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8000 BCE
Beginnings of Agriculture
Agriculture allowed people to change from nomadic and based on migrations to settle in villages. It also fueled the Neolithic revolution. -
3000 BCE
Beginnings of Bronze Age and Early civilization
The Bronze Age was when the use of bronze to make tools became very popular. The first civilizations include Mesopotamia, the Olmecs, Norte Chico, the Shang Dynasty, the Nile Valley, and Indus Valley civilization. -
1300 BCE
Iron Age
This was the time period in which Iron was the main source for constructing tools. This was the second of the three-age system for classifying prehistoric societies, following the Bronze Age. -
323 BCE
Alexander the Great
Alexander defeated the Persian Empire and conquered many places to expand his empire. He died in 323, and his kingdom was split into 3 kingdoms and ruled by Macedonian generals. -
221 BCE
Qin unified China
The unification of China ended the warring states period, and this was a first for China. The Qin dynasty followed the Zhou dynasty and only lasted until 206. Legalism was largely practiced during this dynasty and Qin Shihuangdi largely opposed the practice of Confuciansim. -
3 BCE
End of the Han Dynasty
The Han dynasty was one of China's longest major dynasties. During the first century, emperors began dieing young, and infants were even named emperor. The reasons for the collapse are: it simply became too big, landowning families were able to avoid paying taxes, and loyalty to the emperor weakened between the peasants. -
3 BCE
Beginnings of Christianity
Established by the founder Jesus, Christianity is the practice of monotheism. It emerged from Judiasm, after Saint Paul spread the new of Jesus and the miracles. -
3 BCE
End of Pax Romana
The Pax Romana was the time period between 27 BCE and 180 CE. It was a time of unprecedented peace and economic prosperity. After the death of Marcus Aurelius, and the appearance of Emperor Commodus, the Pax Roamana ended. -
3 BCE
Beginnings of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
Sand routes were often used in the Northern African region, and was rooted in environmental variation. -
3 BCE
Fall of Rome
The western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 when the German General Odoacer overthrew the last Roman Emperor. However, the Roman Empire was weakened boy before and after this event. -
3 BCE
Justinian Rule of the Byzantine Empire
Justinian expanded the Empire, and created his new set of laws called the Justinian Code. He also re-United the Roman Empire and is famous for the building of the Hagia Sophia. -
3 BCE
Rise of Islam
Islam became widely popular after the death of its founder, Muhammed Ibn Abdullah. The Quran is the religious book of Islam, and Muslims honor Muhammed by practicing the 5 pillars of Islam. -
3 BCE
Battle of Tours (End of Muslim move into France)
Victory at Tours ensured the ruling dynasty of the Carolingians soon the successful expansion of Charlamagne. -
3 BCE
Norman Conquest of England
William, the Duke of Normandy, invaded England in 1066, beginning a campaign of conquest leading to his crowning as King of England and the establishment of Norman rule in England. -
3 BCE
Battle of Manzikert
This battle was between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuk Turkish forces, which led to the defeat of the Byzantine Empire. -
3 BCE
First Crusade
The crusades were thought to be "willed by God" and authorized by the Pope. This began in 1095, when Crsuaders flocked to eastern Mediterranean, where they temporarily carved out four small Christin states. They seized Jerusalem in 1099. -
3 BCE
Mongols sack Baghdad
Genghis Khan's grandson Mongke resolved to extend his rule to the Middle East, including Baghdad which was the seat of the Abbasid caliphs at the time. -
3 BCE
Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage
Mansa Musa founded the empire of Mali in Africa, and he was a devoted Muslim. He made the pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324. -
3 BCE
Roman capital moved to Constantinople
Constantine, who became a Christain during his rule, established the new capital of Constanitnople in the Byzantine Empire. -
Period: 3 BCE to 3 BCE
Marco Polos Travels
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. He traveled along what came to be known as the Silk Road. -
1 BCE
Life of Buddha, Confucius and Lao Tsu (Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism)
Confucianism- social harmony through moral example, importance of education, and patriarchy; Buddhism- founded by Siddhartha Gauama, who was the Buddha. Suffering was thought of as moral living; Taoism-(Daoism) withdraw from the world into completing ion of nature. -
1 BCE
Greek Golden Age
The most well known city-states during this time were Athens and Sparta. It began with the defeat of the Persians. Significant advances were made in art, philosophy, drama and literature. -
Period: Mar 26, 1325 to Mar 26, 1349
Travels of Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta was born into a Muslim family and was the only medieval traveler who is known to have visited the lands of every Muslim ruler of his time. -
Period: Mar 26, 1347 to Mar 26, 1348
Bubonic Plague in England
The disease is spread by fleas on rats, and it came to England by boat. -
Mar 26, 1433
End of Zheng He's Voyages
After sending out seven gigantic naval expeditions under the command of Zheng He, and they traveled along the Indian Ocean trade routes as far as Arabia. In 1433 the government called them off. -
