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Final Exam Dates
East Asia, Middle East and Latin America
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1804 | Haiti becomes the first independent nation in Latin America |
| 1819 | Bolivar defeats the Spanish and sets up the Republic of Gran Colombia |
| 1823 | Mexico becomes a Republic |
| 1825 | Spanish South American successfully throws off Spanish rule |
| 1851 | Taiping Rebellion |
| 1888 | Slavery ends in Brazil |
| 1889 | Brazil becomes a Republic |
| 1897 | First Zionist Congress |
| 1900 | Boxer Rebellion |
| 1911 | Fall of the Qing Dynasty |
| 1913 | First Arab Congress |
| 1915 | McMahon-Hussein Agreement |
| 1917 | Balfour Declaration |
| 1927 | Phase one begins of Chinese Civil War: Nationalists vs Communists |
| 1934 | Long March Begins |
| 1936 | Arab Revolt begins |
| 1945 | World War II ends in China and the Civil War recommences |
| 1947 | UN Partition Plan |
| 1948 | Founding of Israel |
| 1949 | Republic Communists win Civil War: Founding of The People's Republic of China |
| 1952 | Che Guevara starts his motorcycle diaries |
| 1956 | Suez Crisis |
| 1958 | Great Leap Forward |
| 1960 | The Shah of Iran launches partial social and economic reforms |
| 1960 | Anti-Communist dictatorial regimes begin to re-emerge in Latin America |
| 1961 | Castro establishes Communist rule in Cuba |
| 1966 | Great Cultural Revolution begins |
| 1967 | Six Day War |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War |
| 1979 | Egyptian President Sadat signs peace treaty with Israel |
| 1979 | Islamic Republic established in Iran |
| 1980 | Outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War |
| 1980 | Economic debt crisis emerges in Latin America |
| 1987 | The first Palestinian Intifada against Israeli military rule |
| 1989 | Tiananmen Square Democracy Movement |
| 1993 | Oslo Accords |
| 1997 | Hong Kong Returns to China |
| 1999 | Chavez's left leaning Venezuelan government comes to power |
| 2000 | Second Palestinian Intifada |
| 2004 | Under Lula's leadership Brazil's economic growth gains momentum |
| 2005 | Morales first South American indigenous president elected |
| 2005 | Handover of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority |
| 2008 | Beijing Olympics |
| 2009 | The Green Revolution against the Strict Iranian Theocracy |
| 2011 | Arab Spring |