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Period: 3500 BCE to 1700 BCE
Mesopotamia
The land of farming. -
2500 BCE
Hinduism started
People believed in a variety of beliefs, Their goal was to release Atman and reunite with the divine becoming as one with Brahman. -
1500 BCE
Hinduism
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1300 BCE
Judaism was founded
Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic faiths. -
586 BCE
First Jewish temple destroyed
The jewish temple was destroyed by Babylonians -
520 BCE
Buddhism started
Buddhism is the 4th largest religion, This teaches people that they can escape the suffering of the world through its teachings. -
632
Muhammad's death
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Period: 800 to 1258
The islamic golden age
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1224
Mongol's attacked Russia
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1240
Kiev was taken
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Period: 1253 to 1324
Marco Polo
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1268
The conquest of china started
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Period: 1268 to 1273
The battle of Xiangyang
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1271
Kubilai Khan's dynasty became Yuan
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Period: 1271 to 1295
Marco traveled with father
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1275
The battle of Yangzhou,
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1304
Ibn Buttuta birth
Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier Morocco. -
1324
Mansa's journey to Mecca
Mansa had 60,000-80,000 servants with him on this trip. -
Period: 1324 to 1325
Musa performed the hajj
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1337
Mansa musa's death
He died at the age of 57 -
1369
Ibn Battuta dies
He died in Fez Morocco -
1375
Mali's wealth made it on the map
He was very rich -
1431
Tuareg nomads seized Timbuktu
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Established trade within India and Britain
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Period: to
Colonization of India
British India lasted 335 years -
Period: to
Mughal empire was in decline.
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British East India company
They controlled India's political and economic life. -
Period: to
British Rule in India
This period became known as the British Raj. -
European Exploration
Captain James Cook sailed around Australia. -
Prisoners as Colonists
British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony -
Prisoners as Colonists
British prisoners settled in Australia. -
Period: to
New South Wales
New South Wales was officially a penal. -
Chinese government trading problem
The Chinese government realized that the opium trade and addition was a problem. -
Opium wars
It banned both the production and importation of opium. -
Period: to
The height of the trade.
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Opium wars
The Chinese government outlawed the smoking of opium and imposed a punishment of beating offenders 100 times -
The Monroe Doctrine
the American
continents” from European
influences and problems. -
East India company ruled India
Many Indians represented British rule. -
Period: to
Port Arthur, Tasmania
It was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals, those who were secondary offenders having re-offended after their arrival in Australia. -
Arrival of Matthew Perry
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Period: to
The second opium war
After repeatedly falling short of British expectations of Treaty enforcement, a second Opium War broke out in 1856 and ended in 1860 -
British control
A large number of British-trained
Indian soldiers(sepoys) rebelled against their British officers. -
Sepoy Mutiny
Hindus and Muslims revolted against the British. -
The Meiji Restoration
Japanese period beginning in 1853 when Japan went from a non-industrial feudal nation to a modern, industrial and imperial power. -
Sepoy Mutiny
British crushed the rebellion -
Commonwealth of Australia
Government officials created boundaries for the colonies that are still in place today. -
Aborigines
federal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines. -
Congo free state
Henry Stanley established this. -
Period: to
Scramble for Africa
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Britain occupied Egypt
Taking advantage of Egypt’s unrest. -
Period: to
Berlin Conference
European leaders wanted to avoid war. -
Indian National congress
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Australia today
all legal ties with the British Empire were severed. -
Hitlers Birthday
He was born in Australia. -
Modernization: Meiji Restoration
Only 5% of population could vote in 1890 election -
Social Developments
High school education for women -
The boxer Rebellion
They attempt to throw out the foreigners -
Commonwealth of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia was established. -
Period: to
The Russo-Japanese War
The results startled the world! -
Muslim League
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Abdul Hamid= last sultan
Young Turks takeover Ultra nationalist group -
Japan annexes Korea
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Young Turks join WWI
On the side of Germany and are defeated. -
Part of the major genocide.
Approximately 1,000,000 Armenians had died. -
Population of the Armenians in Turkey
Approximately 1,000,000 Armenians had died. -
U.S. got involved
Germany told Americans to stay off. British ships, as they could and would sink them. -
Period: to
The Armenian Genocide
MANY people died from genocide. -
Genocide happening
250 Armenian community, political, religious, educational, leaders were rounded up in the middle of the night in Istanbul, shot and killed. -
Germany announced unlimited submarine warfare in the war zone.
Otherwise, Germany’s blockade would not be successful. -
Calling for a Communist
revolution, anti-Tsarist protesters gather outside the Winter Palace in Petrograd, Russia. -
Russia left the war
After its communist revolution. -
The Espionage Act
The Sedition Act of 1918 punished those against the war, many of whom were labor leaders. -
New York Journal
announcing the declaration of war the previous day. -
Period: to
The Race for the Atom Bomb Around the World
Germany started experimenting with Nuclear Fission in 1938, but slowed down in 1942 because Germany felt victory in WWII was imminent. -
Adolf Hitler
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Pearl Harbor
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The U.S Joined world war 2
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Americans Retake the Philippines
American returned to the Philippines after “Island Hopping” our way there. -
Stalin Moves West
The Red Army approached, Polish “liberation forces” rose up against the German occupation forces – but Stalin halted his troops and let the German army destroy Warsaw on purpose. -
The war ended in Europe
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Period: to
US played major part in occupying Germany
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Australia Today
55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic. -
Laina's Birthday
The day I was born