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6791982138The Russian and Ottoman Empires collapse1900-Present0
6791982139Persian empires create highly centralized empires with the king as a deity600 BCE-600 CE1
6791982140European Christianity forms syncretic religious beliefs with indigenous Latin American (OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE) and Caribbean faiths (VODUN).1450-17502
6791982141The Russian Empire emancipates serfs in order to create a new labor force.1750-19003
6791982142VEDIC TRADITIONS were codified into patterns of rituals and sacrifices in South Asia8000 BCE-600 BCE4
6791982143The Chinese invade Vietnam, discover quick ripening CHAMPA RICE, and experience a population increase.600-14505
6791982144HAITIAN REVOLUTION: A slave revolt in the Caribbean creates a free black republic.1750-19006
6791982145COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE: An exchange of crops, culture, animals, and disease pathogens begins between Afro- Eurasia and the Americas.1450-17507
6791982146Invasions add to the decline of empires in South Asia (WHITE HUNS), East Asia (XIONGNU), and Europe (GERMANIC TRIBES).600 BCE-600 CE8
6791982147South Asia is partitioned into two states (INDIA & PAKISTAN) because of irreconcilable religious differences.1900-Present9
6791982148OLMECS and CHAVIN civilizations thrive.8000 BCE-600 BCE10
6791982149Portugal creates a TRADING POST empire in the India Ocean.1450-175011
6791982150Islamic Caliphates (UMAYYAD, ABBASID) first rise.600-145012
6791982151A substantial number of Asians MIGRATE to the Americas for agricultural labor.1750-190013
6791982152Using their longboats, the VIKINGS raid western Europeans who develop local institutions for security (FEUDALISM).600-145014
6791982153HELLENISM spreads to Central Asia and forms syncretic cultures there.600 BCE-600 CE15
6791982155New racial classifications (CASTA SYSTEM), such as mestizo, mulatto, and creole, emerge in colonial Latin America.1450-175016
6791982156The 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 law.1750-190017
6791982157Human population increases due to medical and scientific advances such as ANTIBIOTICS and polio VACCINE.1900-Present18
6791982158HINDUISM: Migrations into South Asia spread religious ideas and rituals associated with Vedic poetry and song.600 BCE-600 CE19
6791982159The Spanish, Dutch, French, and British establish MARITIME-BASED EMPIRES in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.1450-175020
6791982160Migration leads to cultural enclaves in major urban areas (CHINATOWN). They often experience legal discrimination (CHINESE EXCULSION ACT).1750-190021
6791982161MONGOLS: Central Asian nomads create the largest contiguous empire in history. Silk Road is revived.600-145022
6791982162Women's suffrage movements are successful in Europe and North America (19TH AMENDMENT).1900-Present23
6791982163Zoroastrianism, Vedic beliefs, and Hebrew Monotheism form.8000 BCE-600 BCE24
6791982164NEW IMPERIALISM: A second wave of imperialism pushes Europeans to colonize the continent of Africa and to protect power in much of Asia.1750-190025
6791982165AGE OF EXPLORATION: Networks of communication and exchange become truely global.1450-175026
6791982166The most rapid and numerous independence movements in history occurs, some through armed conflict (ALGERIA), others through negotiations (INDIA).1900-Present27
6791982167The Cities of Persepolis, Carthage, Rome, and Chang'an serve as major CENTERS OF TRADE & IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATION.600 BCE-600 CE28
6791982168Pastorialism and agriculture emerge and increase human populations.8000 BCE-600 BCE29
6791982169RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: Groups such as the GHOST DANCE in North America and the TAIPING REBELLION in East Asia challenge imperial rule.1750-190030
6791982170SONG DYNASTY: the yoke of patriarchy becomes more intense in China (FOOT-BINDING).600-145031
6791982171Religious fundamentalism forms in the Middle East (IRAN) as reactions to, respectively, new scientific theories and political frustrations.1900-Present32
6791982172In several major civilizations, there are changes in the power of elites who serve as intermediaries between the ruler and the ruled (i.e, DEVSHIRME, DAIMYO).1450-175033
6791982173CONFUCIANISM is adopted as the official state ideology for entry into China's bureaucracy.600 BCE-600 CE34
6791982174Experiments in state managed economies take place in China (MAO & GREAT LEAP FORWARD) and Russia (STALIN & 5-YEAR PLANS).1900-Present35
6791982175Rather than a unified Dar al Islam, Muslim civilization is characterized by several empires strengthened by their use of firearms.1450-175036
6791982176Major trade cities include Novgorod (Russia), Timbuktu (Mali), Malacca (SE Asia), and Kilwa (East Africa).600-145037
6791982177ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM: Banana Republics, whose economies focused on a single export, formed in Latin America.1750-190038
6791982178Eurasian land trade routes (SILK ROADS) continue but are surpassed in volume by maritime routes in the INDIAN OCEAN.600-145039
6791982179Slavery is replaced by indentured servitude as the primary source of agricultural labor in he Americas.1750-190040
6791982180Production of pottery, textiles and metallurgy skills first appear.8000 BCE-600 BCE41
6791982181European merchants in Southeast Asia must depend upon Asian women to gain access to trades.1450-175042
6791982182BUDDHISM spreads into Central and Southeast Asia due to government edicts, missionaries and relics.600 BCE-600 CE43
6791982183Pro-democracy movements are successful in Eastern Europe (POLAND, HUNGARY) but crushed in East Asia (CHINA).1900-Present44
