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55587124543500-500 BCE Ancient, Americas-Bands and tribes -Hunting and gathering -Traditional society -Populated last on globe -Polytheists0
55587124553500-500 BCE Ancient, Europe-Polytheists1
55587124563500-500 BCE Ancient, Africa-Mostly bands and tribes -Some H&G, some farm -Traditional society -Polytheists -Bantu migration *Egypt on Nile2
55587124573500-500 BCE Ancient, W. Asia-Many tribes -Pastorialism & Farming -Polytheists *Mesopotamia on the Tigris & Euphrates3
55587124583500-500 BCE Ancient, South Asia-Dravidian -Herding and Farming -Polytheists *Harrappa on the Indus -Aryan migrations4
55587124593500-500 BCE Ancient, SE Asia-Bands & Tribes -Polytheists5
55587124603500-500 BCE Ancient, East Asia-Ancestor Worship -Polytheists *Xia, Shang, Zhou on yellow river -Confucian -Lao Zu(Daoism)6
5558712461500 BCE - 500 CE Classical, Americas-Still bands & Tribes -Teotihuacan Mexico -Mayans in Yucutan -Chavin Cult in Andes (South America)7
5558712462500 BCE - 500 CE Classical, Europe-Greek city states and empire -Roman City state, republic, and empire -Jesus and the spread of christianity -West Europe connected to the Roman Empire8
5558712463500 BCE - 500 CE Classical, Africa-Still mostly bands & Tribes -North Africa and part of Greek and Roman Empires -East Africa connected to Indian Ocean trade9
5558712464500 BCE - 500 CE Classical, W. Asia-Arab merchants dominate trade -Part of Greek and Roman Empires -Judaism -Jesus of Nazareth -Silk Road trade10
5558712465500 BCE - 500 CE Classical, S. Asia-Evolving Hinduism -Rise of Buddhism -Mauryan Dynasty (321-185BCE) -Gupta Dynasty (320-550 BCE) -Political disunity due to geography -Silk Road trade11
5558712466500 BCE - 500 CE Classical, SE Asia-Bands & Tribes -Polytheists -Merchants trade with Indian Ocean -Indian ideas spread -Rajas -Hinduism -Chinese dominance via tributary relationships12
5558712467500 BCE - 500 CE Classical, E. Asia-Period of chaos -Qin unify w/ legalism -Han China blends legalism & Confucianism -Technology = paper, silk, porcelain -Silk Road trade -Fall of Han = Chaos -Spread of Buddhism13
5558712468500-1500 CE Post-Classical, Americas-High point of Mayans (600-800) -Toltecs in Mexico (950-1150) -Mexica migrate to Mexico around 1200 -Tenochtitlan by 1300 -Aztec and Inca empires (by around 1430) -Columbus 149214
5558712469500-1500 CE Post-Classical, Europe-Feudal West Europe, -Lord, vassals, serfs, knights -Not connected -Roman Cath. Church -Crusades & Islamic Spain connected a bit -Byzantine East Europe -Caesorpapism -Declining after 600s -Silk Road trade -Mongols conquer Russia -Rise of regional states -Voyages of exploration15
5558712470500-1500 CE Post-Classical, Africa-West African kingdoms -Ghana (400s-1200s) -Mali (1200s-1400s) -Arrival of Islam via trade -Trans Sahara = West -Swahili city states= East Africa -Blended traditional religion and Islam to Sufis -Slavery -African Slavery -Muslims & East -Start of European16
5558712471500-1500 CE Post-Classical, W. Asia-Rise of Islam -Nomadic/Tribal nature of the region -Muhammad, vision 610, death 632 -Rise of Sunni v. Shia -Umayyad Dynast = Arab dominated -Abbasid = Baghdad cosmopolitan & sophisticated -Mongols -Ottoman Turks establish dynasty 1300s17
5558712472500-1500 CE Post-Classical, S. Asia-Islam spreads to India -Umayyad reach the Indus river -Islamic kingdoms in the north(Delhi) -South mostly Hindu -Sufi mystics or missionaries spread Islam & allow blending -Center of Indian ocean trade (Emporia) -Hinduism changes and wins back Buddhists (devotional cults) -Silk Road trade18
5558712473500-1500 CE Post-Classical, SE Asia-Buddhism spreads to SE Asia via trade -Blending of Hindu & Buddhism -Islam reaches Melaka by mid 1400 -competition between a variety of regional kingdoms19
5558712474500-1500 CE Post-Classical, E Asia-Sui Dynasty re-established Empire & builds grand canal -Tang expand and strengthen military -Silk Road trade -Song de-emphasize military but strong confucian culture -Mongols dominate China as Yuan -Ming restore China to traditional values -Voyages of Admiral Zheng He20
