AP World History By lindseyssong 9000 BCE Domestication of Animals Period: 8500 BCE to 3500 BCE Development of Farming in the Middle East 4000 BCE Bronze Age 3500 BCE Rise of Sumerians 3100 BCE Unification of Egypt 2500 BCE Rise of Indus River Valley 2000 BCE Judaism Begins with Abraham 1500 BCE Shang Kingdom in China Period: 1029 BCE to 258 BCE Zhou Dynasty Period: 1000 BCE to 600 BCE Rise of Hinduism 509 BCE Founding of Roman Republic Period: 470 BCE to 430 BCE Golden Age of Athens Period: 332 BCE to 323 BCE Alexander the Great Period: 332 BCE to 184 BCE Mauryan Dynasty 221 BCE Founding of Qin Dynasty 202 BCE Founding of Han Dynasty 27 BCE Rise of Roman Empire Period: 1 CE to 100 Spread of Christianity 180 End of Pax Romana 220 End of Han Dynasty Period: 220 to 589 Spread of Buddhism in China 313 Rome Legalizes Christianity Period: 319 to 540 Gupta Dynasty 476 Fall of western Roman Empire Period: 527 to 565 Reign of Justinian 610 Rise of Islam Period: 618 to 907 Tang Dynasty in China Period: 661 to 750 Umayyad Caliphate 750 Start of Abbasid Caliphate 800 Charlemagne crowned H.R.E. 800 Heian Period in Japan 855 Beginning of Kievan Rus Period: 960 to 1271 Song Dynasty in China 1054 Split of Christian Church 1096 First Christian Crusade 1100 Rise of Feudalism in Japan 1200 Rise of Kingdom of Mali Period: 1206 to 1227 Reign of Genghis Khan 1271 Founding of the Yuan Dynasty 1281 Founding of the Ottoman Empire Period: 1304 to 1374 Italian Renaissance Period: 1320 to 1340 Spread of Bubonic Plague 1325 Rise of Aztec Empire 1350 Rise of Inca Empire 1368 Beginning of the Ming Dynasty 1400 Swahili States Flourish Period: 1405 to 1433 Zheng He Voyages 1441 Start of Atlantic Slave Trade 1453 Ottomans Conquer Constantinople 1492 Colombus Expeditions 1498 Vasco de Gama Reaches India Period: 1500 to 1600 Commercial Revolution in Europe 1517 Start of Protestant Reformation 1524 Cortez Conquers the Aztecs 1526 Founding of the Mughal Empire 1533 Pizarro Conquers the Inca 1552 Beginning of Russian Empire 1571 Founding of Manila; World Trade System Period: 1600 to 1690 Scientific Revolution 1603 Founding of Tokugawa Shogunate