4435351219 | Hyksos | 1570-1075 BCE (brougut bronze to Egypt) | 0 | |
4435351220 | Hindush | 16th CE | 1 | |
4435351221 | Bantu Migration | 2000 BCE-1000 CE | 2 | |
4435351222 | Hammurabi's Code | 1750 BCE | 3 | |
4435351223 | Olmec | 1200-400 BCE | 4 | |
4435351224 | Chavin | flourished 900-200 BCE | 5 | |
4435351225 | Mesopotamian Civilizations (Tigris and Euphrates) | 5000-3000 BCE | 6 | |
4435351226 | Sargon the Great | conquered Sumer in 2331 BCE | 7 | |
4435351227 | Akhenaten | 1307-1350 BCE | 8 | |
4435351228 | Old Kingdom of Egypt | 3100-2600 BCE, unified various towns, built pyramids | 9 | |
4435351229 | Intermediate Kingdom | 2180-2010 BCE | 10 | |
4435351230 | Middle Kingdom | 2080-1640 BCE, recovery and political stability | 11 | |
4435351231 | Second Intermediate | 1640-1570 BCE, Hyksos invasion | 12 | |
4435351232 | New Kingdom | 1570-1075 BCE, creatiok of Egyptian empire, Akhenaten's religious policy | 13 | |
4435351233 | Third Intermediate | 1100-1653 BCE, political fragmentation | 14 | |
4435351234 | Shang | 16-11 BCE | 15 | |
4435351235 | Warring States Period | 6-3 BCE | 16 | |
4435351236 | Zhou | 11-6 BCE | 17 | |
4435351237 | Aryan Invastion | 1500 BCE, beginning of Vedic Age (1500-500 BCE) | 18 | |
4435351238 | Mauryan Empire | 4th-2nd BCE, founded by Chandragupta Maurya (4th c), grandson Ashoka took empire to greatest heights (4-3 c) | 19 | |
4435351239 | Twelve Tables | 1449 BCE | 20 | |
4435351240 | Axial Age | 700-200 BCE | 21 | |
4435351241 | Phoenicians | 1550-300 BCE, Phoenician alphabet | 22 | |
4435351242 | Book of Documents and Book of Songs | Zhou Dynasty | 23 | |
4435351243 | Cyrus the Great | 6th BCE, freed the Jews | 24 | |
4435351244 | Classic Period | 600 BCE-600 CE | 25 | |
4435351245 | Babylonian Captivity | 598-537 BCE | 26 | |
4435351246 | Tiglath-Pilesar | 774-727 BCE | 27 | |
4435351247 | Sargon II | 721-705 BCE, conquered Syria, Palestine, and two Jewish kingdoms | 28 | |
4435351248 | Buddhism | 500s BCE | 29 | |
4435351249 | Euclid | 435-365 BCE | 30 | |
4435351250 | Hippocrates | 460-370 BCE | 31 | |
4435351251 | Socrates | 470 BCE | 32 | |
4435351252 | Aristotle | 384 BCE | 33 | |
4435351253 | Greece | 3500-146 BCE, Athens (political, commercial, cultural center), Sparta (agricultural and militaristic) | 34 | |
4435351254 | Peloponnesian Wars | 431-404 BCE | 35 | |
4435351255 | Sassanid | 224-651 CE | 36 | |
4435351256 | Parthian | 247-224 CE | 37 | |
4435351257 | Gupta | 4th-6th CE, after Ashoka's death, Mauryan Empire declined, revival under Chandra Gupta III (Chandra Gupta the Great), more decentralized and smaller than Mauryan, but did have Golden Age, decline due to invasion of White Huns | 38 | |
4435351258 | Moche | 100-700 CE | 39 | |
4435351259 | Mayans | 300 BCE-800s CE collapsed | 40 | |
4435351260 | Teotihuacan | Mayan | 41 | |
4435351261 | Toltecs | 10th-12th CE | 42 | |
4435351262 | Roman Golden Age | 96-180 BCE, under Five Good Emperors | 43 | |
4435351263 | Hellenistic Period | 323-31 BCE (death of Alexander the Great to emergence of Rome) | 44 | |
4435351264 | Age of Division | 3-6 CE | 45 | |
4435351265 | White Huns | attacked India in 455 CE | 46 | |
4435351266 | Xiongnu | raided during Han | 47 | |
4435351267 | Vandals | sacked Rome 455 CE | 48 | |
4436665953 | Indian Ocean trade | 600 CE | 49 | |
4436665954 | Song | 7-10 CE | 50 | |
4436665955 | Yuan | 13-14 | 51 | |
4436665956 | Ming | 14-17 | 52 | |
4436665957 | Umayyad | 632-750, increased conflict with Byzantine and Persian empires, capital moved to Damascus, Syria, tolerant (jitza), was Sunni | 53 | |
4436665958 | Abbasid | 750-1258, capital at Baghdad, Sunni, preserved Greek and Roman culture, 11th appointed Turkish governor | 54 | |
