AP World History Dates Flashcards
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| 9446887483 | 3500 BCE | Civilization arises in Mesopotamia | 0 | |
| 9446887484 | 3000 BCE | Hinduism being practiced in India | 1 | |
| 9446887485 | 483 BCE | Siddhartha Gautama dies | 2 | |
| 9446887486 | 0-34 CE | Life of Jesus | 3 | |
| 9446887487 | 476 CE | End of the Roman Empire/Start of feudal West Europe | 4 | |
| 9446887488 | 632 CE | Death of Muhammad | 5 | |
| 9446887489 | 750 CE | Fall of Umayyad dynasty and rise of Abbasid Islamic dynasty | 6 | |
| 9446887490 | 900 CE | Ghana kings convert to Islam in West Africa | 7 | |
| 9446887491 | 1054 CE | Great Schism between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches | 8 | |
| 9446887492 | 1095 CE | First crusade, as Catholic Europeans attempt to "re-conquer" holy lands on the Arabian peninsula | 9 | |
| 9446887493 | 1250-1350 CE | Mongolian Empire, with four khanates - Russia, Persia, Central Asia, China | 10 | |
| 9446887494 | 1300-1500 CE | Italian Renaissance | 11 | |
| 9446887495 | 1324 CE | Mali king Mansa Musa makes pilgrimage to Mecca | 12 | |
| 9446887496 | 1405-1433 CE | Voyages of Zheng He on the Indian Ocean | 13 | |
| 9446887497 | 1453 CE | Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks (Seljuk Turks) | 14 | |
| 9446887498 | 1492 CE | Spain unifies - Moors driven out; Columbus sailed; the Columbian Exchange begins | 15 | |
| 9446887499 | 1519 CE | Arrival of conquistadors in Mexico | 16 | |
| 9446887500 | 1600 CE | British East India Company (EIC) trading in India with Mughal Empire | 17 | |
| 9446887501 | 1644 CE | Rise of Qing dynasty in China | 18 | |
| 9446887502 | 1765 CE | James Watt perfects the steam engine | 19 | |
| 9446887503 | 1776 CE | American Revolution; Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations | 20 | |
| 9446887504 | 1807 CE | Slave trade abolished in Britain (1808 - U.S., 1814 - France) | 21 | |
| 9446887505 | 1833 CE | Slavery abolished in Britain (1848 - France, 1865 - U.S.) | 22 | |
| 9446887506 | 1843 CE | Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars between China and Britain | 23 | |
| 9446887507 | 1848 CE | Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx (in early years of German industrialization) | 24 | |
| 9446887508 | 1857 CE | Start of direct British rule in India after the Sepoy Mutiny/First War for Indian Independence | 25 | |
| 9446887509 | 1868 CE | Meiji Restoration in Japan | 26 | |
| 9446887510 | 1884-1885 CE | Berlin Conference to decide rules for dividing Africa | 27 | |
| 9446887511 | 1914-1918 CE | World War I | 28 | |
| 9446887512 | 1917 CE | The Russian Revolution | 29 | |
| 9446887513 | 1939-1945 CE | World War II | 30 | |
| 9446887514 | 1947 CE | Indian Independence | 31 | |
| 9446887515 | 1948 CE | Creation of Israel (Britain pulls out of Middle East); start of apartheid in South Africa | 32 | |
| 9446887516 | 1949 CE | Communist Revolution in China | 33 | |
| 9446887517 | 1950 CE | Start of the Korean War | 34 | |
| 9446887518 | 1960 CE | "The Year of Africa" when many African nations gain independence during decolonization | 35 | |
| 9446887519 | 1961 CE | Construction of the Berlin Wall | 36 | |
| 9446887520 | 1979 CE | The Iranian Revolution | 37 | |
| 9446887521 | 1990 CE | Fall of communism in Russia and East Europe | 38 | |
| 9446887522 | 1994 CE | End of apartheid as Nelson Mandela elected as first black president of South Africa | 39 |