55587124751500-1750 Global Age of Interaction, Americas-Cortez conquers Aztecs (1519-1521) -Pizzaro conquers Inca (1532-1533) -Columbian Exchange -Atlantic System of Trade ("Triangular Trade") -Plantation Economies -Spanish land empire -Settler Colonies (Brits)21
55587124761500-1750 Global Age of Interaction, Europe-European trading-post empires in Indian Ocean -Portugese, Dutch, British -Transformation = -Protestant reformation 1517 -Rise of strong states -Absolute monarchy: France, Russia, Spain etc. -Constitutional: England & Holland -Enlightenment -Euro dominance of Atlantic trade & cash crops (slavery)22
55587124771500-1750 Global Age of Interaction, Africa-Decline of West African states & rise of slave trading coastal tribes -European conquest of Swahili city states -20 million slaves sent across the Atlantic -Rise of polygamy & other social disruptions -New foods increase population23
55587124781500-1750 Global Age of Interaction, W. Asia-Rise of Turkish Ottoman Islamic Empire -Expansion of territory via strong military using gunpowder -Strong Bureaucracy24
55587124791500-1750 Global Age of Interaction, S. Asia-Rise of Mughal empire (1526-1858) -Muslim minority rules over Hindu majority -Blending of Islamic and Hindu traditions25
55587124801500-1750 Global Age of Interaction, SE Asia-Still dominated by competing regional kingdoms -Europeans begin to control regions via trading post empires -Dutch dominate spice trade in Java (indonesia)26
55587124811500-1750 Global Age of Interaction, E. Asia-Ming China rules until 1644 -Qing Dynasty run by invading Manchurians until 1910 -Tokugawa centralization over feudal Japan -Explosion of Christians from Japan27
55587124821750-1914 Age of Revolution & Industry, Americas-American Revolution (1776) -Haitian Revolution (1791) -American Industrialization (1820+)28
55587124831750-1914 Age of Revolution & Industry, Europe-French Revolution (1789) -Industrialization -Britain (1765+) -Belgium, Holland, Germany, France (1800+) -Russian attempt via Witte (1850+) -Communist Manifesto (1848)29
55587124841750-1914 Age of Revolution & Industry, Africa-Atlantic Slavery continued -Slavery Abolished, leading to south Asian indentured laborers in Africa -European colonization of Africa (1884-1885)30
55587124851750-1914 Age of Revolution & Industry, E. Asia-European dominance over Qing Dynasty -Treaty of Nanjing ends Opium wars (1843) -Meiji restoration in Japan after fall of Tokugawa Shogun (1868) -Fall of Qing Dynasty (1911) -Chinese communist party established (1921)31
55587124861914-Present 20th Century, Americas-America enters WWI (1917) -Pearl Harbor (1941) -D-Day entry into WWII in France (1944) -Hiroshima & Nagisaki & Start of cold war (1945) -Koran war (1950) -Bay of pigs attempt to overthrow Castro (1962) -Fight in Vietnam (1954-1975) -Iran Hostage Crisis (1979)32
55587124871914-Present 20th Century, Europe-WWI (1914-1918) -Marxist (Bolshevik) Revolution in Russia (1917) -Global Economic Depression -Hitler Chancellor of Germany (1933) -WWII (1939-1945) -West Europe joins NATO (US teams) -East Europe joins Warsaw Pact (Soviets)33
55587124881914-Present 20th Century, Africa-Africans fight in WWI for colonial masters -Africans hope for independence especially after Woodrow Wilson talks about National Self-Determination at Versailles -Rise of Nationalist movements, such as the African National Congress (ANC) -Africans fight in WWII for Europeans -Nationalism leads to further discussion of decolonization -Bandung conference for small countries seeking non-alignment (1955) -The Year of Africa where many countries gain independence (1960) -Algeria fights French -Apartheid south Africa -African countries suffer under rulers who have very little training and education -Mostly military generals -Many are corrupt and attempt to replace European rule34
55587124891914-Present 20th Century, S. Asia-Gandhi fights against unfair treatment of Indians in South Africa -Indian Sepoys fight in WWI on Western Front -Rise of Indian National Congress after war seeking independence -Indians fight in WWII for British -Indian independence granted (1947)35
55587124901914-Present 20th Century, E. Asia-Japanese empire building to survive the Great Depressio, aka Great East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere (1930s)36

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