4436665959 | Mongols | 1162 (birth of genghis), 1206= Khan being great khan, Shamanism, animism, pagan polytheism | 55 | |
4436665960 | The Great Schism | 1504 | 56 | |
4436665961 | Vikings | 9th c, invaded Charlemagne's empire | 57 | |
4436665962 | Magyars | 9th c, invaded Spain, Italy, settled in Hungary | 58 | |
4436665963 | Incas | peak=1438-1532 | 59 | |
4436665964 | Zheng He | 15th c | 60 | |
4436665965 | Prince Henry (the Navigator) | 15th c | 61 | |
4436665966 | Catherine the Great | 1762-1796 | 62 | |
4436665967 | Fred the Great | Prussian, 1740-1786 | 63 | |
4436665968 | Manchus | Kangxi (1661-1722), Qianlong (1736-95) | 64 | |
4436665969 | Mughals | 1526-1707 | 65 | |
4436665970 | Ottomans | 13th-20th | 66 | |
4436665971 | Industrial Revolution | 1750s (spinning jenny in 65) (steam engine 1705) | 67 | |
4436665972 | Meiji Restoration | 19th-20th | 68 | |
4436665973 | Suez Canal | 1869 | 69 | |
4436665974 | Adam Smith | 18th | 70 | |
4440368792 | Neolithic Revolution/Agricultural Revolution | 8000 BCE-3000 BCE | 71 | |
4440371666 | Ur, Erech, Kish | 3000 BCE, major city-states of first major civilization of Sumer | 72 | |
4440375110 | Sumer | 4500-1700 BCE | 73 | |
4440376104 | Akkad(ians) | dominated Mesopotamia after Sumer, first code of laws, overrun by Babylon in 1700 BCE | 74 | |
4440379658 | Babylon | overran Akkad, fell to invasions of Kassites and Hittites | 75 | |
4440381530 | Hittites | dominated by 1500 BCE, overran Babylon, brought knowledge of iron --> dominated because of iron weaponry being advanced | 76 | |
4440383123 | Assyrians | overran Hittites, defeated by Medes and Chaldeans | 77 | |
4440385064 | Persian Empire | developed after second Babylon (under Nevuchadnezzar --> Chaldean King), peak in 500 BCE, conquered in 330 BCE by Alexander the Great, built Great Royal Road | 78 | |
4440388085 | Height of Egyptian civilization | 1400 BCE --> declined in 1100, parts conquered by Assyrian Empire and Persian Empire, and later by Greeks, then absorbed by Rome | 79 | |
4440394201 | Indus River Valley Civilizations | 2500-1500 BCE, Harappa, Mohenjo-daro | 80 | |
4440399400 | Alexander the Great | 4th c, 330 BCE conquered Persian Empire, | 81 | |
4440407000 | Qin | 3rd c BCE | 82 | |
4440407001 | Han | 3rd BCE-3rd CE | 83 | |
4440408698 | Lydians | coined money | 84 | |
4440411822 | Persian Wars | 5th-4th BCE, Greek vs. Persia, ended in stalemate, Greece entered into Golden Age of Pericles | 85 | |
4440420688 | Macedonians | 4th BCE: Philip III (invaded Athens, conquered entire region), Alexander the Great (conquered Persian Empire) | 86 | |
4440422588 | Rome | 6th BCE-5th CE, patricians vs. plebeians, twelve tables of Rome --> civil laws to protect individual rights | 87 | |
4440427021 | Punic Wars | 3rd-2nd BCE, First was fought to gain control of Sicily, won by Rome, Second began with attack by Carthaginian general Hannibal, Third was started by Rome, invaded Carthage and destroyed it --> led for first triumvirate: Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar | 88 | |
4440430430 | Julius Caesar | 1st CE, after death led to second triumvirate of Octavius, Marc Antony, and Lipidus | 89 | |
4440434531 | Augustus | Octavius --> Augustus, became emperor, signaled end of Roman Republic, established rule of law, Pax Romana, | 90 | |
4440438731 | Diocletian | 3rd CE, divided empire into two regions, civil war after retirement | 91 | |
4440442170 | Constantine | 306 CE, assumed control of empire in 322, built Constantinople, 340 became capital of united empire, after his death empire was divided into two pieces again (Byzantine and Western Rome) | 92 | |
