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8000 BCE
Ancient Greece
8,000- 30 BCE -
7500 BCE
Turkey: Catalhoyuk
7500-5700 BCE
One of the worlds first cities and largest and best preserved Neolithic settlements known to archaeologists. -
7200 BCE
Faiyum
7200-4000 BCE -
6500 BCE
Pakistan
They were connected to the world's first sewer systems -
4500 BCE
Mesopotamia Sumer
4500-1900 BCE -
4500 BCE
Mesopotamia: Sumer or Sumerian
Were the first river valley civilization -
1975 BCE
Egypt Middle Kingdom
1975-1640 BC -
800 BCE
The Roman Empire
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793 BCE
The Vikings
Were ship builders and they invaded Britain -
770 BCE
Yangtze River Valley
770-476 BCE -
750 BCE
The Archaic Period
Development of art -
600 BCE
Mesopotamia Babylon
600-539 BCE -
550 BCE
Mesopotamia Persia
Founded by Cyrus the Great, conquered in 550 BCE -
525 BCE
The Persian Empire
Largest empire in human history -
455 BCE
The Dark Ages
Following the decline of the Roman Empire -
340 BCE
Alexander the Great
Became king at age 20 and set out to conquer the Persian Empire -
49 BCE
The Roman Civil War
Caesar began civil war with an illegal military -
30 BCE
End of Egyptian Empire
Nile Valley was conquered -
1095
The Crusades
Rome called for a war to take back the Holy Land from the empire of Islam
1095 – 1492 -
1300
The Renaissance
Began in Florence -
1347
The Black Plague
"black death"
1347 to 1351 -
1428
The Aztec Empire
Migrated to Mexico -
1492
The Columbian Exchange
Transfer of plants, animals, culture, human population, technology, diseases, and new ideas between americas, west Africa, and the old world. -
Jamestown, Virginia
First permanent English Colony -
Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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Boston Tea Party
Overtaken by the Sons of Liberty where the tea was dumped overboard into the water -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
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American Revolutionary War
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Bunker Hill
Took place on Breed's Hill. Americans attack the British -
Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Saratoga (NY) Victory
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U.S. Constitution
Describes how the US government would look. Provides 3 branches -
George Washington
1st President -
Louisiana Territory
Purchased by Jefferson from France -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Explore the New West -
Sacagawea
Joined Lewis and Clark -
The War of 1812
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Treaty of Ghent
officially ended the War of 1812, the US did not gain or lose territory -
Trail of Tears
Made journey on foot to Indian Territory -
Dakota Uprising
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The Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson's arm defeated the British -
The Civil War
Northern victory that ended the institution of slavery -
The Tea Act
Reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the British East India company -
Radical Reconstruction
Slaves given rights as voters and gained a voice in government -
Radical Reconstruction
Slaves given rights as voters and gained a voice in the government -
Custers Last Stand
Battle of Little Big Horn -
Wounded Knee
Massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian reservation -
Spanish Civil War