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800 BCE
ALphabetic handwriting emerges and makes it possile for people to communicate easily. -
1700 BCE
Nomads from the Iranian Plateau arrive in India. This affects the Indian culture by bringing the ideas that helped shape the Hindu religion. -
509 BCE
Romans establish a republic in place of a monarchy. This effects the world by bringing in the first ideas of self government. -
230 BCE
The first emperor of China starts using units of measurements. This started the race for measuring the entire Earth. -
27 C
Jesus is baptized, Jesus is considered to be one of the most important characters in Christianity -
30 CE
Jesus is crucified and is thought to have died for the sin of mankind according to the Bible. -
64 CE
Nero starts to crucify Christians starting a movement that starts the immigration of Christians to other lands, and thus spreading the religion even further -
260 CE
The Great Wall of China is began to be built. This is one of the 7 wonders of the world and is ingrained in Chinese culture. -
372 CE
Buddhism spreads to East Asia. This shows that this religion is becoming a universal religion. -
1502 CE
Africans start to migrate to the New World as slaves. This becomes a part of the culture in the southern areas that rely on slave labor in plantations -
1503 CE
Leonardo Da Vinci starts painting the Mona Lisa. This painting goes on to become one of the most mysterious and beautiful paintings, revered by all. -
1517 CE
The Protestant Reformation begins, signaling the start of one of the largest denominations of Christianity in the world. -
1542 CE
Copernicus states that the Sun is in the center of the solar system.
This changes the view of science and furthers our understanding of the world around us. -
1620 CE
PIlgrims land in Cape Cod. The Pilgrims had fled from England due to religous pressure -
1801 CE
Thomas Jefferson becomes president, and this his election from the electoral college was tied -
1803 CE
The United States deals the Louisiana Purchase, which starts the notion of Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion. -
1823 CE
The Monroe Doctrine is declared, so the political power of the USA has now made an oath to protect North or South America. -
1833
The Slavery Abolition Act is passed in England, which signals that a social change is occuring in England, and that blacks are starting to be treated as equals. -
1842 CE
Anasthesia is used for the first time and this shows that the use of medication is becoming widely used and thus lowering the Crude Death Rate. -
1854 CE
John Snow maps the first cholera outbreak in London, this is the first time someone has used data to map information geographically. The result is the end of the cholera outbreak. -
1873 CE
Barbed wire is invented and helps farmers manage their livestock much more effeciently. -
1920 CE
Women in the USA gain suffrage, or the power to vote, and so become more developed. -
1929 CE
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 starts the Great Depression created a lot of unemployment -
1939-1945 CE
World War 2 begins, and at the end the winners gain many rewards, which catapult them into MDC status. -
1949
The People's Republic of China is founded, which is built on communist principles. -
1989 CE
The Berlin Wall falls and shows that communism has ended in Germany, and that East and West Germany has finally reconnected. -
1990 CE
The Gulf War starts and it is a response to Iraq's invasion into Kuwait. This shows how the location of key renewable resources, such as oil can show us the patterns of war. -
1991 CE
The USSR splits, but its communist role is taken over by the country of Russia. -
2001
9/11 attacks occur and gives us an insight of how terrorism can affect an entire state. The attacks also act as a centripetal force to bind the country closer together. -
2011 CE
The world's population reaches 7 billion, with many states becoming overpopulated.