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AP World History Periodization Flashcards

Contains twenty important dates and some helpful notes on the most important happenings of each historical period.

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6827446260476Fall of the Western Roman Empire0
6827446261622Founding of Islam (Muhammad journeys from Mecca to Medina)1
68274462621054Great Schism in Christianity2
68274462631095Crusades begin3
68274462641271Yuan Dynasty begins (Mongols)4
68274462651347Black Death in Europe5
68274462661453Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks6
68274462671492Columbus reaches the new world7
68274462681517Posting of the 95 Theses8
68274462691600Tokugawa Shogunate begins9
68274462701689Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights10
68274462711776American Revolution11
68274462721815Congress of Vienna12
68274462731917Russian Revolution13
68274462741918End of World War I14
68274462751929Stock Market Crash15
68274462761945End of World War II16
68274462771979Iranian Revolution (Beginning of western Islamophobia)17
68274462781989Autumn Revolutions of Eastern Europe (End of Communism)18
68274462791994Nelson Mandela elected President of South Africa19
6827446280600 BCE to 600 CEClassical civilizations (Mauryan, Gupta, Qin, Han, Roman, Maya), large-scale agriculture, rise of patriarchy. Calendars, primitive farming tools, trade of small luxury items.20
6827446281600-1450 CEIslam, Crusades, Byzantine Empire, Mongols. Navigation, warfare, and shop building facilitates increased trade and interaction. Trade on Silk Road, Mediterranean, trans-Saharan.21
68274462821450-1750 CEEuropean Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, maritime empires, and age of exploration. Gunpowder empires, rise of Asian isolationism (Ming/Qing/Tokugawa), strict patriarchy.22
68274462831750-1900 CEEnlightenment Revolutions (American, French, Latin American), global imperialism, Industrial Revolution, women join workforce (slightly less patriarchal23
68274462841900-PresentWorld Wars, communism, Cold War, decolonization, globalization, successful feminist movements24

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