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106
Rome's Heighth
The Roman empire was at it's highest and most successful point. Under emperor Trajan -
206
Silk Roads Emerge
The Silk Roads are associated with emerging during the Han dynasty. These were major trade routes that spread commodities, culture, religion, and disease. -
220
The Fall of the Han
The Mongals who controled most of eastern Asia started to crumble as an empire. A lack of strong leaders and overextension hastened the fall of the militaristic empire. -
262
Ashoka Converts
The once cruel leader of India Ashoka converted to Buddhism. He personally changed and pursuaded others to change from Hinduism. -
313
Christianity in Rome
Emperor Constantine made christianity legal after years of the religion being subjugated in the empire. -
330
Rome Splits
The Empire is split in two, in an attempt to make control easier. Constantinople is established and named after emperor Constantine, -
410
Fall of Rome
The weakened Rome finally falls after a raid from the Visigoths on the capital. -
May 22, 1096
First Crusade
Roman Catholics mustered an army to try and reclaim the Holy Lands from the Muslims. There were many crusades after. -
Jan 1, 1233
Mongols take China
A Mongolian embassador was killed for insufficient reasons in China. This was a big enough excuse to justify them taking China by force. -
Jan 1, 1440
The Printing Press
Gutenberg, a goldsmith who lived in Germany, created a press with movable letters and numbers. Changed how books were produced. -
Jan 1, 1450
African Atlantic Slave Trade
African slaves who were monstly prisoners of war were traded for European manufactered goods and then sent to the American plantations. -
Jan 1, 1492
The New World
Christopher Columbus sails for India and ends up finding uncharted land. The western hemisphere was found. -
Charles I
The king of England was not well liked by the masses and was ordered to execution. He called for two shirts that day so he wouldn't be cold and shake, to be mistaken for fear. -
American Independence
American colonies joined together to throw off it's European king. After a brutal war, fought on many sides with many different groups the Americans won the war. -
The Cotton Gin
A machine was invented that sepparated cotton much faster than human hands could. This made the cotton business much more proffitable. -
Opium Wars
Conflicts between Britain and it's Chinese territories broke out over control of trade. China wanted british merchents to stop bringing opium into the country. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
He was the first American president to be assassinated, He was shot in Ford's theatre, for his belief that slaves should be free. -
World War 1
The war started as a conflict that slowly grew in central Europe. It was a war over borders that were not set to the satisfactory of neighboring countries. -
World War 2
World War Two occured because of unfinished business from the first war. Hitler being a huge instigator in the war brought almost all of the world powers into the war. -
Ghandi Assassination
Political and spiritual leader of India by a hindu nationalist. He was a leader, who became a martyr for the Indian independence movement. -
Vietnam War
A conflict between communist North Korea, supported by China, and South Korea, supported by the United States. The Koreans had a home field advantage and the war was mostly fought with guerrilla warfare and air strikes. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A thirteen day confrontation between USSR supported Cuba and the United States. Threats of nuclear warfare were prominent. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald was a lone gunman, who shot the president during a parade. Oswald was shot and killed before he could be put on trial. -
Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong lands on the moon, to be the first human ever to do so. This was a major accomplishment and put America in the lead of the space race, -
The Test
We took a test. It was hard. I don't know what else to say. We will see in July.
