9928030137 | 1500 BCE (South Asia) | Creation of Hinduism & Caste System | 0 | |
9928033368 | 1000 BCE (Africa) | Bantu Migration (because of Desertification) | 1 | |
9928037080 | 480-400 BCE (Europe) | Golden Age in Greece (under Pericles), Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, Direct Democracy (Athens), Delian League | 2 | |
9928046794 | 500-44 BCE (Europe) | Roman Republic; Gracchi Brothers; Twelve Tables; Three Punic Wars: fought against Carthage | 3 | |
9928049541 | 323 BCE (Eurasia) | Alexander the Great: following him created 3 empires: Ptolemaic (Egypt), Seleucid (Persia), Antigonid (Greece, Macedon) | 4 | |
9928058532 | 221-206 BCE (East Asia) | Qin Dynasty in Asia; legalism; founded by Han Feizi, implemented by Shi Huangdi, Great Wall of China | 5 | |
9928106577 | 200 BCE-220 CE (East Asia) | Han Dynasty; China's first Golden Age; Trade occurring because of Silk Road; Decline all because of internal problems and Yellow Turban Rebellion; 20 year peasant rebellion | 6 | |
9928119279 | 333 CE (Eurasia) | Creation of Eastern Half of Roman Empire; moved capital to Constantinople; 315 CE- Edict of Milan makes Christianity legal | 7 | |
9928124864 | 44-476 CE (Europe) | Roman Empire-first leader was Augustus; begins Pax Romana; Decline due to internal and external causes | 8 | |
9928128160 | 32 CE (Europe) | Death of Jesus, beginning of Christianity: spread by Paul of Tarsus | 9 | |
9928131085 | 476-1400 CE (Europe) | Middle Ages: In Europe: post-Roman Empire: cultural stagnation because no government=no progress=no empire growth; rise of Catholic Church and feudalism; beginning of Dark Ages | 10 | |
9928137517 | 527 CE (Eurasia) | Beginning of Justinian's rule: Hagia Sophia, Justinian's code; and takes back part of Roman Empire | 11 | |
9928237725 | 589 CE (East Asia) | China is reunified under Sui; creation of Grand Canal (artificial waterway); expansion of Great Wall of China | 12 | |
9928264613 | 622 CE (Middle East) | Creation of Islam; establishment of Umayyad; after Umayyad comes Abbasid Golden Age under Harun Al-Rishid | 13 | |
9928268564 | 732 CE (Europe) | Battle of Tours: prevents Muslims from expanding into Europe; Franks defeat Muslims, lead by Charles "the Hammer" Martel; grandson is Charlemagne | 14 | |
9928272601 | 750 CE (East Asia) | Creation of Tang Dynasty-China's second Golden Age | 15 | |
9928283687 | 800 CE (Europe) | Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Empire, pisses off Byzantines | 16 | |
9928285758 | 1054 CE (Europe) | Great Schism; permanently separates Roman Catholic Christianity and Eastern Orthodox Christianity; Iconoclasm (breaking of icons) | 17 | |
9928289061 | 1095 CE (Eurasia) | First Crusade; only one that ends with Christians taking Jerusalem; Muslims take it back, led by Saladin | 18 | |
9928306552 | 1215 CE (Europe) | Signing of Magna Carta; prevents England from turning into an absolute monarchy | 19 | |
9928308062 | 1258 CE (Middle East) | Mongol Invasion of Baghdad, destruction of Abbasid Dynasty | 20 | |
9928311059 | 1279 CE (East Asia) | Mongol Invasion of China; creation of Yuan Dynasty with Kublai Khan; end of Song Dynasty | 21 | |
9928314536 | 1324 CE (Africa) | Mali Empire; Mansa Musa makes Hajj to Mecca | 22 | |
9928324319 | 1347 CE (Europe) | Bubonic Plague strikes Europe, killed 1/3 of European population | 23 | |
9928386228 | 1400 CE (Europe) | End of Middle Ages, Beginning of Renaissance; Start of Humanism-emphasis on individual, rather than revolving around God | 24 | |
9928472064 | 1433 CE (East Asia) | Zheng He is called back from exploring and Ming Dynasty becomes isolationists | 25 | |
