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3890141328000 BCE - 600 CEMany located in river valleys0
3890141338000 BCE - 600 CElarger cities1
3890141348000 BCE - 600 CEmonumental architecture and public building projects2
3890141358000 BCE - 600 CEwritten language3
3890141368000 BCE - 600 CEcomplex political organization4
3890141378000 BCE - 600 CEspecialization of labor5
3890141388000 BCE - 600 CEadvanced art and literature6
3890141398000 BCE - 600 CElong distance trade7
3890141408000 BCE - 600 CEcomplex irrigation system8
3890141418000 BCE - 600 CEdevelopment of legal codes9
3890141428000 BCE - 600 CEuse of money10
3890141438000 BCE - 600 CEscientific knowledge, numbering systems, calendars11
3890141448000 BCE - 600 CEintensification of social inequality12
3890141458000 BCE - 600 CEmost major world religions arise13
389014146600-1450older belief systems became more important than political organization in some areas14
389014147600-1450nomadic groups made a huge impact15
389014148600-1450islam arises and spreads quickly16
389014149600-1450by 1450 Europe was becoming a major area of the world17
389014150600-1450major empires developed in South America and Meso-America18
389014151600-1450China was powerful and prosperous19
389014152600-1450long distance trade increased20
389014153600-1450urbanization continued and important trade cities emerged21
3890141541450-1750globe was encompassed (east meets west)22
3890141551450-1750sea based trade rose in proportion to land based trade23
3890141561450-1750European Kingdoms emerged and gained world power24
3890141571450-1750importance of nomadic groups declined25
3890141581450-1750labor systems transformed (slave, mita, emcomienda)26
3890141591450-1750"gunpowder empires" emerged in the middle east and asia27
3890141601450-1750new maritime technologies28
3890141611450-1750new trade patterns changed crops, diseases, goods, etc29
3890141621750-1914European hegemony30
3890141631750-1914European dominance of trade routes (unequal treaties)31
3890141641750-1914"have" and "have not" countries emerge32
3890141651750-1914industrialization33
3890141661750-1914inequalities emerge because of Imperialism34
3890141671750-1914political revolutions-a desire for democracy and/or independence35
3890141681750-1914Suez and Panama canals made travel distances shorter36
3890141691750-1914large numbers of people migrated to the Americas37
3890141701750-1914larger gap between rich and poor in industrialized nations38
3890141711914-presentthe term "west" has a new meaning39
3890141721914-presentincrease in international contact (globalization)40
3890141731914-presentthe democratic transition41
3890141741914-presentchanges in belief systems(liberalism, nationalism, communism)42
3890141751914-presentquestioning of systems of inequality (reform movements)43
3890141761914-presentwar and diplomacy44
3890141771914-presentnew nationalism (de-colonization)45
3890141781914-presentrevolutions for change (China, Russia, L.America)46
3890141791914-presentEnvironment changed (deforestation, urbanization, green movement, population increase)47

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