts
What: Killed 5 colonists, fueled anti-British views that helped start revolutionary war -
Lexington and Concord
Where: Middlesex providence
What: destroy British weapons, shot heard round the world, start of revolutionary war -
Louisiana Purchase
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Period: to
Lewis and Clark
Traveled around America.
Geographers, mapmakers, soldiers. -
Period: to
Indian Wars
Why: Westward expansion in the land where Native Americans lived
Popular battles
Dakota Conflict
Little Big Horn
Wounded Knee -
War of 1812
Washington was set on fire and the white house was burned down. This was when the star spangled banner was written. -
Missouri Compromise
This is when the electoral college became a thing. This allowed the South to feel better about the country and feel like the north didn't have as much control and wouldn't take away their slaves. -
Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears
Native Americans were removed from where they lived and pushed into the Indian Territory which is now known as Oklahoma. -
Period: to
The mormans
Mormons were pushed from Nauvoo Illinois to Council Bluffs Iowa to Salt Lake City Utah. Moved around because they were judge for their beliefs. -
The Alamo
April 1836, Sam Houston and group of Tejanos avenged the victims of the Siege of the Alamo at the Battle of San Jacinto and won Texas Independents. -
The Oregon Trail
Path that allowed settlers to travel and find a new place to live. -
Period: to
The Gold Rush
People traveled to California for a new job opportunity to become miners and get rich. Very few ended up getting rich. -
Period: to
Bleeding Kansass
This battle wasn't considered part of the Civil War. -
Period: to
The Civil War
The south and north became divided over beliefs and Lincoln becoming president. South seceded from America. In the end north won and slaves were free. -
Homestead Act
This allowed settlers to have land and build homes. They had to live and farm there for 5 years at least. This caused many people to move to the Midwest and get land to farm. -
Period: to
Jim Crow Laws
Became legal to segregate colored people from whites. -
Spanish American War
America intervened in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Yangzte River Valley
China