Mar 26, 1488
Dias Rounded Cape of Good Hope
Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia. -
Mar 26, 1492
Columbus Voyage/ Reconquist of Spain
Columbus sailed to the New World from Spain in three ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Niña -
Mar 26, 1502
First slaves to the Americas
Merchants began capturing native Africans and sending them to the Americas to be sold as slaves. -
Mar 26, 1517
Martin Luther and the 95 theses
The 95 theses were a protest written by Martin Luther criticizing the selling of indulgences and the corruption of the Catholic Church. -
Mar 26, 1521
Cortez Conquered the Aztecs
In 1519, Cortez reached Mexican coast of Yucatán. Since he knew that the Aztecs were a primary force in Mexico, he set out to rule them. Cortez took the Aztec ruler hostage, maniuplulated him, and ruled the Aztecs through him. -
Mar 26, 1533
Pizarro toppled the Inca
Francisco Pizzaro strangles the last Incan emperor Atahuallpa, ending the 300 years of Inca civilization. -
Mar 26, 1571
Battle of Lepanto (defeat of ottoman navy)
A naval engagement in the waters of Greece between the Holy League and the Ottoman Turks while the Ottomans were trying to acquire the Venetian island of Cyprus. This marked the first significant victory for a Christian naval force over a Turkish fleet. -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British
The "invincible armada" is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lod Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. After 8 hours of fighting, a change in wind direction caused the Spanish to retreat. -
Battle of Sekigahara
This was the unification of Japan and the Beginning of the Tokugawa Rule. -
Foundation of Jamestown
America's first permanent Englsih colony of Jamestown was founded in 1607 in Virginia. The government, language, customs, beliefs and aspirations of these Virginians are still part of the US heritage. -
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30 Years War
This war began when HR emperor Ferdinand II of Bohemia attempted to curtail the religious activities of his subjects, which sparked rebellion among Protestants. The war involved the major powers of Europe, with Sweden, France, Spain, and Austria. -
Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna
The defeat of the ottoman army outside the gates of Vienna is usually regarded as the beginning of the decline of the Ottoman Empire. -
Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights was a British law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession in William III and Mary II following the Glorious Revolution in 1688. -
Period: to
7 Years War/ French and Indian War
This essentially comprised two struggles. One centered on the maritime and colonial conflict between Britain and its Bourbon enemies France and Spain. The second on the conflict between Fredrick II of Prussia and his opponents: Austria, France, Russia and Sweden. -
American Revolution/Smoth writes wealth of nations
The war of independence waged by the American colonies against Britain influenced political ideas and revolutions around the globe, as a fledging, largely disconnected nation won its freedom from the greatest military force of its time. -
French Revolution Begins
The financial crisis of King Louis XVI forced the French monarch to convene the Estatses General in order to levy a new land tax that would hopefully solve his monetary woes. The Third Estate soon declared itself a "National Assembly", and sparked the revolution. -
Haitian Independence
Haiti proclaimed independence two months after their defeat of Napoleon. Saint Dominque was renamed Haiti. -
Congress of Vienna
This assembly reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. It began in September 1814, five months after Napoleon I's first abdication and completed its "Final Act" in June 1815, shortly before the Waterloo campaign and the final defeat of Napoleon. -
Period: to
Independence in Latin America
Independence came rather suddenly to most of Spanish and Portuguese America. -
First opium war in China
This war was fought between China and Britain, beginning in 1839. Britains smuggling of drugs like opium into China is the cause of this war. -
European Revolutions/Marx and Engels write the communist manifesto
The communist manifesto was the written goals and intentions of communism as developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. -
Commodore Perry Opens Japan
Perry, on behalf of the United States, forced Japan to enter into trade with the United States and demanded a treaty permitting trade and the opening of Jaoanese ports. -
Sepoy Mutiny
Also called the Indian Mutiny; a widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857-58. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops in th service of the British East India Company. -
End of Russian Serfdom/Italian Unification
In 1861 serfdom, the system which tied the RussiN peasants irrevocably to their landlords, was abolished at the Tsars imperial command. -
Emancipation on Proclamation in the US
After the Union victory, he declared that all slaves in the rebellious states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." -
German Unification
The final act of German unification was the Franco-Prussian War, which ended with the French defeat, and the German Empire was proclaimed in the Palace at Versailles. -
Berlin Conference
The division of Africa into colonial states, ruled by other countries including Britian and France. -
