165662692 | 9,000 BCE | domestication of animals | |
165662693 | 8500-3500 BCE | developing of farming in Middle East | |
165662694 | 4th millennium BCE | Bronze Age | |
165662695 | 3500 BCE | rise of Sumerians | |
165662696 | 3100 BCE | unification of Egypt | |
165662697 | 2500 BCE | rise of Indus River Valley | |
165662698 | 2000 BCE | Judaism begins with Abraham | |
165662699 | 1500 BCE | Shang kingdom in China | |
165662700 | 1029-258 BCE | Zhou Dynasty | |
165662701 | 1000-600 BCE | Rise of Hinduism | |
165662702 | 509 BCE | founding of Roman Republic | |
165662703 | 5th century BCE | Buddha, Confucius, Socrates | |
165662704 | 470-430 BCE | Golden Age of Athens | |
165662705 | 332-323 BCE | Alexander the Great | |
165662706 | 332-184 BCE | Mauryan dynasty | |
165662707 | 221 BCE | Founding of Qin dynasty | |
165662708 | 202 BCE | Founding of Han dynasty | |
165662709 | 27 BCE | Rise of Roman Empire | |
165662710 | 1st century CE | Spread of Christianity | |
165662711 | 180 CE | End of Pax Romana | |
165662712 | 220 CE | End of Han Dynasty | |
165662713 | 220-589 CE | Spread of Buddhism in China | |
165662714 | 313 CE | Rome Legalizes Christianity | |
165662715 | 319-540 CE | Gupta Dynasty | |
165662716 | 476 CE | Fall of western Roman Empire | |
165662717 | 527-565 CE | Reign of Justinian | |
165662718 | 610 CE | Rise of Islam | |
165662719 | 618-907 CE | Tang Dynasty in China | |
165662720 | 661-750 CE | Umayyad Caliphate | |
165662721 | 750 CE | Start of Abbasid Caliphate | |
165662722 | 800 CE | Charlemagne crowned H.R.E | |
165662723 | c.800 CE | Heian period in Japan | |
165662724 | c.855 CE | Beginning of Kievan Rus | |
165662725 | 960-1271 CE | Song Dynasty in China | |
165662726 | 1054 CE | Split of Christian Church | |
165662727 | 1096 CE | First Christian Crusade | |
165662728 | 12th century CE | Rise of Feudalism in Japan | |
165662729 | 1200 CE | Rise of KIngdom of Mali | |
165662730 | 1206-1227 CE | Reign of Genghis Khan | |
165662731 | 1271 CE | Founding of the Yuan Dynasty | |
165662732 | 1281 CE | Founding of the Ottoman Empire | |
165662733 | 1304-1374 CE | Italian Renaissance | |
165662734 | 1320-1340 CE | Spread of Bubonic Plague | |
165662735 | 1325 CE | Rise of Aztec Empire | |
165662736 | 1350 CE | Rise of Inca Empire | |
165662737 | 1368 CE | Beginning of the Ming Dynasty | |
165662738 | 1400 CE | Swahili states flourish | |
165662739 | 1405-1433 CE | Zheng He voyages | |
165662740 | 1441 CE | Start of Atlantic slave trade | |
165662741 | 1453 CE | Ottomans conquer Constantinople | |
165662742 | 1492 CE | Columbus expeditions | |
165662743 | 1498 CE | Vasco de Gama reaches India | |
165662744 | 16th century CE | Commercial Revolution in Europe | |
165662745 | 1517 CE | Start of Protestant Reformation | |
165662746 | 1524 CE | Cortez conquers the Aztecs | |
165662747 | 1526 CE | Founding of the mughal Empire | |
165662748 | 1533 CE | Pizarro conquers the Inca | |
165662749 | 1552 CE | Beginning of Russian Empire | |
165662750 | 1571 CE | Founding of Manila; world trade system | |
165662751 | 1600-1690 CE | Scientific Revolution | |
165662752 | 1603 CE | Founding of Tokugawa Shogunate | |
165662753 | 1607 CE | First British colony in North America | |
165662754 | 1640s CE | Beginning of Japanese isolation | |
165662755 | 1643-1715 CE | Louis XIV in France; absolute monarchy | |
165662756 | 1644 CE | Founding of the Qing Dynasty | |
165662757 | 1652 CE | Dutch Boers colonize South Africa | |
165662758 | 1689-1725 CE | Peter the Great; Westernization of Russia | |
165662759 | 18th century CE | The Enlightenment | |
165662760 | 1756-1763 CE | Seven Years' War | |
165662761 | 1764 CE | British East India Co. controls India | |
165662762 | 1770 CE | Beginning of Industrial Revolution | |
165662763 | 1775-1783 CE | American Revolution | |
165662764 | 1789-1815 CE | French Revolution & Napolean | |
165662765 | 1792 CE | Mary Wollstonecraft; feminism | |
165662766 | 1792-1804 CE | Haitian revolution | |
165662767 | 1805-1849 CE | Muhammad Ali rules Egypt | |
165662768 | 1808-1825 CE | Latin American wars of independence | |
165662769 | 1823 CE | Monroe Doctrine | |
165662770 | 1833 CE | British abolish slavery | |
165662771 | 1839-1841 CE | Opium Wars | |
165662772 | 1839-1876 CE | Tanzimat reforms in OTtoman Empire | |
165662773 | 1848 CE | Communist Manifesto; Marxism | |
165662774 | 1858 CE | British Raj in India | |
165662775 | 1861 CE | Emancipation of serfs in Russia | |
165662776 | 1868-1914 CE | Russian industrialization | |
165662777 | 1884-1885 CE | Berlin COnference | |
165662778 | 1885 CE | Founding of Indian Naitonal Congress | |
165662779 | 1888 CE | Abolition of slavery in Brazil & Cuba | |
165662780 | 1890s CE | European spheres of influence in China | |
165662781 | 1910-1920 CE | Mexican Revolution | |
165662782 | 1912 CE | Chinese Revolution | |
165662783 | 1914-1919 CE | World War I & Versailles Conference | |
165662784 | 1917 CE | Russian Revolution | |
165662785 | 1929 CE | Start of Great Depression | |
165662786 | 1931-1947 CE | Gandhi's resistance in India | |
165662787 | 1933 CE | Hitler rises to power in Germany | |
165662788 | 1936 CE | Japan invades China | |
165662789 | 1939-1945 CE | World War II | |
165662790 | 1945 CE | Creation of the United Nations | |
165662791 | 1947 CE | India & Pakistan gain independence | |
165662792 | 1947-1991 CE | the Cold War | |
165662793 | 1948 CE | Creation of Israel | |
165662794 | 1949 CE | Communist revolution in China | |
165662795 | 1955 CE | Bandung conference; nonalignment | |
165662796 | 1957 CE | Creation of EEC | |
165662797 | 1959 CE | Cuban Revolution | |
165662798 | 1960 CE | "Year of Africa" | |
165662799 | 1979 CE | Iranian Revolution | |
165662800 | 1990 CE | End of apartheid in South africa | |
165662801 | 1991 CE | Fall of the Soviet Union |
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