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264
Gladiators
The sport was created by the Etruscans and introduced into Rome. There were many 'rules' to the sport but it was important for the entertainment, money, and showing Rome's military strength. -
300
Academic Advances
There were many advances including Hippocrates and his oath, the Earth Oribits the Sun and the Pythagorean Thereom. -
312
Battle of Milvian Bridge
in 32 A.D., there was a civil wat battle between Constatine and Maxentius. The war is named after a important route over the Tiber RIver. Constatine had the victory (Maxentius drowned in the river) and became sole leader of Rome. -
312
Milvian Bridge
In 312 AD, there was a battle between Constantine and Maxentius for the ruling spot. Constantine won and ended the tetrarchy and started the convertion to christianity. -
312
Constantine's Vision
In 312 AD, the night before the Battle of Milvian Bridge, Constantine had a vision that changes history. He said he saw a cross in the sky and heard God promise him victory if he painted the cross onto his shields. -
313
Constantine the Great
In the year 313 C.E, Emperor Constantine said that they will have toleration of Christianity. Later on, Christianity became the state religion. Then they empire spilt into two, one Roman Catholic and the other Eastern Orthodox. -
313
Edict of Mulan
I think it was around 313 AD, when Constantine granted the Edict of Mulan. It finally legalizes Christianity and gives perks to the Chrisitians. -
325
Council of Nicea
I dont know if there was a real set time for this.. but.. The council of Nicea organizes Christians, wrote the creed, and decided the date of Easter. -
330
The capital of Rome is moved
Around 330 AD, Constantine moves the Capital form Rome to Constantinople. This signifies the end of Roman Empire because the capital isnt Rome. -
336
Phillip II
Phillip II was assassinated at his own daughter's wedding. His assassinator was his former lovers, Pausinias. -
336
Alexander the Great
After his father's death he took over the Empire at age 20. He conquers Persia and Babylon but turned around at India. At the age of 32 he died from a fever. -
410
Alaric burns Rome
In the year of 410 B.C.Visigoths, led by Alaric, burned their way through Rome, leaving destruction wherever they went. For once, Rome wasn't in the hands of the Romans. -
410
Alaric
Around 410 AD, This guy Alaric was betrayed by the barbarians and then got tired of their poop and decided to go and attack and destroy Rome. -
431
Peloponnesian War
The war between the Spartans and Delian League begins 431 B.C and lasts 27 years. This impacted both sides: They were both weaked and exposed to invasion. -
500
Jews are Freed
(B.C.) Jews are freed from Babylonians by Cyrus the Great. They then spread out over the world. (Diaspora) -
537
Hagia Sophia
In 537 AD, the Hagia Sophia was built and can signify the end of the Roman emipre and the beginning of the Byzantine Empire. It had new construction and just wasnt Roman at all. -
565
Justinian
Justinian reigned from 527-565 and while in power her was interested in trying to restore the lost Western Rome. He also rewrote the Roman Law. -
570
Teachings of Islam
There are 5 duties as an Islamic person, knows as the 5 Pillars of Islam:
1.Declaration of Faith
2. Daily Prayer
3. Charity to poor
4. Fasting
5. The Hajj -
570
Rise of Islam
It was started my Muhammed who was called to be a Messenger by an Angel. Thousands convert to Islamic religion and is now the major religion. -
570
Muhammad
Born in 570 AD, then around the age 40, an angel came to him and told him he was a messenger of God. He is the founder of Islam religion. -
Dec 10, 632
Muhammad Dies
Muhammad dies then Abu Bakr is elected to be first successor to Muhammad. -
Oct 3, 700
Rise to Power
Spartas and Athens rise to power. -
Dec 9, 732
Battle of Tours
Franks VS. Umayyad Caliphate with a Frank's victory. Important because it preserves Christian Europe. -
Oct 21, 1000
Romulus and Remus
Twins were kidnapped, floated down a river, raised by wolves, found by humans then good deeds. Eventually found their family and created a great city, named Rome. -
Jan 9, 1054
Lay Investiture
Lay Investiture is when regular people can grant bishop power. There was a controvery over this in 1054. Then Gregory ended up banning it. This guy Henry is angered. -
Feb 3, 1054
Great Schism
In 1054, the Catholic Church splits into two, the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox, over filioque disagreement. This changes religion forever and is the first split in the Christian Church. -
Jan 13, 1066
William the Conqueror
