AP World History Important Dates Flashcards

13969100898	Gutenberg Printing Press	1455	0
13969100899	Gunpowder formula in the Song Dynasty	1044	1
13969100900	Luther's 95 Thesis	1517	2
13969100901	American Revolution	1776	3
13969100902	Mao's Chinese Communist Revolution	1949	4
13969100903	The Origin of Species (Publication)	1859	5
13969100904	Hitler's Invasion of Poland	1939	6
13969100905	Aryan migrations/invasions into South Asia	1600-1200 BCE	7
13969100906	Ottoman Empire sacks Constantinople/End of Hundred Years War/End of Middle Ages/Beginning of Modern Era	1453	8
13969100907	Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca connects West Africa to Muslim trade centers	1324	9
13969100908	Battle of Gaugamela- Alexander the Great conquers Persia, calls himself "King of Asia"	331 BCE	10
13969100909	Crucifixion of Christ	33	11
13969100910	Invention of Cuneiform Writing	3200 BCE	12
13969100911	Russian Revolution that led to formation of the Soviet Union	1917	13
13969100912	Fall of Qing Dynasty/End of dynastic order in China/Rise of short-lived Chinese Republic (Sun Yat Sen) and Chiang Kai Shek and the Guomindang	1912	14
13969100913	Revolutions across Europe	1848	15
13969100914	Ping Pong diplomacy leads to PRAGMATIC opening of China to world markets (Deng Xiaoping)	1971	16
13969100915	End of Apartheid in South Africa	1991	17
13969100916	Iranian fundamentalist Islamic revolution	1979	18
13969100917	Rebirth of the nation of Israel	1948	19
13969100918	Pope Urban's speech calls for the Crusades	1095	20
13969100919	Meiji restoration of Japan toppled long-reigning Tokugawa shoguns and propelled country into modern era	1868	21
13969100920	British and Queen Elizabeth defeat the Spanish Armada	1588	22
13969100921	Black Death spread from East Asia throughout Afro-Eurasia	1347-1353	23
13969100922	Civil Rights Movement	1963	24