AP World History Turning Points Flashcards
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| 6830090477 | 500s BCE | Lifetimes of Confucius, Laozi, Buddha Beginnings of universal belief systems End of First Wave Civilizations Beginning of first classical civ. | 0 | |
| 6830099104 | 476 CE | Collapse of Western Roman Empire End of classical empires, beginning of post-classical era feudalism, Middle ages, Catholic Church, Byzantine Empire | 1 | |
| 6830106968 | 622 CE | Founding of Islam | 2 | |
| 6830110542 | 1347 CE | Black Death Decline of W. Europe social/eco. Recovered during Renaissance in 1400s | 3 | |
| 6830133916 | 1453 CE | Ottoman conquest of Constantinople Ottoman expansion, European exploration for Asia, No Slavic slaves to African slavery, gunpowder nations | 4 | |
| 6830169135 | 1492 CE | Columbus arrives in the Caribbean Start of Euro. colonization, Columbian exchange, decline in Silk, Trans-Saharan, and Mediterranean routes | 5 | |
| 6830186379 | 11776 | American Revolution influenced by Enlightenment ideas, inspired other revs and first wave feminism | 6 | |
| 6830190201 | 1800 | Industrial Revolution MAJOR social and economic changes: urbanization, capitalism, socialism new waves of Western imperialism germ theory | 7 | |
| 6830198625 | 1914 | Start of WWI Gov. plays active role in mobilizing ppl new tech = high casualties Russian Rev triggered by WWI Ends with Treaty of Versailles | 8 | |
| 6830205185 | 1945 | End of WWII Start of Cold War- spread of communism in Eastern Europe, Asia, Lat. Amer. Decolonization in Asia and Africa formation of UN human rights 2nd wave feminism | 9 | |
| 6830213533 | 1990 | End of Cold War communism dies 2nd wave globilization, spread of capitalism, Internet Age | 10 |