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8000 BCE
China Dynastys
8000-2205 Chinese settlers build small villages across rivers. -
3000 BCE
Judaism
Founded in Israel -
2696 BCE
2696
Rule of Yellow Emperor. Him and his wife Leizu create the process of silk. -
2330 BCE
Hinduism
A religion with four main beliefs -
2205 BCE
2205-1575 BC
The Chinese learn how to make bronze. The Xia dynasty becomes the first dynasty in China. -
1570 BCE
1570-1045 BC
Shang Dynasty begins -
1520 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Amhose 1 reunites the kingdom and starts the new Kingdom -
1517 BCE
1517-1924
The Ottoman Empire conquers Egypt and claims the Caliphate. -
1506 BCE
1506 BCE
Tuthmosis becomes Pharoh. he is the first to be burried in the Valley of Kings. -
1479 BCE
1479 BCE
Hathesput becomes Pharaoh. He builds the Temple of Luxor. -
1352 BCE
1352 BCE
Akhenaten changed the Egyptian religion to one god. -
1279 BCE
1279 BCE
Rameses II becomes Pharaoh -
1261 BCE
1261-1571
The Abbasid Caliphate establishes the Caliphate in Cairo, Egypt. They have religious authority, but the Mamluks hold the military and political power. -
1099 BCE
1099
Christian armies recapture Jerusalem during the First Crusade. -
1048 BCE
1048
Famous poet and scientist Omar Khayyam is born. -
1045 BCE
1045-245 BC
Zhou Dynasty -
1025 BCE
1025
Ibn Sina completes his encyclopedia of medicine called The Canon of Medicene . It will become the standard medical textbook throughout Europe and the Middle East for hundreds of years. -
771 BCE
771 BC
End of Western Zhou and beginning of Eastern Zhou. Spring and Autumn Period start. -
750 BCE
750-1252
The Abbasid Caliphate takes control and builds a new capital city called Baghdad. The Islamic Empire experiences a period of scientific and artistic achievement that will later be called the Golden Age of Islam. -
630 BCE
630
Muhammad returns to Mecca and gains control of the city. Mecca becomes the center of the Islamic world. -
622 BCE
622
Muhammad and his followers move to Medina to escape persecution in Mecca. This migration becomes known as the "Hijrah" and marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar. -
Period: 618 BCE to 907 BCE
Tang Dynasty
Wu Zhou the only emporess
Government is now in departments
Bearucats held up by Cofuctious ideas -
610 BCE
610
The religion of Islam begins when Muhammad receives the first revelations of the Quran. -
570 BCE
Golden Age of Islam
Muhammad is born in the city of Mecca -
551 BCE
551 BC
Philosopher and thinker Confucius is born. -
544 BCE
544 BC
Sun Tzu the author of Art and War is born. -
500 BCE
500 BC
Cast iron is invented is invented around this time. The iron plough was invented shortly after. -
332 BCE
332 BC
Alexander the Great conquers Egypt. -
305 BCE
305 BC
Ptolemy becomes pharaoh. -
221 BCE
Qin Dynasty
First Emporer unites China
Built wall to protect from invaders
Scripts, coins, weight is now In standarized in China -
206 BCE
Han Dynasty
Unified northern and southern China is united
China was the center of the "civilized'' world -
30 BCE
30 BC
The last Pharaoh dies, Cleopatria VII -
7 BCE
Islam
Mahamad
Quran
Saudi Arabia
The Five Columns -
6 BCE
Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama
Buddhist Texts
India
The Four Nobel Truths and The Nobel Eightfold Path
488 Million Follow -
1 BCE
Christianity
God
Bible
Judea
God the Father, Jesus Christ as the son of God, and the Holy Spirit
Based of of the ways of life -
Period: 220 to 589
Six Dynasties
A period of of chaos
China falls apart
Nomadic invaders rule the north -
Period: 581 to 618
Sui Dynasty
China is back together
Public work projects
Extended military control over large stretches across China -
Period: 581 to 618
Sui Dynasty
Wen Di starts Buddhism, Confucism, and Daoism
Emporers are remembered for their harsh rule
Forced peasents to fight or work. -
632
632
Muhammad dies and Abu Bakr succeeds Muhammad as leader of the Islam faith. He is the first of the four "Rightly Guided" Caliphs. This also marks the beginning of the Rashidun Caliphate. -
634
634
Umar becomes the second Caliph. The Islamic Empire expands during his rule to include much of the Middle East including Iraq, Egypt, Syria, and part of North Africa. -
644
644
Uthman becomes the third Caliph. He will create the standardized version of the Quran. -
661
661-750
The Umayyad Caliphate takes control after Ali is assassinated. They move the capital city to Damascus. -
680
680
Hussein, the son of Ali, is killed at Karbala. -
692
692
The Dome of the Rock is completed in Jerusalem. -
732
732
The Islamic army pushes into France until they are defeated by Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours. -
Period: 770 to 476 BCE
Great Wall of China
Great wall of China is started -
771
771
Muslims enter Spain from Morocco. They will eventually gain control of most of the Iberian Peninsula. -
780
780
Mathematician and scientist al-Khwarizmi is born. He is known as the "Father of Algebra." -
972
972
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt is founded. -
Period: 1096 to 1099
First Crucade
Unprepared troops
No battle plan -
Period: 1147 to 1149
Second Crusade
Saladin takes control of Jerusalem -
1187
1187
Saladin retakes the city of Jerusalem. -
Period: 1189 to 1192
Third Crusade
Richard the Lion Hearted who failed to capture Jerusalem -
1192
1192
The Kamakura Shogunate government is formed when Yoritomo is appointed the first Shogun. -
Period: 1202 to 1204
The Fourth Crusade
Crusades attack Constanopole and steal gold, statues, money, and paintings.
