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|Abbasid Caliphate, Dar-al-Islam
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|Mideast
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|religion
|Islam
|Islam
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|Dar al-Islam, Pax Islamica
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[[File:Regions of the Lands of Islam by al-Muqaddasi.jpg|thumb|The lands and cities of the Dar al-Islam in the 10th century, according to the geographer al-Muqaddasi]]
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|Magna Carta  
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| 1258  
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|Mongols take Baghdad| Abbasid Caliphate ends
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| 1260
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|Mongol Empire divided into 4 khanates
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| 1271-1295  
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|Marco Polo's travels
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| 1260-1350
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|Yuan Dynasty in China (Mongol rule)
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|1282
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|introduction of water-powered paper-mill "
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| 1299-1923  
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|Ottoman Empire
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| 1400-1600
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|Italian Renaissance
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| 1324  
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|Mansa Musa pilgrimage to Mecca
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| 1325  
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|Tenochitlan founded
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| 1325-1354  
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|Ibn Battuta's travels
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| 1346  
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|Black Death in China
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| 1347-1388  
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|Black Death in Europe
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| 1351-1368  
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|Red Turban Rebellion
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| 1368-1644  
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|Ming Dynasty
|Ming Dynasty
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| 1405-1433  
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|Zheng He's treasure voyages
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| 1428-1521  
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|Aztec Empire
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| 1438-1533  
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|Inca Empire
|Inca Empire
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| 1440  
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|Swahili city-states
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| 1440  
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|Guteneberg invents printing press  
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| 1400s  
| 1400s  
|Portuguese caravel developed
|Portuguese caravel developed
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| 1441  
| 1441  
|Atlantic slave trade in Atlantic islands
|Atlantic slave trade in Atlantic islands
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| 1453  
| 1453  
|Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
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| 1450s-1480s  
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|Russia overthrows Mongol rule in Moscow
|Russia overthrows Mongol rule in Moscow
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| 1464-1591  
| 1464-1591  
|Songhai Empire
|Songhai Empire
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| 1469  
| 1469  
|Sikhism begins
|Sikhism begins
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| 1492
| 1492
|Reconquista of Spain completed
|Reconquista of Spain completed
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| 1492  
| 1492  
|Columbus's 1st voyage to Americas
|Columbus's 1st voyage to Americas
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| 1498  
| 1498  
|Vasco da Gama reaches India
|Vasco da Gama reaches India
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| 1501-1722  
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|Safavid Empire
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| 1534  
| 1534  
|African slaves trade to Americas starts
|African slaves trade to Americas starts
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|Nzinga Mbemba (Afonso I) rules Kongo Empire
|Nzinga Mbemba (Afonso I) rules Kongo Empire
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| 1517  
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|Martin Luther's 95 Theses
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| 1519-1521  
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|Magellan voyage around the world
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| 1526-1748  
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|Mughal Empire
|Mughal Empire
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| 1534  
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|France claims St. Lawrence riverway (Quebec colony)
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| 1543  
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|Copernicus / heliocentric universe
|Copernicus / heliocentric universe
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| 1545  
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|Potosi mine opened in Bolivia
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| 1550-1700  
| 1550-1700  
|Scientific Revolution
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| 1552  
| 1552  
|Russian Empire begins
|Russian Empire begins
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| 1556-1605  
