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World History Timeline

  • 3500 BCE

    The River Valley Civilizations

    The River Valley Civilizations
    These are civilizations developed around rivers to help provide areas to hunt and fish. It also supported the farming.
  • 571 BCE

    Birth of Muhammad

    Birth of Muhammad
    Muhammad was born in the town of Mecca, a town in western Arabia
  • Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE

    The Roman Republic

    This is a time period when rome existed as a republican government.
  • Period: 492 BCE to 490 BCE

    Greece First Persian War

    This was conflict between Greece and Asia in the 5th century. The Greeks won this war.
  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

    Death of Alexander the Great
    Alexander died of an alcoholic liver disease, fever and strychnine poisoning.
  • 4 BCE

    Birth of Jesus

    Birth of Jesus
    Jesus was born in Bethlehem, by his mother Mary whom was a virgin.
  • Period: 1096 to 1099

    1st Crusade

    This was the first of many religious wars. It was most of the time supported by the Latin church in the medieval time period.
  • May 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    Fall of Constantinople
    This was the capture of the Byzantine Empires capital by the Ottoman Empire.
  • Aug 13, 1521

    Cortez defeated the Aztecs

    Cortez defeated the Aztecs
    This was one of the primary events in the spanish colonization of the Americas. This was also known as the conquest of Mexico.
  • 1524

    Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama sails around Africa to India

    Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama sails around Africa to India
    Vasco De Gama sailed from Lisbon to India with a mission to open a sea route from Europe to the east.
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    English defeat the Spanish Armada

    The spanish armada was a spanish fleet with the purpose of escorting an army from flanders to invade england.
  • Jamestown established

    Jamestown established
    This was the first permanent british settlement in North America.
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    The Great War for Empire/Seven Years War

    This was a global war that affected Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines.
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    American Revolution

    The American Patriots in the thirteen colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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    Napolean

    Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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    French Revolution

    The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789 and ending in 1799
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    World War 1

    This was a global war originating in Europe, also known as the Great War.
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    World War II

    This was the second global war, this war formed two opposing military alliances.
  • Columbus lands in the Western Hemishpere

    Columbus lands in the Western Hemishpere
    Christopher Columbus lands in South America for the first time which is todays time, Venezuela.
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    The Cold War

    The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies
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    Korean War

    The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. It began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
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    Gulf War

    Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait with the apparent aim of acquiring that nation's large oil reserves, canceling a large debt Iraq owed Kuwait, and expanding Iraqi power in the region.
  • 9/11

    9/11
    A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda.
  • U.S. War on Terror

    The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks
  • Yahairas Birthday

    Yahairas Birthday
    Born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.