4440444312 | Sassanid Persia | took over in Iran in 224 CE | 93 | |
4440445499 | Islam | 600 CE | 94 | |
4440448919 | Four Rightly Guided Caliphs | Abu Bakr (632), Umar, Uthman, Ali | 95 | |
4440450170 | Byzantine Empire | 330-1453 CE, Orthodox Christianity, | 96 | |
4440464664 | Justinian | 6th CE, Justinianic Code, codification of Roman law | 97 | |
4440465797 | Franks | late 5th CE, King Clovis, Charles Martel stopped Muslim armies in 732, Merovingian and Carolingian Dynasties | 98 | |
4440471752 | Holy Roman Empire | Charlemagne crowned in 800 CE, became HRP with coronation of Otto the Great in 962, empire divided with Treaty of Verdun | 99 | |
4440475013 | Hanseatic League | 13th-15th CE | 100 | |
4440475526 | Crusades | 11th-14th CE | 101 | |
4440477118 | Thomas Aquinas | 13th CE, faith and reason not in conflict | 102 | |
4440481535 | Magna Carta | 1215, reinstated feudal rights of nobles, extended rule of law to other people in the country, laid foundation of Parliament, signed by King John of England | 103 | |
4440485434 | Ivan the Terrible | 15th, centralized power over entire Russian sphere | 104 | |
4443611335 | Tatars | 1242, Russians succumbed to Tatars, group of Mongols | 105 | |
4443611336 | Tang tribute system | Korea, Vietnam, Tibet | 106 | |
4443611337 | Yoritomo Minamoto | 1192 became shogun | 107 | |
4443611338 | Islam in North India | 1206 | 108 | |
4443611339 | Delhi Sultanate | 1206-1526, Mamluk is first | 109 | |
4443611340 | Kublai Khan | ruled yuan, and kangxi | 110 | |
4443611341 | Timur (Tamerlane) | Mongol ruler in India | 111 | |
4443611342 | Kush | developed around same time as Egypt, conquered in 750 BCE, decline in 200 CE | 112 | |
4443611343 | Axum | rose to greatness after Kush | 113 | |
4443611344 | Ghana | 800-1000 CE | 114 | |
4443611345 | Mali | 1200-1450, Sundiata, Mansa Musa (1300s) | 115 | |
4443611346 | Tenochitlan | Aztecs, 1200s | 116 | |
4443611347 | First Crusade | Pope Urban, 1096, | 117 | |
4443611348 | Christianity | 1300s had been in Europe for a century | 118 | |
4443611349 | Black Death | 1300s | 119 | |
4443611350 | Martin Luther | 1517, Pope Leo X ordered him to recant, he refused (Worms 1521) | 120 | |
4443611351 | Calvinism | Came to France in 1530s, developed in Scotland, in France with growth of Huguenots | 121 | |
4443611352 | Henry VIII | Church of England, renounced Rome bc wanted to divorce husband | 122 | |
4443611353 | Catholic Reformation | 16th, counter reformation against Protestants | 123 | |
4443611354 | Council of Trent | 16th, defined Catholic interpretation of religious doctrines | 124 | |
4443611355 | Scientific Revolution | 1550-1700 | 125 | |
4443611356 | Enlightenment | 1650-1750 | 126 | |
4444005373 | Golden Horde | East Europe and Russia | 127 | |
4444005374 | The Il-Khanate | conquered Muslim land in Middle East | 128 | |
4444005375 | Khanate of Central asia | Tamerlane, attempts to conquer India, is repelled by Delhi sultanate | 129 | |
4444005376 | Khanate of Great Khan | China | 130 | |
4444005377 | Safavids politics | weakest of three Muslim land empires (Ottoman, Mughal), in Iran, Persian Dynasty, least religiously flexible, Ismael enforces Shi'ism, eliminates Sunni and Sufi, dated 1400-1750, declined due to decreased trade (Euro industrializing), Russia expands into south under Cath the great, lose land to Ottomans (triple threat, Russia, ottomans against Shi'ite, British imperialism), capital at Isfahan (carpets), Shah Abbas, | 131 | |
4444005378 | Red Turbans (China) | Sui and tang | 132 | |
4444005379 | Red Turbans (Persia) | qizlbash (redheads) Ismael | 133 | |