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|Akbar the Great of the Mughal Empire
|Akbar the Great of the Mughal Empire
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| 1571  
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|Manila founded by Spanish
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| 1595  
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|Dutch "Fluyt" cargo ship introduced
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| 1600  
| 1600  
|British East India Company founded
|British East India Company founded
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| 1600-1826  
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|Tokugawa shogunate
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| 1602  
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|Dutch East India Company founded
|Dutch East India Company founded
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| 1607  
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|Britain begins colonizing the Americas with Jamestown
|Britain begins colonizing the Americas with Jamestown
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| 1623-1641  
| 1623-1641  
|Tokugawa Iemitsu rules Japan
|Tokugawa Iemitsu rules Japan
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| 1632  
| 1632  
|Taj Mahal built
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| 1643-1715  
| 1643-1715  
|Louis XIV rules France
|Louis XIV rules France
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| 1652  
| 1652  
|Boers colonize South Africa
|Boers colonize South Africa
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| 1687  
| 1687  
|Newton publishes Principia
|Newton publishes Principia
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| 1688-1911/12  
| 1688-1911/12  
|Qing (Manchu) Empire
|Qing (Manchu) Empire
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| 1689  
| 1689  
|Glorious Revolution in England
|Glorious Revolution in England
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| 1698  
| 1698  
|Early steam engine invented
|Early steam engine invented
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| 1756-1763  
| 1756-1763  
|Seven Years' War
|Seven Years' War
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| 1757  
| 1757  
|Battle of Plassey in India
|Battle of Plassey in India
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| 1760-1789  
| 1760-1789  
|First Industrial Revolution
|First Industrial Revolution
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|1765-1783  
|1765-1783  
|American Revolution
|American Revolution
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|1776  
|1776  
|Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith published
|Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith published
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|1776  
|1776  
|Declaration of Independence  
|Declaration of Independence  
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| 1789-1795  
| 1789-1795  
|French Revolution
|French Revolution
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| 1791-1804  
| 1791-1804  
|Haitian Revolution
|Haitian Revolution
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| 1792  
| 1792  
|Mary Wollstonecraft' "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
|Mary Wollstonecraft' "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
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| 1793  
| 1793  
|Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
|Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
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| 1799-1815  
| 1799-1815  
|Napoleonic period
|Napoleonic period
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| 1806-1826  
| 1806-1826  
|Latin American revolutions/ Bolivar
|Latin American revolutions/ Bolivar
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| 1815  
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|Congress of Vienna
|Congress of Vienna
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| 1839-1860  
| 1839-1860  
|Opium Wars
|Opium Wars
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| 1839-1876  
| 1839-1876  
|Ottoman Tanzimat reforms
|Ottoman Tanzimat reforms
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| 1845-1849  
| 1845-1849  
|Irish potato famine
|Irish potato famine
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| 1848  
| 1848  
|Communist Manifesto published
|Communist Manifesto published
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| 1848  
| 1848  
|Seneca Falls Convention
|Seneca Falls Convention
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| 1850-1864  
| 1850-1864  
|Taiping Rebellion
|Taiping Rebellion
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| 1854  
| 1854  
|Commodore Perry opens Japan
|Commodore Perry opens Japan
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| 1857  
| 1857  
|Sepoy Rebellion
|Sepoy Rebellion
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| 1859-1869  
| 1859-1869  
|Suez Canal built
|Suez Canal built
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| 1861  
| 1861  
|emancipation of Russian serfs
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| 1863  
| 1863  
|Emancipation Proclamation in U.S.
|Emancipation Proclamation in U.S.
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| 1865-1909  
| 1865-1909  
|King Leopold rule of Congo
|King Leopold rule of Congo
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| 1868  
| 1868  
|Meiji Restoration in Japan
|Meiji Restoration in Japan
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| 1870-1914  
| 1870-1914  
|Second Industrial Revolution
|Second Industrial Revolution
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| 1871  
| 1871  
|Germany unified under Otto von Bismarck
|Germany unified under Otto von Bismarck
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| 1885  
| 1885  
|Berlin Conference & the "scramble for Africa  
|Berlin Conference & the "scramble for Africa  
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| 1890s  
| 1890s  
|European spheres of influence in China
|European spheres of influence in China
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| 1896  
| 1896  
