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312497828000 B.C.E.Beginnings of agriculture0
312497833000 B.C.E.Beginnings of Bronze Age (early civ's)1
312497841300 B.C.E.Iron Age2
312497856th century B.C.E.life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu (beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taosim)3
312497865th C B.C.E.Greek Golden Age (philosophers)4
31249787323 B.C.E.Alexander the Great5
31249788221 B.C.E.Qin unified China6
3124978932 C.E.Beginnings of Christianity7
31249790180 C.E.end of Pax Romana8
31249791220 C.E.end of Han Dynasty9
31249792333Roman capital moved to Constantinople10
312497934th CBeginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes11
31249794476Fall of Rome12
31249795527Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire13
31249796632Rise of Islam14
31249797732Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France)15
3124979810541st Schism in Christian Church16
312497991066Norman conquest of England17
312498001071Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat Byz)18
3124980110951st Crusade19
312498021258Mongols sack Baghdad20
312498031271 to 1295Marco Polo travels21
312498041324Mansa Musa's pilgrimage22
312498051325 to 1349travels of Ibn Battuta23
312498061347 to 1348Bubonic plague in Europe24
312498071433end of Zheng He's voyages/Rise of Ottomans25
312498081453Ottomans capture Constantinople26
312498091488Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope27
312498101492Columbus sailed the ocean blue/ Reconquista of Spain28
312498111502Slaves to Americas29
312498121517Martin Luther/95 theses30
312498131521Cortez conquered the Aztecs31
312498141533Pizarro toppled the Inca32
312498151571Battle of Lepanto, (naval defeat of Ottomans)33
312498161588defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British34
312498171600Battle of Sekigahara (beginning of Tokugawa)35
312498181607foundation of Jamestown36
312498191618 to 164830 years war37
312498201683unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna38
312498211689Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights Industrial Revolution39
312498221756 to 17637 years war/French and Indian War40
312498231776American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations41
312498241789French Revolution42
312498251804Haitian independence43
312498261815Congress of Vienna44
312498271820sIndependence in Latin America45
3124982818391st opium war in China46
312498291848European revolutions/Marx & Engles write Communist Manifesto47
312498301853Commodore Perry opens Japan48
312498311857Sepoy Mutiny49
312498321861end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification50
312498331863Emancipation Proclamation in US51
312498341871German unification52
312498351885Berlin Conference (division of Africa)53
312498361898Spanish/American War (US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico)54
312498371899Boer War (British in control of South Africa)55
312498381905Russo Japanese war56
312498391910 to 1920Mexican Revolution57
312498401911Chinese Revolution58
312498411914WWI59
312498421917Russian Revolution60
312498431919Treaty of Versailles (end of WWI)61
312498441929stock market crash62
312498451931Japanese invasion of Manchuria63
312498461935Italian invasion of Ethiopia64
312498471939German blitzkrieg in Poland65
312498481941Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII66
312498491945end of WWII67
312498501947independence & partition of India68
312498511948birth of Israel69
312498521949Chinese Communist Revolution70
312498531950 to 1953Korean War71
312498541954Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu72
312498551956de-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal73
312498561959Cuban Revolution74
312498571962Cuban missile crisis75
3124985819676 day war/Chinese Cultural Revolution76
312498591973Yom Kippur war77
312498601979Iranian Revolution78
3124986119871st Palestinian Intifada79
312498621989Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall80
312498631991fall of USSR/1st Gulf war81
312498641994genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa82
3124986520019/11 Attacks83

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