William only spoke French and people only spole English. So instead of him learning English, he made all of his people learn French. -
Dec 25, 1066
Invasion
Turks invade England on Christmas Day. They had a very interesting tatic: they pretended to flee in panic then turn around and kill them and then run away again. -
Feb 3, 1096
The Crusades
The Christians battled the Muslims for control of the lands in the Middle East. This helped unite the Roman Catholic Church and Bysantine Empire. -
Feb 3, 1099
Fighting a Losing Battle
Christian knights captured Jersusalem and the Crusades went on and off for another 200 years. Then in 1187, Jersalem fell to the Muslims and the Holy City reopened to Christiam pilgrims. -
Oct 3, 1100
Dorians
Dorians destory Mycaeneans -
Sep 9, 1111
Abraham
God made a covenant with Abraham, according to the Torah. He was also considered Father of Israelites. -
Jan 9, 1170
Thomas Becket
Thomas Becket gets to judge priests when they commite crimes. He was important because he was assigned to be the chancellor of King Henry. -
Dec 17, 1200
Arab Empire
During the 1200s, the Arab Empire had fallen. Muslim Caliphate and states were spread across North Africa. -
Nov 7, 1234
Jesus' Resurrection
After being being crucified, Jesus ROSE FROM THE DEAD 3 days later. Whoooooooah. He just changed history. For the better of course. :) -
Nov 7, 1234
Rome Conquers Judea
After conquering Judea, the Romans were nice and excused the Jews from worshipping the Roman Gods. But then the Jews rebel and the Romans dismantle Jerusalem. -
Oct 3, 1250
Trojan War
Greeks vs. Trojans. With a victory of the Greeks -
Dec 17, 1258
Abbasid
The Abbasid Dynasty moved the capital of Islam to Baghdad where they ruled till 1258 AD. -
Feb 18, 1300
Renaissance in Italy
The rebirth began in 1300s. It was a time of creativity and a change in many areas. Including political, social, economical and cultural. More importnantly, the way people viewed themselves and the world changed too. -
Feb 3, 1347
Black Death
It started out as fleas biting rats, rats biting humans and humans spreading between others. It killed 1/3 people and killed 1/3 of Europe's population in just 5 years. This plague caused their normal life to go chaotic. -
Dec 17, 1350
Muslim Merchants
750-1350, Muslim merchants made a vast trading network. Islamic ideas, products and technology spread across Muslim world and beyond. -
Feb 19, 1450
Recovering
Northern Europe recovers slowing from Black Death. After 1450 they had economic growth. They also stressed education, religious themes and spread Italian Renaissance. -
Feb 18, 1456
Johahn Gutenberg
He printed the 1st complete edition of the Bible using the first printing press and printing inks. -
Sep 9, 1458
Hepshepsut Ruled
First women ruler of World history and led massive construction and trade edpiditions. -
Feb 24, 1478
Spanish Inquistion
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella let people torture and kill non-Christians. -
Feb 28, 1492
European Colonization of the Americas
Christopher Colombus sailed west on the search to find a new trading route but he ended up landing on the American continent. Spain was the first to European power to settle in America and take over so much land. -
Feb 28, 1493
Line of Demarcation
Pope Alexander VI set a Line of Demarcation dividing the non-Europeans world into two zones. Spain had trading and exploration rights in any lands west of the line and Portugal had the same right east of the line. -
Feb 21, 1519
Tale of the Tape
The Spanish, led by Hernan Cortes, consisted of 600 men and had a lust for gold with an evil plan. They were up againist an Empire with millions of people led by Monteszuma. The Aztecs actually fell to the Spanish. -
Feb 27, 1521
Spain seizes the Philippines
Magellan was claimed as the archipelago for Spain. Then in about 50 years, Spain conquered the remaining land of the Philippines and renamed for the Spanish King. -
Aug 13, 1521
Spanish conquer the Aztecs
After a 3 month siege, Hernan Cortes and his forces captured the capital of the Aztec Empire. -
Sep 8, 1522
Circumnavigating the Globe
After three years, the 18 survivors reached Seville and were named the first people to sail around the world. -
Feb 24, 1527
Henry VIII
At first Henry was againsit the Protestant revolt. But then he wanted to get his marriage annuled. But the Pope declined so Henry decided to take over the Church. Then Henry got married 4 more times. -
Nov 16, 1532
Spain conquers Inca
Franciso Pizarro led 180 to the Inca town of Cajamarca. He was able to conquer the army of thousands and gain control of emperor. -
Feb 24, 1547
Religious Turmoil
