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6695933854Huang He (Yellow River) civilizationEast Asia Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE0
6695968461Domestication of the horse in Central AsiaEast Asia Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE1
6695968462Shang DynastyEast Asia Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE2
6695970314Zhou DynastyEast Asia Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE3
6695972178China's Bronze AgeEast Asia Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE4
6695974568ConfuciusEast Asia Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE5
6695990881Lao TzuEast Asia Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE6
6695992908Warring States PeriodEast Asia Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE7
6695992909Qin DynastyEast Asia Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE8
6695994932Great Wall beganEast Asia Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE9
6695994964Han DynastyEast Asia Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE10
6695999066Invention of paper, compass, porcelainEast Asia Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE11
6696000667Spread of BuddhismEast Asia Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE12
6696020200Sui DynastyEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145013
6696029497Grand Canal builtEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145014
6696031239Tang DynastyEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145015
6696031240Taika DynastyEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145016
6696035448Empresses Wu, peak of Buddhist influence in ChinaEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145017
6696037625Korea establishes Silla kingdomEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145018
6696037626Song DynastyEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145019
6696041880Japan moves capital to KyotoEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145020
6696049300Koryo Dynasty in KoreaEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145021
6696058490Invention of explosive powderEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145022
6696063155Chinggis Khan invades much of launchers Mongol EmpireEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145023
6696066611Kublai Khan begins Yuan DynastyEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145024
6696066612Marco PoloEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145025
6696069267Beginning of Ming DynastyEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145026
6696072074Zheng He trading expeditionsEast Asia Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145027
6696078506Portuguese reach JapanEast Asia Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175028
6696083869Jesuits arrive in ChinaEast Asia Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175029
6696089912Hideyoshi unifies JapanEast Asia Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175030
6696094348Tokugawa begins isolationist policyEast Asia Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175031
6696096139Christianity banned in JapanEast Asia Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175032
6696099691Manchu conquer Korea and China (Qing Dynasty)East Asia Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175033
6696103669Opium WarsEast Asia Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 190034
6696111680Treaty of Nanking gives Hong Kong to Great BritainEast Asia Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 190035
6696114965Commodore Perry forces opening of Japan to tradeEast Asia Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 190036
6696117096Meiji RestorationEast Asia Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 190037
6696118520Sino-Japanese WarEast Asia Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 190038
6696118521Boxer RebellionEast Asia Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 190039
6696126970Japanese victory in Russo-Japanese WarEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present40
6696131789Japan annexes KoreaEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present41
6696135785Fall of Qing, Revolution in ChinaEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present42
6696137930Chinese Communist PartyEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present43
6696137931Japan invades ChinaEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present44
6696141718Japan attacks Pearl HarborEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present45
6696145388USA drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima, NagasakiEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present46
6696149070Guomondang (Nationalists) consolidate in TaiwanEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present47
6696153556Mao Zedong proclaims People's Republic of ChinaEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present48
6696153557Korean WarEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present49
6696157014Korea divided into communist North and capitalists SouthEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present50
6696157015Great Leap ForwardEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present51
6696158419Cultural RevolutionEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present52
6696161640Tienanmen Square MassacreEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present53
6696165150Britain returns Hong Kong to ChinaEast Asia Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present54
6696172487Development of farming and domestication of animalsMiddle East Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE55
6696175826Cuneiform inventedMiddle East Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE56
6696180917Epic of GilgameshMiddle East Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE57
6696180918HammurabiMiddle East Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE58
6696183394Assyrian EmpireMiddle East Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE59
6696187484Persian empireMiddle East Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE60
6696191883Persian Wars with GreeksMiddle East Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE61
6696194506Life of Jesus ChristMiddle East Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE62
6696194507Alexander the GreatMiddle East Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE63
6696196792Cyrus the GreatMiddle East Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE64