4444005380 | capitulations | 1600s | 134 | |
4444005381 | Philippines | very Catholic, Spanish control 1600s to 1898 (Spanish American War), already rebelling, they use it to store silver for trade w China, McKinley promised U.S. would support independence movement, after Spain falls, offers them money to control Phil, 1902-06, fight for independence from U.S., partial colony (1910-1945) until Aquino became first president, nonviolent overthrow 1950s --> Marcos. US wanted for commercial ties, military base, | 135 | |
4444005382 | Ming | collapsed due to silver inflation, barbarian invasion, eunuchs, collapsed 1644 | 136 | |
4444005383 | Spanish economy | wrecked by Hapsburg spending (declare bankruptcy) | 137 | |
4444005384 | Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere | Japan after WWII 1946 | 138 | |
4444565843 | Montesquieu | 17th-18th, government should contain checks and balances, Spirit Of The Laws | 139 | |
4444565844 | Voltaire | 17th-18th, religion crushes human spirit | 140 | |
4444565845 | David Hume | 18th, lack of empirical evidence casts doubt on religion | 141 | |
4444565846 | Rousseau | 18th, one finds freedom by sacrificing individual rights for common good | 142 | |
4444565847 | Adam Smith | 18th, capitalism, free market, Wealth of Nations | 143 | |
4444565848 | Beccaria | 18th, cruel and unusual punishment | 144 | |
4444565849 | Kant | 18th, knowledge exists beyond what is deduced | 145 | |
4444565850 | Wollstonecraft | women should have political rights, voting, hold office | 146 | |
4444565851 | Hobbes | 16th, human nature is bad, advocated all powerful ruler (Leviathan) | 147 | |
4444565852 | Locke | 17th-18th, natural rights | 148 | |
4443278031 | Non-alignment movement | 1945-67 Egypt (Nasser), Hungary (Nagy), India (Nehru), Ghana (Nkrumah), Indonesia (Sukarno) | 149 | |
4445066274 | Treaty of Tordesillas | line of demarcation, east of line belonged to Portugal, west of line belonged to Spain, in New World | 150 | |
4445089032 | Asian colonization | 19th CE | 151 | |
4445108349 | Elizabethan Age | 16th-17th | 152 | |
4445120924 | Hundred Years' War | 14th-15th, England driven from france, france began to unify and centralize authority, | 153 | |
4445130287 | Glorious Revolution | James II driven from power by Parliament, bloodlessly, fled to France, replaced in 1688 by William and Mary, ensured that the future monarchs would be Anglican | 154 | |
4445141307 | English Bill of Rights | 1689 | 155 | |
4445146649 | Edict of Nantes | created environment of toleration, 1598, Henry IV | 156 | |
4445150622 | Richeliu | 17th CE, chief advisor to the Bourbons, strengthened political French crown | 157 | |
4445163650 | Colbert | mercantilist, wanted to increase size of the French empire | 158 | |
4445166665 | War of Spanish Succession | 1701-1714, | 159 | |
4445182496 | Louis XIV | territorial invasions were costly and ineffective (with Colbert), never summoned Estates-General, patronized arts, divine right | 160 | |
4445194683 | Peace of Augsburg | 1555, supposed to bring conflicts between Catholics and Prostestants | 161 | |
4445197787 | Thirty Year's War | 1618, Prostestant territories in Bohemia challenged authority of HRC emperor | 162 | |
4445209098 | Fall of Byzantine | Turks conquered Constantinople 1453 | 163 | |
4445213491 | Peace of Westphalia | 1648 independence of small German states affirmed, Prussia became strongest | 164 | |
4445224758 | Time of Troubles | 1604-1613, conflict over who should be emperor in Russia after Ivan IV died in 1584 | 165 | |
4447921136 | Heian | 8th-12th | 166 | |
4447927778 | Kamakura | 12th-14th | 167 |
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