After his father died, EdwardVI took the throne at 10 years old. Parliament passed new laws that brought Protestants reforms to England. Then Henry died young and his sister Elizabeth took the throne. -
Minoans
Located in Crete named after Minos. -
The Old Regime
The Old Regime was made of the Clergy, Nobles and the Royalty. The 3rd Estate hated them. The 3rd Estate was 9/10 French People, they were poor, starving and unhappy. -
Economic Troubles
France was in tremendous debt. 1/2 of the tax revenue was going to the debt that was caused by war and lavish spending. There was also poor harvests. All this causes riots. -
Estates General
It was a meeting between Royality and the 3 Estates of France. They had Cahiers that were notebooks of complaints. The Estates joined together and formed the National Assembly with the "Tennis Court oath" -
Storming the Bastile
It was fortress that held political prisoners and thought to have weapons and gunpowder. The people began to attack the government soldiers. This was the beginning of the Revolution. -
Revolts in Paris and the Provinces
The revolts coincides with the worst famine in French History. The peasants attack the homes of the nobles amd Paris divides into various factions who fought for control. -
Hammurabi in Control
Hammurabi brings most of Mestopatamia under his control. He also published the first set of written laws. -
Simone Bolivar
He was influenced by the Enlightenment but modified it. He was an independent thinker who made the ideas more realistic. His first Republic was a fail. But he learned two things from that: the wrong people have too much power and Independence NOW. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon aquires so much power that he just crowns himself Emperor of the French. During the ceremony, Napoleon takes the crown out of the Popes hands and places it on his own head. This shows that Napoleon thought he had all the power and no one else did. -
Napoleonic Code
Napoleon created a new law code called the Napoleonic Code. It embodied Enlightenment principles such as the equality among all citizens before the law, religious toleration, and advancement based on merit. This code caused women to lose their newly gained rights. -
Battle of Austerlitz
It was one of Napoleon's greatest victories. After 9 hours of fighitng, Napolean won against the Russo-Austria army just outside of Austerlitz. It brought the 3rd Coalition to an end. -
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire lasted from 962-1806. The name for it was a big lie becuase it wasn't Holy, wasn't Roman, and wasn't even really an Empire. -
Battle of Wagram
It was one of the most important military engagements of Napoleon. It eventually ended the 5th Coalition. -
Building an Empire
Napoleon further his reputaion on the battlefield. He successfully faced combined forced of Europe. He took risks and even suffered hard losses. He reached his peak in 1810. -
Battle of Waterloo
British and Prussian forces cruched the French in a day long battle. Napolean was forced to abdicate and he was exlied and never returned. -
Karl Marx
He is the Farther of Communism. University was closed to him because of what his social class was. His newspapers were shut down for radical ideas. These things formed his beliefs. -
Akhenaton
Came to rule in 1830 B.C. and orders Egyptians to abandon the worship of all Gods except Aton causing the nobles and common Egyptian to abandon him and revolt. -
Scramble for Africa
Europeans mapped out most of Africa but they still only controlled about 10% of the continent. When they went overseas they had many technological advancements including:steam navigation, railways and telegraphs. -
China
China was ruled by monarchs untill 1911. But then a republic was established in 1911. The republic falls and the by a dictator, Yvan Shikai. -
Chinaa
Shikai dies and a civil war begins. In WWI, Japan gaines land in China. -
Totalitarianism
Joseph Stalin turned communism into Totalitarianism. It's a political system in which people have no privacy, freedom and even religion. It was created by Stalin. -
New Economic Policy
The NEP was adopted by Lenin and allowed some capitalist ventures. It allowed peasants to make grain for themselves. -
Guomindang Party
Sun Yixian creates the Guomindang Party. It's goal was to reunite China. The party slaughtered any members of other parties. -
Cleopatra
She was not a very nice lady. First she purposely convinces Antony that she's dead leading Antony to end his life. Then she tries running to Octavian but he refuses so she commits suicide. -
Mark Antony
Mark Antony commits suicide when his 'lover', Cleopatra, convinces him that she died. Part of the 'second' Triumvirate. -
War!
