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67604933186 (1900-Present)The Russian and Ottoman Empires collapse0
67604933192 (600-600)Persian empires create highly centralized empires with the king as a deity1
67604933204 (1450-1750)European Christianity forms syncretic religious beliefs with indigenous Latin American and Caribbean faiths.2
67604933215 (1750-1900)The Russian Empire emancipates serfs in order to create a new labor force3
67604933221 (8000-600)Vedic traditions were codified into patterns of rituals and sacrifices in South Asia4
67604933233 (600-1450)The Chinese invade Vietnam, discover quick ripening champagne rice, and experience a population increase5
67604933245 (1750-1900)A slave revolt in the Caribbean creates a free black republic6
67604933254 (1450-1750)An exchange of crops, culture, animals, and disease pathogens begins between Afro- Eurasia and the Americas7
67604933262 (600-600)Migrating Huns add to the decline of empires in South Asia, East Asia, and Europe8
67604933276 (1900-Present)South Asia is partitioned into two states because of irreconcilable religious differences9
67604933281 (8000-600)Olmecs and Chavin civilizations thrive10
67604933294 (1450-1750)Portugal creates a trading post empire in the India Ocean11
67604933303 (600-1450)Islamic Caliphates first rise12
67604933315 (1750-1900)A substantial number of Asians migrate to the Americas for agricultural labor13
67604933323 (600-1450)Using their longboats, the Vikings raid western Europeans who develop local institutions for security14
67604933332 (600-600)Hellenism spreads to Central Asia and forms syncretic cultures there15
67604933343 (600-1450)Chinese and Roman civilizations each combined innovations with their own proven traditions to make more enduring political systems16
67604933354 (1450-1750)New radical classifications, such as mestizo, mulatto, and creole, emerge in colonial Latin America17
67604933365 (1750-1900)The Tanzimat Reform in the Ottoman Empire provokes conservatives by its attempt to secularize education and define society as a collection of individuals equal before the law18
67604933376 (1900-Present)Human population increases due to medical and scientific advances such as antibiotics and polio vaccinations19
67604933382 (600-600)Migrations into South Asia spread religious ideas and rituals associated with Vedic poetry and song20
67604933394 (1450-1750)The Spanish, Dutch, French, and British establish sea- based empires in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans21
67604933405 (1750-1900)Migration leads to cultural enclaves in major urban areas. They often experience legal discrimination.22
67604933413 (600-1450)Eurasian no ands create the largest contiguous empire in history. Silk Road is revived23
67604933426 (1900-Present)Women's suffrage movements are successful in Europe and North America24
67604933431 (8000-600)Zoroastrianism and Hebrew Monotheism form25
67604933445 (1750-1900)A second wave of imperialism pushes Europeans to colonize the continent of Africa and to protect power in much of Asia26
67604933454 (1450-1750)Networks of communication and exchange become truely global27
67604933466 (1900-Present)The most rapid and numerous independence movement in history occurs, some through armed conflict, others through negotiations28
67604933472 (600-600)The Cities of Persepolis, Carthage, Rome, Chang'an, and Tenochtitlan serve as major centers of trade and political administration29
67604933481 (8000-600)Pastorialism and agriculture emerge and increase human populations30
67604933495 (1750-1900)Groups such as the Marathas in South Asia and the Taiping in East Asia challenge imperial rule31
67604933503 (600-1450)As women gain some economic rights in European guilds, the yoke of patriarchy becomes more intense in China32
67604933516 (1900-Present)Religious fundamentalism forms in the Americas and Middle East as reactions to, respectively, new scientific theories and political frustrations33
67604933524 (1450-1750)In several major civilizations, there are changes in the power of elites who serve as intermediaries between the ruler and the ruled (I.e, zamindars, boyars)34
67604933532 (600-600)Confucianism is adopted as the official state ideology for entry into China's bureaucracy35
67604933546 (1900-Present)Experiments in state managed economies take place in China and Russia36
67604933554 (1450-1750)Rather than a unified Dar al Islam, Muslim civilization is characterized by several empires strengthened by their use of firearms37
67604933563 (600-1450)Major trade cities include Novgorod, Timbuktu, Malacca, and Kilwa38
67604933575 (1750-1900)Banana Republics, whose economies focused on a single export, formed in Latin America39
67604933583 (600-1450)Eurasian land trade routes continue but are surpassed in volume by maritime routes in the Indian Ocean40
67604933595 (1750-1900)Slavery is replaced by indentured servitude as the primary source of agricultural labor in he Americas41
67604933601 (8000-600)Production of pottery, textiles and metallurgy skills first appear42
67604933614 (1450-1750)European merchants in Southeast Asia must depend upon Asian women to gain access to trades43
67604933622 (600-600)Buddhism spreads into Central and Southeast Asia due to government edicts, missionaries and relics44