6696200061Life of Prophet MuhammedMiddle East Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145065
6696200062Umayyad dynastyMiddle East Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145066
6696202343Byzantine empireMiddle East Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145067
6696204118Abbasid empireMiddle East Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145068
6696205849Golden Age of Muslim scholarshipMiddle East Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145069
6696209544Seljuk Turks dominate the Middle EastMiddle East Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145070
6696212084Mongol IlkhenateMiddle East Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145071
6696217319Ottomans capture Constantinople-end of Byzantine empireMiddle East Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175072
6696219569Safavid dynasty in IranMiddle East Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175073
6696221626Suleiman the MagnificentMiddle East Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175074
6696226559Ottomans defeated in the Battle of LepantoMiddle East Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175075
6696228769Ottoman Tulip PeriodMiddle East Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 175076
6696236495Janissary corps dissolved by Mahmud IIMiddle East Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 190077
6696241892Anglo-Ottoman Treaty removes trade restrictions on BritainMiddle East Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 190078
6696244887Tanzimat ReformsMiddle EastPeriod 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 190079
6696247898Opening of Suez CanalMiddle East Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 190080
6696280600Balfour Declaration Britain backs a Jewish homeland in PalestineMiddle East Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present81
6696283594Fall of Ottoman empireMiddle East Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present82
6696287171Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk)Middle East Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present83
6696292138State of Israel proclaimed. Arab-Isaeli War ensuesMiddle East Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present84
6696294983Iranian Revolution, shah overthrownMiddle East Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present85
6696297762Ayatollah KhomeiniMiddle East Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present86
6696301762Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait, Gulf War ensuesMiddle East Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present87
6696303755USA invasion of IraqMiddle East Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present88
6696309050Unification of Upper and Lower EgyptAfrica Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE89
6696314338Spread of agriculture south of SaharaAfrica Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE90
6696316572Horses introduced into Africa via EgyptAfrica Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE91
6696316573Kingdom of KushAfrica Period 1 (Interaction between Humans and the Environment), beginning-600BCE92
6696320900Migration of Bantu groups beginsAfrica Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE93
6696322957Kingdom of AxumAfrica Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE94
6696325810Camels introduced from AsiaAfrica Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE95
6696330413Kingdom of Ghana begins, West AfricaAfrica Period 2 (Development and Interaction of Cultures), 600 BCE - 600 CE96
6696333237Growth of trans-Sahara trade for goldAfrica Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145097
6696334934Peak of Swahili civilizationAfrica Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145098
6696339750Peak of Ghana civilizationAfrica Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 145099
6696343098Reign of Sundiata, founder of Mali empireAfrica Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 1450100
6696345018Peak of kingdom of ZimbabweAfrica Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 1450101
6696346670Pilgrimage of Mansa MusaAfrica Period 3 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 600 CE- 1450102
6696352080Columbian ExchangeAfrica Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 1750103
6696362266Peak of Benin civilizationAfrica Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 1750104
6696364409slaves -for- guns trade established by EuropeansAfrica Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 1750105
6696367798Portuguese establish colony in AngolaAfrica Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 1750106
6696370373Dutch establish colony in South AfricaAfrica Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 1750107
6696370427Asente kingdomAfrica Period 4 (Age of Accelerating Connections), 1450 - 1750108
6696375589British annexation of Cape Town and region of South AfricaAfrica Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 1900109
6696383272Shaka leads Zulu expansion, Zulu warsAfrica Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 1900110
6696383273French take over AlgeriaAfrica Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 1900111
6696387199Berlin conference and scramble for AfricaAfrica Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 1900112
6696393407Diamonds discovered in South Africa, British establish diamond minesAfrica Period 5 (The European Movement in World History), 1750 - 1900113
6696397664African National Congress established in South AfricaAfrica Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present114
6696400686Negritude movementAfrica Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present115
6696402820DecolonizationAfrica Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present116
6696405336Apartheid in South AfricaAfrica Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present117
6696410202Ghana established as first African nation freed from European ruleAfrica Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present118
6696415315Democratic elections, South Africa elects Nelson MandelaAfrica Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present119
6696417100Algeria wins IndependenceAfrica Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present120
6696417101Genocide in RwandaAfrica Period 6 (Most Recent History), 1900 - present121
6695974226Confucious122
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