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ICC HIST117 Dates
Final Exam Flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| c. 10,000- 8,000 BCE | The Neolithic Revolution in the Fertile Crescent and the Sahara Desert (Near East) |
| c. 4,000-3,000 BCE | Beginnings of civilization in the Near East such as the Bronze Age begings (ends in c. 1000 BCE); Writing (first cities) |
| c. 1200-1000 BCE | Period of Calamities (ends in approx. 1000 BCE) |
| c. 500-323 BCE | Classical Age |
| 323-30 BCE | The Hellenistic Kingdoms |
| 509 BCE | Roman Republic was established |
| 44 BCE | Caesar appointed dictator; assassinated |
| 27 BCE | Augustus inaugurates "pricipate"; Transistion from the Roman Republic to Roman Empire |
| 410 CE | Visigoths sack Rome |
| 476 CE | The "fall of Rome" |
| 622 CE | Hijra to Medina; year 1 of Islamic calander |
| 1453 | Hundred Years War Ends; Conquest of Constantinople by Ottoman Turks |
| 1492 | Spain conquers Muslim stronghold of Granada; expels Jews; first voyage of Christopher Colombus to America |
| 1517 | Luther composes ninety-five theses; Beginning of Protestant Reformation |
| 1525 | German Peasants' War |
| 1588 | The English defeat of the Spanish Armada |
| 1648 | End of the Thirty Years' War by Peace of Westphalia |
| c. 500-1050 | Early Middle Ages |
| ca. 1050-1300 | High Middle Ages |
| c. 1300-1500 | Late Middle Ages/ Early Renaissance |