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The beginning of agriculture is what lead human civilization's to be settled down in locations rather than migrating.
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This was a big break through for civilization's because, at this time, they created the first known long reaching trade routes.
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This age is what brought along the industrial revolution, or helped it, later on in the 20th century.
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The lives of these people began Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, respectively.
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Under the rule of Pericles in the fifth century BCE, Athens advanced because of its great economy and decent government.
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Son of King Phillip II of Macedon, Alexander became king after his father died in 336 BCE, and is known for conquering most of the world.
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Qin Shi Huangdi unified China by making a single currency and enforcing the population to only use it, order the building of the Great Wall of China, and making the "great" third film of The Mummy series.
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Christianity influenced many well known empires to destroy the religion and many others to convert to it.
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The Pax Romana is what is used to describe Rome in its most powerful state and the end of it marked Rome was no longer as powerful as it once was.
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The Han dynasty was one of the longest dynasties in Chinese history, existing for nearly 400 years. The famed dynasty ended when Emperor Xian was tricked into abdicating giving the power to Cao Pi.
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The first emperor of the Byzantine empire, named Constantine, moved the capital to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople.
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These trade routes were scattered from North Africa into sub-Saharan Africa.
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Romulus, the last leader of the Roman Empire, was kicked out of rule by Odoacer, a Germanic ruler.
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Justinian created what is known as the Justinian code which was that the emperor made the laws and also interpreted them.
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This is the religion of the Muslims founded by Muhammad.
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This battle between France and Islam is what stopped the movement of Muslims into France.
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This is was promoted the separation of the east and west Roman churches.
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Led by Duke William II of Normandy, Norman and French soldiers invaded England.
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This was the battle between the Byzantine empire and the Seljug Turks. Unfortunately, the Byzantine empire lost to the Turks.
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This was the first in many crusades to capture what were called the Holy Lands.
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The Mongols had control over the capital of the Abbasid caliphate in order to expand the khans rule.
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Marco Polo was just a merchant but his travels and the book he made on his travels made him famous.
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Musa was the emperor of the Mali empire who planned a pilgrimage to Mecca in order to meet with Middle Eastern rulers.
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Battuta was a Muslim scholar who is most known for his travels and excursions called rihla.
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The plague killed nearly 30-40 percent of Europe's population in the 1300's.
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The voyages were stopped because the Chinese emperor at the time had passed away and his successor did not like the expeditions, so he stopped them.
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The Ottoman Empire roses after the ottomans successfully capture the capital of the Byzantine empire, Constantinople.
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He was the first known European to sail to southern tip of Africa and reach the Indian Ocean.
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Although many people think Columbus discovered America he rather discovered Hispaniola and other Caribbean islands.
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The slaves from Africa were brought to Jamestown.
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As a confused and angered citizen, Martin Luther nailed 95 problems with the church to the Wittenberg castle church.
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Cortez, a well known Spanish conquistador, invades Mexico and conquers the Aztec empire.
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Pizarro murders the last emperor of the Inca empire.
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This is the battle between the Holy League and the Ottoman Navy, in which the Ottomans lost.
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This was an eight hour battle of both Spanish and British fleets in which the British won while the remnants of the Spanish Armada dealt with the dangerous trek back to Spain.
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This lead to the unification of Japan and the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate rule.
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This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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This is known to be one the destructive issues in European history. It was compiled of many battles in Central Europe.
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This is the event that is said to have begun the decline of the Ottoman Empire, later becoming the sick man of Europe.
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This was the overthrowing of King James II.
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Also known as the French and Indian war, this again split up Europe.
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This was the battle between the American colonies who wanted independence and the British who had control over the colonies.
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This revolution is what caused the monarchy in France to be overthrown by a republic.
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This revolution took place in Saint Domingue, now known as Haiti, and was an anti-slavery insurrection against the French that was successful.
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Meeting of ambassadors in Vienna.
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Possibly inspired by the Haitian revolution, all of Latin America gained independence throughout the 1820's.
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This was the first of two disputes about the trade of opium from Britain to China.
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The communist manifesto is what inspired countries such as Russia and China to become communist regimes.
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This permitted Japan to forcefully open up its ports and allow trade with the United States.
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This was the rebellion in India against the rule of the British east India company.
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This was a manifesto written by emperor Alexander II of Russia, which freed the serfs, or agricultural slaves, in Russia.
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This is what freed the slaves in the United States.
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This is what turned Germany into a politically integrated nation.
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This was a meeting held by European countries that fought over who what get what area in Africa.
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After this is fought America gains the Philippines, Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
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This war was fought between the United Kingdom and South Africa. The United Kingdom wins and then has control of South Africa.
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This war was fought between Russia and Japan over who would assimilate Korea and Manchuria into their empires. This was a major war because it was the first war to be won by a non European country against a European country.
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This was a struggle lasting ten years in Mexico that ultimately changed its politics and society overall.
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This led to the end of dynastic China.
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This Great War began as a result of a Siberian assassinating the archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand.
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After the Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate in February of 1917, the Bolshevik party quickly took over in a coup later that year in October.
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This is the treaty that ended World War One.
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This was a dramatic drop of stock prices that affected many countries.
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Japan had an army attack Manchuria in order to take control of the country.
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This was a battle between Italy and the Ethiopian empire where Italy wanted to have control over Ethiopia.
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Blitzkrieg was a form of military strategy and Hitler believed that conquering Poland would bring living space.
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This was a surprise attack by Japan on the American naval base, Pearl Harbor.
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After Germany surrenders to the allies, the second Great War is ended.
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This was a result of the United Kingdom issuing an act that allowed British India to become its own country.
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This became the first Jewish state in existence in almost 2000 years.
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After being controlled by the Guomindang party, China finally becomes a communist under Mao Zedong.
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This is the war that was between birth and South Korea. The United States helped out the south and China and Russia helped out North Korea.
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The Vietnamese capture the French stronghold known as Dien Bien Phu and this ended France's colonial influence in Indochina.
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This was the process of the Soviet unions political reform after the death of Joseph Stalin.
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This was the armed revolt led by Castro against the president Fulgencio Batista.
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This was an issue between the United States and the Soviet Union about soviet missiles in Cuba.
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This was a revolution that Mao Zedong put in place to make sure the impure elements of society were vanquished.
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War fought between Egypt and Syria against Israel.
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This refers to events such as the end of the Pahlavi Dynasty.
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This was a Palestinian revolt against the Israeli presence in the West Bank.
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Because of economic and moral failures, the USSR fell and lost communism.
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This was the genicide of many Tutsi and Hutu people in Rwanda.
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This was a terrorist attack on the United States by Al-Qaeda.