6791982184GRAND CANAL, a major state funded project to stimulate the economy, is created by the SUI DYNASTY in China.600-145045
6791982185The development of systems of writing lead to literary traditions, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, Rig Veda and Homer's Epics.8000 BCE-600 BCE46
6791982186TANG DYNASTY: paper technology spreads from the Chinese to the ABASSID CALIPHATE.600-145047
6791982187After being humiliated by the British, China experiences the massive TAIPING REBELLION against the rule of foreign Manchus.1750-190048
6791982188Global power structure is characterized by a bi-polar struggle between opposing economic ideologies (CAPITALISM & COMMUNISM).1900-Present49
6791982189After Muhammad's visions, ISLAM unifies Arab people and creates a durable monotheistic civilization.600-145050
6791982190An influx of American silver funds monumental architecture in MUGHAL INDIA, such as the TAJ MAHAL.1450-175051
6791982191CRUSADES: Arabic numerals and Greek scholarship pass to Europe after Christian military campaigns to take Jerusalem from Muslims.600-145052
6791982192NATIONALISM: National identities form out of common cultural, ethnic, linguistic, or religious traits.1750-190053
6791982193Civilizations emerge mainly in river valleys (MESOPOTAMIA, EGYPT, INDUS VALLEY, SHANG DYNASTY, OLMECS, CHAVIN).8000 BCE-600 BCE54
6791982194On Lake Texcoco, the AZTECS build a decentralized state based on the collection of tribute and an agricultural system situated on raised islands called CHINAMPAS.600-145055
6791982195China experiences a population surge due to the transplanting of American crops and the global flow of American SILVER.1450-175056
6791982196Invasions, disease (BLACK DEATH), and the beginning of the "Little Ice Age" decimate Eurasian urban centers, which later recover after improvements in transportation, rising commerce, and the end of invasions.600-145057
6791982197ENLIGHTENMENT ideas about liberty and political legitimacy lead to independence movements and revolutions in Europe and the Americas.1750-190058
6791982198China and the Byzantine Empire experience significant FREE PEASANT REVOLTS.600-145059
6791982199Global commerce is so interconnected that states become less relevant.1900-Present60
6791982200GREEK CITY-STATES facilitate an exchange of commerce and culture in the Mediterranean.600 BCE-600 CE61
6791982201Europeans learn the ASTROLABE from Muslims, develop the CARAVEL, and navigate around the southern tip of Africa.1450-175062
6791982202XUANZANG, MARCO POLO, & IBN BATTUTA travel and interpret the world through their cultural lenses.600-145063
6791982203Colonial economies in the Americas depend on a wide range of coerced labor (SLAVERY, MI'TA, INDENTURED SERVITUDE).1450-175064
6791982204The Eurasian SILK ROADS emerge and are the dominant trade system in the world.600 BCE-600 CE65
6791982205MEIJI RESTORATION: Japan is pulled out of its isolation, quickly industrializes, and is accepted as an equal power by the empires of Europe.1750-190066
6791982206NAFTA, ASEAN: Trading blocks of nations form; global organizations emerge to facilitate trade.1900-Present67
6791982207The MANCHUS overthrow the Ming and establish the QING dynasty in China.1450-175068
6791982208Buddhist and Daoist ideas blend with Confucianism to form NEO-CONFUCIANISM, the new state ideology in China (SONG DYNASTY).600-145069
6791982209Massive URBANIZATION and INDUSTRIALIZATION in Europe lead to smaller families and lower fertility rates.1750-190070
6791982210The "Second Industrial Revolution" relies on STEEL, CHEMICALS, TELEPHONE.1750-190071
6791982211ASHOKA, Mauryan emperor converts to Buddhism, sending Buddhist missionaries east along the Silk Road resulting in cultural SYNCRETISM.600 BCE-600 CE72
6791982212Industrial production is critiqued by both economic LIBERALS (JOHN STUART MILL) and MARXISTS (KARL MARX).1750-190073
6791982213The SELF-STRENGTHENING MOVEMENT is not successful in reforming China.1750-190074
6791982214QIN DYNASTY: The first centralized government rises in China.600 BCE-600 CE75
6791982215The writings of MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT & OLYMPIA DE GOUGE demonstrate emerging FEMINISM.1750-190076
6791982216INDIAN REVOLT: Sepoys revolt against British rule in India.1750-190077
6791982217DAOISM influences Chinese culture in the areas of architecture, poetry, and medical practices (HAN DYNASTY).600 BCE-600 CE78
6791982218NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION: Surpluses of food first lead to stratified, patriarchal societies.8000 BCE-600 BCE79
6791982219Colonization is intensified by evolutionary theories of race. (SOCIAL DARWINISM)1750-190080
6791982220The SUNNI Ottoman army, based on conscripted janissaries, clash with their SHIA Safavid (Persia).1450-175081
6791982221SWAHILI CITY-STATES: A collection of city-states along the east coast of Africa reach their peak in the Indian Ocean trade.600-145082
6791982222MAURYANS develop a centralized state in South Asia; the GUPTA create advanced numbering system and mathematics (ZERO & DECIMAL SYSTEM).600 BCE-600 CE83
6791982223Trade is facilitated by PAPER CURRENCY in Asia, and BILLS OF EXCHANGE and CREDIT in the Dar al Islam [Islamic World].600-145084
6791982224The new Russian Empire encourages peasant settlement into its eastern regions (SIBERIA, ALASKA).1450-175085
6791982225GLOBAL CONFLICTS reap unprecedented civilian casualties.1900-Present86
6791982226CHRISTIANITY and BUDDHISM are codified while SHAMANISM & ANCESTOR VENERATION continue to thrive.600 BCE-600 CE87
6791982227POLYNESIANS & BANTU people migrate, spreading their LANGUAGES and food.600-145088
9783792668GUNPOWDER EMPIRES of Russia, Ottomans, Savafids, Mughals, & Qing Dynasty (LAND-BASED EMPIRES)1450-175089

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