AP WORLD HISTORY DATES Flashcards
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| 4141601420 | 3500 BCE | Civilization arises in Mesopotamia | 0 | |
| 4141601421 | 3000 BCE | Hinduism being practiced in India | 1 | |
| 4141601422 | 483 BCE | Siddhartha Gautama dies | 2 | |
| 4141601423 | 0-34 CE | Life of Jesus | 3 | |
| 4141601424 | 476 CE | End of Roman Empire/start of feudal west europe | 4 | |
| 4141601425 | 632 | Death of Muhammad | 5 | |
| 4141601426 | 750 | Fall of Umayyad Dynasty and rise of Abbasid Islamic Empire | 6 | |
| 4141601427 | 900 | Ghana kings convert to Islam in West Africa | 7 | |
| 4141601428 | 1054 | Great Schism in Byzantium | 8 | |
| 4141601429 | 1095 | First Crusade: Europeans go to West Asia to re-conquer Holy Lands | 9 | |
| 4141601430 | 1250-1350 | Mongol Empire: 4 Khanates - Russia, Persia, Central Asia, China | 10 | |
| 4141601431 | 1300-1500 | Italian Renaissance | 11 | |
| 4141601432 | 1324 | Mali King (Mansa Musa) makes pilgrimage to Mecca | 12 | |
| 4141601433 | 1405-1433 | Voyages of Admiral Zheng He on Indian Ocean | 13 | |
| 4141601434 | 1453 | Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks | 14 | |
| 4141601435 | 1492 | Spain Unifies, Columbus, Start of Columbian Exchange, Moors driven out | 15 | |
| 4141601436 | 1519 | Arrival of Conquistadors in Mexico | 16 | |
| 4141601437 | 1600 | British East India Company trading in India | 17 | |
| 4141601438 | 1644 | Rise of Qing Dynasty in China | 18 | |
| 4141601439 | 1765 | James Watt perfects the steam Engine | 19 | |
| 4141601440 | 1776 | American Revolution/Adam Smith publishes Wealth of Nations | 20 | |
| 4141601441 | 1807 | Slave trade abolished in Britain (1808 = U.S., 1814 = France) | 21 | |
| 4141601442 | 1843 | Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars between Britain and China | 22 | |
| 4141601443 | 1848 | Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx (Early years of German industry) | 23 | |
| 4141601444 | 1857 | Start of direct British rule in India, after the Sepoy Mutiny | 24 | |
| 4141601445 | 1868 | Meiji Restoration in Japan | 25 | |
| 4141601446 | 1884-5 | Berlin Conference to decide rules for dividing Africa | 26 | |
| 4141601447 | 1914-1918 | WW1 | 27 | |
| 4141601448 | 1917 | The Russian Revolution | 28 | |
| 4141601449 | 1939-1945 | WW2 | 29 | |
| 4141601450 | 1947 | Indian Independence | 30 | |
| 4141601451 | 1948 | Creation of State of Israel (Britain pulls out of Middle East)/Start of apartheid | 31 | |
| 4141601452 | 1949 | Communist Revolution in China | 32 | |
| 4141601453 | 1950 | Start of Korea War | 33 | |
| 4141601454 | 1960 | "The Year of Africa" when many African nations gain independence | 34 | |
| 4141601455 | 1961 | Construction of Berlin Wall | 35 | |
| 4141601456 | 1979 | The Iranian Revolution | 36 | |
| 4141601457 | 1990 | Fall of Communism in Russia and East Europe | 37 | |
| 4141601458 | 1994 | End of apartheid/Nelson Mandela elected as President of South Africa | 38 |