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Period: 27 BCE to 475 BCE
Rome
The Roman Empire reached its peak. -
Period: 476 to 1500
Middle Ages
A time period from the collapse of Rome. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
Hundred Year War
Conflict between England and France. -
Period: 1346 to 1353
Black Death
Most fatal pandemic recorded in human history occurring in Afro-Eurasia. -
Period: 1400 to
Renaissance
The rebirth of the new beginning. -
Period: 1400 to
Age of Discovery
Portugal explored the world. -
Period: 1400 to
Age of Exploration
European nations begin exploring the world. -
Period: May 30, 1431 to 1450
at the stake
French heroine Joan of arc was executed. -
1444
Printing Press
Mechanical device for applying ink. -
Period: Apr 6, 1453 to May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
Ottoman Empire captured the city of Constantinople. -
Period: 1500 to
Colonialism
Political control over another country. -
Period: 1517 to
Reformation
Religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s. -
Period: 1543 to
Scientific Revolution
rebirth becomes science. -
Period: 1550 to
Absolutism
Time where the monarchs successfully gathered wealth and power of the states. -
Period: to
Enlightenment
Movement that dominated the world of ideas. -
Period: to
Enlightened Absolutism
non-democratic or authoritarian leader. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
Transition to new manufacturing processes. -
Period: to
2nd Industrial Revolution
A phase of rapid standardization and industrialization. -
Period: to
Cold War
A period of tension between between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.