Octavian declared war againist Cleopatra and defeats their forces at the Battle of Antium. Antony and Cleopatra retreat to Alexandria. -
Rise of Christianity
The founder was Jesus, a Jew born in Bethlehem, whp was prophesied to be the Messiah. The teachings of Jesus was firmly roots in Jewish Religion. -
The Great Purge
From 1934-1940 Stalin feared his rivarly leaders so he went on a killing spree. He sent secret police to kill war heros, old bolshevicks and just ordinary people. There was at least 4 million killed. -
Scandal?
Mark Antony and Octiava marry. (Binding trade). Although Antony is marreid to Octacia, he goes off and has kidS with Cleopatra! smh. -
2nd Triumvirate
The second Triumvirate was formed after the death of Caesar. The group included Octavian, Antony and Lepidus. But the power was all really Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra. -
Caesar
This guy wasn't born into a very rich family but he some how slithered his way up to governor of Spain, then to Consul and finally to the ruler. -
Caesar Assassinated
Caesar was assassinate in the Theatre of Pompey by his friends. Yes his friends, because they all thought (knew) that he has gained too much power and it was getting to his head. -
Mao Zedong
He was born a peasant and became a Marxist follower. He rose to power by spreading communism to other Chinese Peasants. He offered land, schooling, and healthcare to the peasants. He got the peasants to support him and then took control in 1949. -
The Great Leap Forward
Mao's hope was to increase farm and industrial output, create commines and bring China into a modern age. But it all failed. Communes were inefficient and industries were underdeveloped. It all lead to a great faminie and millions being killed. -
First Triumvirate
A group formed by Pompey, Caesar and Crassus. They divided the Empire up and stuff. -
The Cultural Revolution
Mao had another brilliant plan. He had a goal of purging China of bourgeois tendencies. This lead to schools and factories being shut down and civil war was threatened. -
Darius
Darius unifies Cyrus' Persian Empire. He was the first ruler to divide rule with procidens and govenor. -
Minoans Vanish
Civilization vanishes possibliity of a volcano eruption, earthquake, Tsunami or Myceabaens invade. -
Greese
Aristocracy/Oligarchy replaces Monarchy -
Nebuchadnezzar
(B.C.)He conquers Jeruslaem. Then destorys the Temple Solomon built -
Solon
He sets the Athens on the road to Democracy. By setting slaves free and tons of other stufff. -
Delian League
Formation of city states founded in 478 BC -
Plato
Plato was born in 428 B.C, deceased in 348 B.C. His acandemy operated for sevreal years then shut down because it was a risk to Christianity. -
Persian War
Bloody conflict that lead to the Delian Legaue. -
Romans
They were decendents of the Latin People. They settles in Italy around 800 B.C -
Roman Republic
The Romans overthrow their Etruscan ruler and create the Roman Empire that lasted for 500 years. -
Pax Romana
The Pax Romana created it easy to travel, safe and also academic and cultural achievements. -
Battle of Adrianople
In 378 AD, there was the Battle of Adrianople. It was the first major defeat by the barbarians. The death of the Roman Empire was the start of the barbarian conquering. -
Golden Age
There was a Golden Age that was united by Islamic religion. Happened because they had technolocally advanced calvalry and welcomed as liberators. -
Vikings
Vikings invade Europe and conquered Paris. -
Catholic Church
It was the Church VS the Kings. The Church won because of papal supremacy and excummication. -
Gregorian Mission
Pope Gregory I sent missionaires to barbaric tribes to convert them which helped the Catholic Church rise to power. -
Charlemagne
After Charlemage's death in 814, his empire crumbled. The power stuggle ended in 843 when his grandsons divided it into 3 regions. -
Otto I
Otto I united the Holy Roman Empire. He was tight with the catholic church. Crowned "emperor" by Pope John XII. He defeated rebellious Roman nobles. -
Sargon Conquers Sumerians
Sargon builds the World's first Empire. After his death, his Empire fell apart. -
Sumeria located SE Mesopotamia
They invented the earliest written language and also the first wheeled vehicle. They also studied astromoy and mathematics -
Start of the New Stone Age
The cavemen transitioned from being nomads to farmers. Created new technology and leads to civilization.
