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Period: 10,000 BCE to
AP World Timeline
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8000 BCE
Beginnings of agriculture
Humans transition from hunter gather societies to sedentary societies based in villages and towns. This falls under Innovations/Interactions since it is an interaction with the environment. -
3000 BCE
Bronze Age
The Beginning of the Bronze Age and also early civilization begin to develop. This falls under Social since it led to the first civilizations being developed and changed how society worked. -
1754 BCE
Code of Hammurabi
One of the first written law codes in history, It would go under social since it has a huge impact on society being one of the first codes of law. -
1453 BCE
The Fall of Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire. This would fall under political since it marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. -
1300 BCE
Start of Iron Age
The age in which metal was used to replace bronze tools and weapons. This falls under Innovations/Interactions since there were new innovations made out of metal and new interactions with the environment. -
1299 BCE
Beginning of the Ottoman Empire
The foundation and rise of the Ottoman Empire is a period of history that started with the emergence of the Ottoman principality in c. 1299, and ended with the conquest of Constantinople on May 29, 1453. This would fall under political since the rise of a dynasty has to do with politics. -
1258 BCE
Siege of Baghdad
The Mongol army sieged Baghdad, this led to the deaths over 90,000 people dying and lots of important buildings destroyed. This would fall under political since this is a significant political event done by the Mongol empire. -
1200 BCE
Creation of Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is the oldest verified alphabet. This would go under social since language is the most important way to communicate between people and this is the first attempt of developing a language with it's own alphabet. -
1071 BCE
Battle of Manzikert
the battle was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire, the Byzantine army was defeated. This would fall under political since this was a significant political event for both sides. -
732 BCE
Battle of Tours
At the Battle of Tours near Poitiers, France, Frankish leader Charles Martel, a Christian, defeats a large army of Spanish Moors, halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe. This would fall under political since this battle had a significant event on the political landscape between European and the MIddle East. -
Period: 500 BCE to 300 BCE
The Golden Age of Greece
The Golden Age of Greece has given the world the great monuments, art, philosophy, architecture and literature which are the building blocks of civilization. This would fall under Social, Political and Innovations since it has a very strong impact on modern day society, politics and innovations. -
476 BCE
Fall of Rome
Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, This would fall under P since it is a major political event. -
Period: 356 BCE to 323 BCE
Alexander the Great
Alexander was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and created one of the largest empires in the history of the world. He would fall under all the SPICE categories since he had a strong impact on each of those. -
333 BCE
Roman capital moved to Constantinople
Constantine moved the capital to Constantinople for several reasons that include: economic power was stronger in the east and the eastern trade was more interesting, the location was ideal and the need of only one wall facing one direction while being surrounded by water. This would fall under P since it was mostly a politically based event. -
221 BCE
Qin unifies China
The qin dynasty was the first Chinese dynasty and was able to unify China. This falls under political since unifying china is a political move. -
220 BCE
End of the Han dynasty
The Han dynasty formally ended in 220 when Cao Cao's son and heir, Cao Pi, pressured Emperor Xian into abdicating in his favour. Cao Pi became the emperor of a new state, Cao Wei. This would fall under P since it is a political event. -
1095
First Crusade happens
The firsts of several crusades that attempted to recapture the Holy Land called for by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095. -
1347
Black Death European outbreak
The plague reached Sicily in October 1347, carried by twelve Genoese galleys, it is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's total population. This would fall under social since it had a great impact on European society. -
1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
Columbus and his crew landed on the island of Hisponola and proceed to establish a small colony there, then returning to spain to tell them about his discovery and would go on to led 4 expeditions to the new world. This would fall under Interactions since the spanish had found new land and people which led to new innovations and interactions. -
1517
Ninety-five Theses
The Ninety-five Theses] are a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther that started the Reformation, a schism in the Catholic Church which profoundly changed Europe. This would fall under culture since it had a very big impact on the culture of europe. -
1521
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Hernán Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured the emperor Cuauhtemoc and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire which would complete Spain's goal of taking over the Aztec This would fall under political since this is a major political event.. -
1572
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
80 Spanish soldiers under conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and their native allies captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca. It was the first step in a long campaign that took decades of fighting but ended in Spanish victory in 1572 and colonization of the region as the Viceroyalty of Peru. This would fall under political since it is a major political event. -
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, This falls under political since this is a political event. -
End of the French Revolution
The revolution came to an end 1799 when Napoleon overthrew the revolutionary government and established the French Consulate. This falls under political since this is a political event. -
Congress of Vienna
The objective of the Congress was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. This falls under political since this is a political event. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 freeing all the slaves. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Berlin Conference
Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor, called on representatives of 13 nations in Europe as well as the United States to take part in the Berlin Conference in 1884 to work out joint policy on the African continent. This falls under political since it is a political event involving several countries. -
Russo-Japanese War
A war was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Chinese Revolution
A a revolution that overthrew the Qing dynasty and established the Republic of China. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Ferdinand was returning from a visit at the Sarajevo Hospital with those wounded in the assassination attempt, the convoy took a wrong turn into a street where, by coincidence, Princip stood. With a pistol, Princip shot and killed Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. This event would eventually lead to WW1. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Russian Revolution
A pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versaille was the peace treaty that brought World War I to an end. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Wall Street Crash of 1929
This crash was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, signalled the beginning of the 12-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries. This would fall under economic since it is a economic event. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war from 3 October 1935 until 1939. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Invasion of Poland
This was a German invasion which would lead to the start of WW2. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. This led to the United States' entry into World War II. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945 killing at least 129.000 people. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The culmination of the Chinese Communist Party's drive to power after its founding in 1921 and the 2nd part of the Chinese civil war This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Creation of Israel
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Cuban Revolution
An armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed military invasion of Cuba. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In response to the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961 and the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba's request to place nuclear missiles on the island to deter a future invasion. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Cultural Revolution
the stated goal was to preserve 'true' Communist ideology in the country by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society, and to re-impose Maoist thought as the dominant ideology within the Party. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Tiananmen Square
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, commonly known in mainland China as the June Fourth Incident were student-led demonstrations in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, , troops with automatic rifles and tanks killed at least several hundred demonstrators trying to block the military's advance towards Tiananmen Square. The number of civilian deaths has been estimated variously from 180 to 10,454. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union[a] occurred on December 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. This would fall under political since it is a political event. -
2008 financial crisis
It began in 2007 with a crisis in the subprime mortgage market in the United States, and developed into a full-blown international banking crisis with the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008. It is considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. This would fall under economic since it is a economic event.
