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4430620780Beginnings of agriculture8000 bce0
4430620781beginnings of bronze age- early civilizations3000 bce1
4430620782Iron age1300 bce2
4430620783life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu; beginnings of Confucianism, buddhism and Taoism6th century bce3
4430620784Greek Golden Age- philosophers5th century bce4
4430620785Alexander the Great323 bce5
4430620786Qin unified China221 bce6
4430620787Beginnings of Christianity327
4430620788end of Pax Romana1808
4430620789end of Han Dynasty2209
4430620790Roman capital moved to Constantinople33310
4430620791Beginning of Trans-Saharan trade routes4th century (300s)11
4430620792Fall of Rome47612
4430620793Justinian Rule of Byzantine Empire52713
4430620794Founding of Islam62214
4430620795Battle of Tours73215
4430620796Great Schism of Christian Church (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)105416
4430620797Norman conquest of England (William the Conqueror)106617
4430620798Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantines)107118
44306207991st crusade109519
4430620800Mongols sack Baghdad125820
4430620801Marco Polos travels1271-129521
4430620802Mansa Musa pilgrimage132422
4430620803travels of Ibn Battuta1325-134923
4430620804Bubonic plague in Europe1347-134824
4430620805end of Zheng He's voyages/ Rise of the Ottomans143325
4430620806Ottomans capture Constantinople145326
4430620807Dias rounded Cape of good Hope148827
4430620808Columbus sailed the Ocean blue/ reconquista of Spain149228
44306208091st slaves to America150229
4430620810Martin Luther/ 95 theses151730
4430620811Cortez conquers Aztecs152131
4430620812Pizarro topples Inca153332
4430620813Battle of Lepanto (naval defeat of Ottomans)157133
4430620814Defeat of Spanish Armada by British158834
4430620815Battle of Sekigahara- Beginning of Tokugawa160035
4430620816foundation of Jamestown160736
443062081730 years war1618- 164837
4430620818unsuccessful Ottoman seige of Vienna168338
4430620819Glorious revolution/ English Bill of Rights168939
4430620820Industrial Revolution175040
44306208217 years war (french and Indian War)1756-176341
4430620822American Revolution/ Smith writes wealth of nations177642
4430620823French Revolution178943
4430620824Haitian Independence180444
4430620825Congress of Vienna181545
4430620826Independence in Latin America1820s46
44306208271st Opium War in China183947
4430620828European revolution/ Mark and Engles write Communist Manifesto184848
4430620829Commodore Perry opens up Japan185349
4430620830Sepoy Mutiny (India)185750
4430620831end of Russian serfdom/ Italian unifications186151
4430620832Emancipation Proclimation186352
4430620833German unification187153
4430620834Berlin Conference (division of Africa)188554
4430620835Spanish-American War- US acquires Phillipines, Cuba, Guam and Puerto Rico189855
4430620836Boer War- British control in South Africa189956
4430620837Russo-Japanese War190557
4430620838Mexican revolution1910-192058
4430620839Chinese Revolution191159
4430620840WW1191460
4430620841Russian Revolution191761
4430620842Treaty of Versailles- end of ww1191962
4430620843Stock Market crash192963
4430620844Japanese invasion of Manchuria193164
4430620845Italian invasion of Ethiopia193565
4430620846German blitzkreig in Poland193966
4430620847Pearl Harbor- US into ww2194167
4430620848end of WW2194568
4430620849Independence and partition of India194769
4430620850birth of Israel194870
4430620851Chinese Communist revolution194971
4430620852Korean War1950-195372
4430620853Vietnamese defeat of French at Dien Bien Phu195473
4430620854de-stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal195674
4430620855Cuban Revolution195975
4430620856Cuban Missile Crisis196276
44306208576-day war/ Chinese Cultural revolution196777
4430620858Yom Kippur War197378
4430620859Iranian revolution197979
44306208601st Palestinian Intifada198780
4430620861Tiananmen square/ fall of Berlin Wall198981
4430620862fall of USSR/ first Gulf War199182
4430620863genocide in Rwanda/ 1st all race elections in South Africa199483
44306208649/11 attacks200184

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