AP World Project (Matej Mekyle) By mduncko 8000 BCE Beginnings of agriculture 3000 BCE Beginnings of Bronze Age 1300 BCE Iron Age 400 BCE Greek Golden Age 32 Beginnings of Christianity 476 Fall of Rome Dec 24, 632 Rise of Islam Period: Dec 24, 1271 to Dec 25, 1295 Marco Polo Travels Period: Dec 24, 1325 to Dec 25, 1349 Ibn Battuta Travels Period: Dec 24, 1347 to Dec 25, 1348 Bubonic Plague in Europe Dec 24, 1453 Ottomans capture Constantinople Dec 24, 1492 Columbus Sails to the Americas Dec 24, 1502 First Slaves to Americas Dec 24, 1517 Martin Luther and the 95 thesis Dec 24, 1521 Cortes conquered Aztecs Dec 24, 1533 Pizarro conquered Incas Dec 24, 1607 Foundation of Jamestown Period: Dec 24, 1618 to Dec 25, 1648 30 Years War Dec 24, 1683 Ottomans fail at conquering Vienna Period: Dec 24, 1756 to Dec 25, 1763 7 Years War Dec 24, 1789 French revolution Dec 24, 1839 1st Opium War in China Dec 24, 1848 Marx and Engles write Communist Manifesto Dec 24, 1871 German Unification Dec 24, 1911 Chinese Revolution Dec 24, 1914 World War 1 Dec 24, 1917 Russian Revolution Dec 24, 1919 Treaty of Versailles, End of World War 1 Dec 24, 1929 Stock Market Crash Dec 24, 1939 German Blitzkreig Dec 24, 1941 Pearl Harbor Dec 24, 1948 Birth of Isreal Dec 24, 1989 Tiananmen Square/Fall of Berlin Wall Dec 24, 1994 Genocide in Rwanda Dec 24, 2001 9/11 Attacks