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Ap World Dates
Question | Answer |
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3500 BCE | Civilization Arises in Mesopotamia |
3000 BCE | Hinduism being practiced in India |
483 BCE | Siddhartha Gautama dies |
0-40 | life of Jesus |
500 | End of Roman Empire/ Start Feudal West Europe |
632 | Death of Muhammad |
750 | Fall of Umayyad Dynasty and rise of Abbassid Islamic Empire |
900 | Ghana King converts to Islam in West Africa |
1095 | First Crusade |
1250-1350 | Mongol Empire : 4 Khannates |
1300-1500 | Italian Renaissance |
1324 | Mali King (Mansu Musa) makes pilgrimage to Mecca |
1405-1433 | Voyages of Admiral Zheng He on Indian Ocean |
1453 | Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks |
1492 | Spain Unifies, Columbus, Start of Columbian Exchange, Moors driven out |
1506 | Kongo King converts to Christianity |
1519 | Arrival of Conquistadors in Mexico |
1600 | British East Indian Company trading in India |
1607 | Founding of Jamestown and start of slaves being brought to N. America |
1644 | Rise of Qing Dynasty in China |
1765 | James Watt perfects Steam engine |
1776 | American Revolution |
1807 | Slave trade abolished in Britain |
1833 | slavery abolished in Britain |
1843 | Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars between Britain and China |
1848 | Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx |
1857 | Start of direct British rule after Sepoy mutiny |
1868 | Meiji Restoration in Japan |
1884-5 | Berlin Conference to decide rules for dividing Africa |
1914-18 | ww1 |
1939-1945 | ww2 |
1947 | Indian Independence |
1948 | Creation of state of Israel |
1949 | Communist Revolution in China |
1950 | Start of Korea War |
1955 | Bandung Conference where emerging nations declare Non-alignment |
1960 | The Year of Africa (a lot of independance) |
1961 | Construction of Berlin Wall |
1990 | Fall of Communism in Russia and East Europe |