And burned down religious buildings -
1206
1206-1227 Mongol Empire
Reign of Genghis Khan -
Period: 1211 to 1234
1211-1234
Conquest of Northern China -
1212
The Children Crusade
Thousands of French and German children tried to take Jerusalem -
Period: 1219 to 1234
1219-1234
Conquest of Pursia -
Period: 1234 to 1241
1237-1241
Conquest of Russia -
1258
1258
The Mongol army sacks the city of Baghdad destroying much of the city and killing the Caliph. -
1258
1258
Capture of Baghdad -
Period: 1264 to 1279
1264-1279
Conquest of Southern China -
1274
1274
The Mongols, led by Kublai Khan, attempt to invade Japan, but fail when a typhoon destroys much of the Mongol navy. -
1325
1325
Famous Muslim traveler Ibn Battuta begins his travels. -
1333
1333
The Kemmu Restorations occurs when the Kamakura Shoganate is overthrown. -
1336
1336
The Ashikaga Shogunate takes power. 1467 - The Onin war occurs. -
1386
1386 BCE
Amenhotep III becomes Pharaoh. -
1453
1453
The Ottomans take the city of Constantinople bringing an end to the Byzantine Empire. -
1467
1467
The Onin war occurs. -
1492
1492
After being pushed back for centuries, the last Islamic stronghold in Spain is defeated at Granada. -
1526
1526
The Mughal Empire is established in India -
1529
1529
The Ottoman Empire is defeated at the Siege of Vienna stopping the advance of the Ottomans into Europe. -
1543
1543
The Portuguese arrive in Japan bringing firearms. -
1549
1549
Christianity is introduced by Francis Xavier. -
1590
Japan is unified under the leadership of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He establishes the Edo Shogunate. -
1606
The Dutch land in Austalia but got attacked and left -
1653
The Taj Mahal, a tomb for the wife of the Mughal Emperor, is completed in India. -
1770
Capt. James Cook sails around Austrailia -
Opium
British import Opium into China -
1787
The "First Fleet" sails to Australla with convicts -
1788
British prisinors settle is Australila -
Period: to
1788-1832
South Whales is now a penal colony. British transport convicts until 1868 -
Europeian Rule and Indipendence
Europeans come to rule Egypt -
Period: to
1833-1850's
Was the destination for the hardest convicts -
Period: to
Opium wars start
China fights Britian over opium -
Treaty of Nanjing
Peace Treaty is signed -
1850
Japan turns into a industrial power. -
Period: to
The Taiping Rebllion
Chinese peasants are angry over poverty. -
Arrival of Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry Arrives -
Period: to
Chinese Reform
Chinese goernment resisists modernization -
Period: to
Rulers set tone of dress
Western Style of dress -
Period: to
Russo-Jappenese War
Battle of Tsushima -
Egypt since Independence
Egypt gained independence but Britian ruled still -
1924
The Caliphate is abolished by Mustafa Ataturk, the first President of Turkey. -
Europeian Rule and Indipendence
Most of Africa gains indipendence -
Group Area Act of 1950
Cities are divided into segments -
Egypt since Independence
Gamal Abdel Nesser overthrows government and seized control of Egypt -
Europeian Rule and Indipendence
Majority resisted French rule -
GDP Materials
Manufactoring greater GDP materials -
Period: to
Laws More Relaxed
Laws on Apathied -
Egypt since Independence
Egypt regained the Sinai Peninsula when signed a peace agreement with Israel -
Period: to
Economic End
Social unrest and pressure -
Aparthied appealed
Aparthied starts -
Nelson Mandela elected Preident
ANC comes to power -
Africa
Egypt lasts for 3000 years
