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2751237180c. 8000 B.C.E.Beginnings of agriculture.0
2751237181c. 3000 B.C.E.Beginnings of Bronze Age - early civ's.1
27512371821300 B.C.E.Iron Age2
27512371836th C B.C.E.Life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi ( beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daosim )3
27512371845th C B.C.E.Greek Golden Age - philosophers.4
2751237185403-221 B.C.E.( China's ) Era of warring states.5
2751237186323 B.C.E.Alexander the Great dies.6
2751237187221 B.C.E.Qin Dynasty unified China.7
2751237188184 B.C.E.Fall of Mauryan Dynasty.8
275123718932 B.C.E.Beginnings of Christianity.9
2751237190180 C.E.End of Pax Romana10
2751237191220 C.E.End of Han Dynasty11
2751237192312 C.E.Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity.12
2751237193333 C.E.Roman Capital moved to Constantinople.13
27512371944th C C.E.Beginnings of Trans- Saharan Trade Routes.14
2751237195476 C.E."Fall" of Rome.15
2751237196527 C.E.Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire.16
2751237197550 C.E.Fall of Gupta Dynasty | Empire.17
2751237198622Founding of Islam.18
2751237199c. 730Printing invented in China.19
2751237200732Battle of Tours ( end of Muslim move into France )20
2751237201c. 900Decline of classical Maya.21
27512372021054Great Schism in Christian church ( Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox )22
27512372031066Norman conquest of England.23
27512372041071Battle of Manzikert ( Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantine army )24
275123720510951st crusade.25
27512372061206Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquests.26
27512372071258Mongols sack Baghdad end of Abbasid caliphate.27
27512372081271-1295Marco Polo's Travels.28
27512372091279-1368Yuan ( Mongol ) Dynasty in China.29
27512372101324Mansa Musa's pilgrimage/hajj30
27512372111325-1349Travels of Ibn Battuta31
27512372121347-1348Bubonic plague in Europe.32
27512372131368-1644Ming Dynasty.33
27512372141405-1433Zheng He's voyages.34
27512372151438Rise of Inca Empire.35
27512372161453Ottomans capture Constantinople.36
27512372171450sPrinting press in Europe ( Guttenburg )37
2751237218ca 1480sHeight of Aztec Empire.38
27512372191488Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope.39
27512372201492Columbus/Reconquista of Spain.40
275123722115021st African slaves to America.41
27512372221517Martin Luther/Prot Reformation.42
27512372231521Cortez conquered the Aztecs.43
275123722415291st unsuccessful Ottoman Siege of Vienna ( under Suleiman )44
27512372251533Pizarro toppled the Inca.45
27512372261545Discovery of silver at Potosi.46
27512372271571 (1)Battle of Lepanto ( Ottoman naval defeat )47
27512372281571 (2)1st Manila Galleon ( global Trade )48
27512372291588Spanish Armada.49
27512372301600Battle of Seligahara ( beg of Tokugaua Shogunate )50
27512372311607Foundation of Jamestown.51
27512372321618-164830 years war.52
27512372331644End of Ming/beg of Qin Dynasty.53
27512372341653Cape Town colony founded ( Dutch )54
275123723516832nd unsuccessful Ottoman Siege of Vienna ( Mehmet IV )55
27512372361689Glorious Revolution/ English Bill of Rights.56
27512372371756-17637 years war ( French and Indian War )57
27512372381767Invention of the Spinning Jenny ( using machines to manufacture )58
27512372391776 (1)Declaration of Independence ( American Rev. )59
27512372401776 (2)Smith writes wealth of Nations.60
27512372411789French Revolution begins.61
27512372421796Jenner's smallpox vaccine.62
27512372431804Haitian Independence.63
27512372441807British abolish Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade.64
27512372451807-08Janissary Revolt65
27512372461815Congress of Vienna.66
27512372471820sIndependence in Latin America.67
275123724818391st Opium War in China.68
27512372491839-1878Tanzimat Reforms.69
27512372501848Marx & Engles' the Communist Manifesto.70
27512372511848-1849European Revolutions.71
27512372521853Commodore Perry opens Japan.72
27512372531857Sepoy Mutiny.73
27512372541861End of Russian Serfdom.74
27512372551861-1865U.S. Civil War75
27512372561861-1870Italian Unification.76
27512372571863U.S. Emancipation Proclamation.77
27512372581871German unification.78
27512372591885Berlin Conference division of Africa ( begins "Scramble for Africa" )79
27512372601893New Zealand grants women suffrage.80
27512372611896Battle of Adowa ( Ethiopians defeat Italians )81
27512372621898Spanish- American War ( US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico )82
27512372631899-1902Boer War ( British in control of S Africa )83
27512372641905Russo- Japanese War.84
27512372651910-1920Mexican Revolution ( Diaz overthrown )85
27512372661911Chinese Revolution ( end of Qing )86
27512372671914-1918World War 1.87
27512372681917 MarchRussian Revolution ( Czar Abdicates )88
27512372691917 Oct/NovRussian Revolution ( communist/Bolshevik )89
27512372701918 NovArmistice ( end of WW1 fighting )90
27512372711919Treaty of Versailles.91
27512372721928Kellogg- Briand Pact ( outlawing war )92
27512372731929Stock Market crash.93
27512372741931Japanese Invasion of Manchuria.94
27512372751935Italian invasion of Ethiopia.95
27512372761937Japanese invasion of ( rest of ) China ( ape of Nanking )96
27512372771939German blitzkrieg in Poland.97
27512372781941Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII98
27512372791945 FebYalta conference ( beg of Cold War? )99
27512373001945 AugHiroshima/Nagasaki100
27512373011945 SeptEnd of WWII ( Japan surrenders )101
27512373021947 JuneTruman Doctrine ( "official" decl Of Cold War )102
27512373031947 AugIndependence & partition of India.103
27512373041948Birth of Israel.104
27512373051948-49Berlin Blockade/Airlift.105
27512373061949 AprNATO founded.106
27512373071949 OctChinese Communist Revolution.107
27512373081950-1953Korean War.108
27512373091954Vietnam expels France ( Dien Bien Phu )109
27512373101955Bandung Conf ( Non-Aligned Nations )110
27512373111956 FebKhrushchev begins de- Stalinization111
27512373121956 fallNationalization of Suez Canal.112
27512373131957Sputnik113
27512373141959Cuban Revolution ( Fidel Castro )114
27512373151962Cuban Missile Crisis.115
27512373161966-1976Chinese Cultural Revolution.116
275123731719676- Day War117
27512373181973Tom Kippur War ( OPEC Oil Embargo )118
27512373191979 (1)Iranian Revolution.119
27512373201979 (2)China begins " "Socialist Market Economy" reforms ( Deng Xiaoping )120
275123732119871st Palestinian Intifada.121
27512373221989 JuneTiananmen Square.122
27512373231988 NovFall of Berlin Wall123
27512373241990Namibia gains independence ( last African colony )124
27512373251991 Jan1st Persian Gulf War.125
27512373261991 DecUSSR disbands.126
27512373271994 Apr-JulyGenocide in Rwanda127
27512373281994 Apr1st all race elections in S. Africa.128
275123732920019/11 Attacks.129
27512373302003U.S. Invades Iraq ( "Enduring Freedom" )130
27512373312004Facebook Founded.131
27512373322007Global "Great Recession" begins.132
27512373332011Wikileaks, "Arab Spring" democracy.133
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