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Ap World Dates
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |