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474
Fall of the Roman Empire
The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided between several successor polities. -
Period: 476 to 1400
The Middle (Dark) Ages
Also known as the “Dark Ages,” the era is often branded as a time of war, ignorance, famine and pandemics such as the Black Death. -
Period: 1400 to
The Renaissance
The Renaissance was a period of cultural, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. A feature of it was the ‘Age of Exploration’. -
1492
The Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange is the process by which plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas have been introduced from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas and vice versa. It began in the 15th century, when oceanic shipping brought the Western and Eastern hemispheres into contact. -
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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a movement that emphasised reason, individualism, and scientific inquiry, challenging tradition and advancing human progress. -
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The Modern Revolution - Anthropocene
The modern revolution is when the world came to be dominated by a single species (humans). It created the world we live in today. AKA - The Anthropocene. -
The treaty of waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of our country. Maori agreed: to let other people live in their country; and. to let the British make rules about behaviour and see that everyone obeys them. -
World War II
World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. -
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Cold war
Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. -
Vietnam war
The Vietnam War, which started from 1954 to 1975, was started by the Cold War domino theory. That if one country went into communism other countries would also follow them and go into communism. After the French defeat North Vietnam wanted the whole country to be communist, and they fought against South Vietnam, which was supported by the USA, the United States wanted to stop communism from spreading to other countries. After the war, it ended in bad economic effects