67604933636 (1900-Present)Pro-democracy movements are successful in Eastern Europe but crushed in East Asia45
67604933643 (600-1450)The Grand Canal, a major state funded project to stimulate the economy, is created by the Sui dynasty in China46
67604933651 (8000-600)The development of systems of writing lead to literary traditions, such as the Rig Veda and Homer's Epics47
67604933663 (600-1450)After the battle of Talas, paper technology spreads from the Chinese to the Muslims48
67604933675 (1750-1900)After being humiliated by the British, China experiences a massive millenarian rebellion against the rule of foreign Manchus49
67604933686 (1900-Present)Global power structure is characterized by a bi-polar struggle between opposing economic ideologies50
67604933693 (600-1450)After Muhammad's visions, Islam unifies Arab people and creates a durable monotheistic civilization51
67604933704 (1450-1750)An influx of American silver funds monumental architecture in Mughal India, such as the Taj Mahal52
67604933713 (600-1450)Arabic numerals and Greek scholarship pass to Europe after Christian military campaigns to take Jerusalem from Muslims53
67604933725 (1750-1900)National identities form out of common cultural, ethnic, linguistic, or religious traits54
67604933731 (8000-600)Civilizations emerge mainly in river valleys55
67604933743 (600-1450)On Lake Texcoco, the Aztecs build a decentralized state based on the collection of tribute and an agricultural system situated on raised islands called chinampas56
67604933754 (1450-1750)China experiences a population surge due to the transplanting of American crops and the global flow of American silver57
67604933763 (600-1450)Invasions, disease, and a "Little Ice Age" decimate Eurasian urban centers, which later recover after improvements in transportation, rising commerce, and the end of invasions58
67604933775 (1750-1900)Enlightenment ideas about liberty and political legitimacy lead to independence movements and revolutions in Europe and the Americas59
67604933783 (600-1450)China and the Byzantine Empire experience significant revolts of free peasants60
67604933796 (1900-Present)Global commerce is so interconnected that states become less relevant61
67604933802 (600-600)Greek colonies facilitate an exchange of commerce and culture in the Mediterranean62
67604933814 (1450-1750)Europeans learn the astrolabe from Muslims, develop the caravel, and navigate around the southern tip of Africa63
67604933823 (600-1450)Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta travel and interpret the world through their cultural lenses64
67604933834 (1450-1750)Colonial economies in the Americas depend on a wide range of coerced labor65
67604933842 (600-600)The Eurasian Silk Roads are the dominant trade system in the world66
67604933855 (1750-1900)Japan is pulled out of its isolation, quickly industrializes, and is accepted as an equal power by the empires of Europe67
67604933866 (1900-Present)Trading blocks of nations form; global organizations emerge to facilitate trade68
67604933874 (1450-1750)The Manchus overthrow the Ming and establish the Qing dynasty in China69
67604933883 (600-1450)Buddhist and Daoist ideas blend with Confucianism to form Neo-Confucianism, the new state ideology in China70
67604933895 (1750-1900)Massive urbanization and industrialization in Europe lead to smaller families and lower fertility rates71
67604933905 (1750-1900)The need of the "Second Industrial Revolution" lead to copper mining operations in Mexico72
67604933912 (600-600)Nestorian Christianity spreads to China and Mahayana Buddhism spreads across Eurasian trade routes. Both experience cultural syncretism73
67604933925 (1750-1900)Industrial production is critiqued by both economic liberals and communist74
67604933935 (1750-1900)The Self-Strengthening Movement is not successful in reforming China75
67604933942 (600-600)The first centralized government rises in China76
67604933955 (1750-1900)Ottoman and Chinese civilizations must balance industrial reform with their traditional identities77
67604933965 (1750-1900)Sepoys revolt against British rule in India78
67604933972 (600-600)Daoism influences Chinese culture in the areas of architecture, poetry, and medical practices79
67604933981 (8000-600)Surpluses of food first lead to stratified, patriarchal societies80
67604933995 (1750-1900)Colonization is intensified by evolutionary theories of race81
67604934004 (1450-1750)The Ottoman army, based on conscripted janissaries, clash with their Shia Safavid82
67604934013 (600-1450)A collection of city-states along the east coast of Africa reach their peak in the Indian Ocean trade83
67604934022 (600-600)Mauryans develop a centralized state in South Asia; the Gupta create advanced numbering system and mathematics84
67604934033 (600-1450)Trade is facilitated by paper currency in Asia, and bills of exchange and credit in the Dar al Islam85
67604934044 (1450-1750)The new Russian Empire encourages peasant settlement into its eastern regions86
67604934056 (1900-Present)Global conflicts reap unprecedented civilian casualties87
67604934062 (600-600)Christianity and Buddhism are codified in core civilizations while shamanism and animism continue to thrive outside of them88
67604934073 (600-1450)Polynesians, Arabs and Bantu people migrate, spreading their languages and food89

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