9928475121 | 1453 CE (Middle East) | Ottomans defeat Byzantine Empire, rename capital Istanbul | 26 | |
9928478865 | 1492 CE (Global Event) | Columbus lands in Caribbean, think he is in India | 27 | |
9928481094 | 1517 CE (Europe) | Martin Luther writes 95 Theses on the church door, beginning Protestant Reformation | 28 | |
9928486551 | 1521 CE (Americas) | Cortez conquers Aztecs; beginning Spanish domination | 29 | |
9928487688 | 1600 CE (East Asia) | Beginning of Tokugawa Shogunate | 30 | |
9928490659 | 1750 CE (Europe) | Beginning of Industrial Revolution in England | 31 | |
9928492489 | 1776 CE (Americas) | American Revolution influenced by ideas from Enlightenment | 32 | |
9928493707 | 1789 CE (Europe) | French Revolution begins, lasts 10 years, doesn't do anything; 4 Phases: Moderate, Radical, Napoleon | 33 | |
9928496569 | 1823 CE (Americas) | Monroe Doctrine; Latin America becomes independent; Monroe tells Europe to stay away "you don't want none of this" | 34 | |
9928501605 | 1839 CE (East Asia) | Opium War in China; begins spheres of influence & extra-territoriality; unequal treaties | 35 | |
9928528286 | 1853 CE (East Asia) | Commodore Matthew Perry goes to Japan, opens them up for trade; Meiji Restoration | 36 | |
9928529945 | 1861 CE (Europe) | Russian Serfdom is abolished which helps industrialization | 37 | |
9928535617 | 1885 CE (Europe/Africa) | Berlin Conference-creates African colonization rules | 38 | |
9928536308 | 1914-1918 CE (Global Event) | World War I, Treaty of Versailles | 39 | |
9928538019 | 1917 CE (Europe) | Russian Revolution, they become communist, and they drop out of the war | 40 | |
9928541748 | 1939-1945 CE (Global Event) | World War II | 41 | |
9928542656 | 1948 CE (Middle East) | Creation of Israel | 42 | |
9928545095 | 1962 CE (Americas) | Cuban Missile Crisis | 43 | |
9928546320 | 1979 CE (Middle East) | Iranian Revolution; creation of Islamic Republic; takes Pahlavi out of power | 44 | |
9928550173 | 1989 CE (East Asia) | Tienanmen Square; goes poorly, peaceful, protesters are massacred by Deng Xiaoping | 45 | |
9928554682 | 1989 CE (Europe) | Fall of Berlin Wall, beginning of the end of the USSR; USSR collapsed in 1991 | 46 | |
9928557074 | 2001 CE (Americas) | Al-Qaeda Terrorist attacks on 9/11 | 47 | |
9928567861 | 10,000 BCE | Neolithic Revolution | 48 | |
9928568513 | 3500 BCE | Sumer: River Valley Civilizations | 49 | |
9928571778 | 800 BCE-200 BCE | Axial Age | 50 | |
9928572442 | 600 BCE- 600 CE | Classical Era | 51 | |
9928573951 | 0(ish) | Jesus, beginning Christianity | 52 | |
9928576416 | 476 CE | Fall of Rome, beginning of Middle Ages | 53 | |
9928577396 | 600 CE | Beginning of Islam | 54 | |
9928578853 | 1095 CE | First Crusade | 55 | |
9928580874 | 1258 CE | Mongols defeat Abbasids at Baghdad | 56 | |
9928582416 | 1433 CE | Zheng He called back (by Ming) | 57 | |
9928583887 | 1453 CE | Ottomans defeat Byzantine (Constantinople) | 58 | |
9928584843 | 1492 CE | Americas discovered (Columbus) | 59 | |
9928585857 | 1600 CE | Turning Point (STARJOQD) | 60 | |
9928587074 | 1750 CE | Industrial Revolution begins | 61 | |
9928588160 | 1789 CE | French Revolution starts | 62 | |
9928588744 | 1825 CE | Latin America independent (all rev done) | 63 | |
9928589822 | 1870 CE | Second Industrial Revolution | 64 | |
9928591143 | 1914 CE | World War I begins | 65 | |
9928591144 | 1918 CE | Treaty of Versailles (end of WWI) | 66 | |
9928592141 | 1939 CE | World War II starts | 67 | |
9928592726 | 1945 CE | WWII ends, beginning of Cold War | 68 | |
9928592727 | 1989 CE | End of USSR, Fall of Berlin Wall, Microsoft Windows, Tienanmen Square | 69 |
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