Spanish American War
This resulted in the US acquiring Philippine, Cuba, Guam and Puerto Rico. -
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Boer War
This war was between the British Empire and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. In 1902, the British crushed the Boer resistance and the Peace of Vergeeniging was signed. -
Russo-Japanese War
Japan launched a surprise naval attack against Port Arthur, a Russian naval base in China, which sparked the war. The Japanese won a series of decisive victories over the Russians. This led to the Russian Revolution because of its military disastrous performance -
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Mexican Revolution
The first major political, social and cultural revolution of the 20th century and the US was affected by the human dislocation that resulted. -
Chinese Revolution
This was the end of dynastic China and established the Republic of China which ended the imperial system. -
WWI Begins
It began when a Serbain nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinad of Austria -
Russian Revolution
Two revolutions swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and setting on motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. -
Treaty of Versailles
This marked the end of World War 1. -
Stock Market Crash
Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. -
Japanese Invasion of Machuria
The Japanese wanted an excuse to invade Manchuria, and they found it. The Jaoanese claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway. -
Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
It was an armed conflict that resulted in Ethipoias subjection to Italian rule. It demonstrated the League of Nations ineffectiveablity. -
German Blitzkrieg in Poland
This was the tactic used by the Germans in WWII. it was designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Jaoanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, which led to America finally joining WWII. -
End of WWII
The Japanese officially surrendered in 1945 and WWII was over. -
Independence and Patition of India
This was the process of dividing the subcontinent along sectarian lines, which took place in 1947 as Indian gained its independence from the British Raj. -
Birth of Israel
The first Jewish state in 2000 years was established and Ben Gurion officially pronounced the words: "We hereby proclaim the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine..." -
Chinese Communist Revolution
Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China, which ended the civil war between CCP and KMT. -
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Korean War
Armed forces from communist North Korea smash into South Korea setting off the Korean War. It was the first "hot" war of the Cold War. -
Vietnamese Defeat French at Dien Bien Phu
This bathe was the decisive engagement in the first Indichina War. -
Destalinization/ Nationalization of Suez Canal
Egypt pressed for evacuation of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone, and in July, President Nasser nationalized the canal. -
Cuban Revolution
Rebels began the process of driving out forces loyal to Cuban dictator Batisita in 1958 and by the New Year they had the nation. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Leaders of the US and Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear armed Soviet missiles in Cuba. -
6 Day War/Chinese Cultural Revolution
It was the third of the Arab-Israeli wars and ended with Israels victory. -
Yom Kippur War
Hoping to win back that land they lost in the 6 Day War, Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. -
Iranian Revolution
A popular uprising in Iran that resulted in the toppling of the monarchy, and led to the establishment of an Islamic Republic. -
First Palenstinain Intifada
Rumors had spread saying Israelis killed Jews on purpose, and riots bega to break out. The riots continued for many days resulting in many deaths of both Jews and Israelis -
Tianamen Square/ fall of the Berlin Wall
Chinese troops storm through Tiana,en square in the center of Bejing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protestors. The brutal Chinese government assault on protestors brought denunciations from the US. -
Fall of the USSR/ First Gulf War
11 Soviet republics met in Kazakh City or Alma-Ata and announced that they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union. They said they would establish a Commonwealth of Independent States.
The first gulf war began with a massive US led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm. Eventually President George Bush ordered a cease-fire. -
Genocide in Rwanda/ first all race election in South Africa
The Genocide began when a plane carrying a Hutu President was shot down. This was a war between the Hutu, Tutsi, and the Twa.
The first all race election happened in April of 1994 and lines for the election stretched for more than a mile in some areas with voters waiting up to 12 hours. -
9/11
A terrorist attack by the Al-Qida on American territory. The Twin Towers wee hit wit a plane, and they crashed to the ground; the pentagon was also attacked on this day. -
First Schism in Christian Church
This was the split between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roamn Catholicism, a rift that still exists today. It is dated for 1054 because that is when Pope Leo IX and Patriarch Micheal I excommunicated each other. -
European Revolutions/Marx and Enfels