|Battle of Adowa (Ethiopia)  
|Battle of Adowa (Ethiopia)  
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| 1898  
| 1898  
|Spanish-American War
|Spanish-American War
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| 1899  
| 1899  
|Boer War
|Boer War
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| 1899  
| 1899  
|United Fruit Company formed
|United Fruit Company formed
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| 1899-1901  
| 1899-1901  
|Boxer Rebellion
|Boxer Rebellion
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| Units 7-9, 1900 to Present
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| 1904
| 1904
| U.S. starts Panama Canal
| U.S. starts Panama Canal
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| 1904-1905  
| 1904-1905  
| Russo-Japanese War
| Russo-Japanese War
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| 1906  
| 1906  
| Muslim League founded
| Muslim League founded
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| 1910-1920  
| 1910-1920  
|Mexican Revolution
|Mexican Revolution
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| 1914-1918  
| 1914-1918  
|World War I
|World War I
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| 1915-1917  
| 1915-1917  
|Armenian genocide
|Armenian genocide
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| 1917  
| 1917  
|Russian revolution
|Russian revolution
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| 1917  
| 1917  
|Zimmerman telegram & US entry to WWI
|Zimmerman telegram & US entry to WWI
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| 1920  
| 1920  
|League of Nations established
|League of Nations established
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| 1922  
| 1922  
| Stalin assumes Soviet leadership
| Stalin assumes Soviet leadership
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| 1922  
| 1922  
| Ottoman empire ends
| Ottoman empire ends
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| 1923  
| 1923  
|Turkey established
|Turkey established
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| 1927-1936  
| 1927-1936  
|Chinese Civil War
|Chinese Civil War
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| 1929-1939  
| 1929-1939  
|worldwide economic depressions
|worldwide economic depressions
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| 1931  
| 1931  
|Japanese invasion of Manchuria
|Japanese invasion of Manchuria
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| 1933-39  
| 1933-39  
|New Deal
|New Deal
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| 1936-1938  
| 1936-1938  
|Great Purge in USSR
|Great Purge in USSR
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| 1939-1945  
| 1939-1945  
|World War II
|World War II
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| 1941  
| 1941  
| Pearl Harbor attack
| Pearl Harbor attack
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| 1941-1945  
| 1941-1945  
|Holocaust
|Holocaust
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| 1941-1953  
| 1941-1953  
|Stalin total rule
|Stalin total rule
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| 1943-1949
| 1943-1949
|Greek civil war
|Greek civil war
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Line 761: Line 1,012:
| 1943-1978  
| 1943-1978  
|Green Revolution
|Green Revolution
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| 1945-1950  
| 1945-1950  
|Chinese Communist Revolution
|Chinese Communist Revolution
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| 1945  
| 1945  
|atomic bombs dropped
|atomic bombs dropped
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| 1946  
| 1946  
|Philippine independence
|Philippine independence
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| 1947  
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|Partition of India
|Partition of India
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Line 791: Line 1,052:
| 1947  
| 1947  
|Japanese Empire formally ended
|Japanese Empire formally ended
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Line 797: Line 1,060:
| 1947  
| 1947  
|Truman Doctrine
|Truman Doctrine
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| 1947-1990  
| 1947-1990  
|Cold War
|Cold War
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| 1948  
| 1948  
|Israel founded
|Israel founded
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Line 815: Line 1,084:
| 1949  
| 1949  
|NATO established
|NATO established
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Line 821: Line 1,092:
| 1950-1953  
| 1950-1953  
|Korean War
|Korean War
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Line 827: Line 1,100:
| 1953-1959  
| 1953-1959  
|Cuban Revolution
|Cuban Revolution
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Line 833: Line 1,108:
| 1955  
| 1955  
|Warsaw Pact founded
|Warsaw Pact founded
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Line 839: Line 1,116:
| 1955  
| 1955  
|Bandung Conference
|Bandung Conference
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Line 845: Line 1,124:
| 1955  
| 1955  
|Polio vaccine introduced
|Polio vaccine introduced
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Revision as of 12:46, 13 May 2022

AP World History: Modern timeline, 1200-present

Article purpose: timeline w/ sortable chart for themes and places

Dates Place/Empire Region Theme Theme 2 Notes Other
Units 1-2, 1200 to 1450
750-1258 Abbasid Caliphate Mideast religion Islam Dar al-Islam, Pax Islamica
The lands and cities of the Dar al-Islam in the 10th century, according to the geographer al-Muqaddasi
960-1279 Song Dynasty China
1095-1492 Crusades Europe religion
1206-1526 Delhi Sultanate South Asia religion Islam
1206-1277 Genghis Khan Asia
1215 Magna Carta Europe
1258 Abbasid Caliphate ends
1271-1285 Mongol invasion of Japan fails
1260 Mongol Empire divided into 4 khanates
1271-1295 Marco Polo's travels
1260-1350 Pax Mongolia
1279 peak of Mongol Empire
1279-1368 Yuan Dynasty in China (Mongol rule)
1282 introduction of water-powered paper-mill " China technology
1299-1923 Ottoman Empire
1400-1600 Italian Renaissance
1324 Mansa Musa pilgrimage to Mecca
1325 Tenochitlan founded
1325-1354 Ibn Battuta's travels
1346 Black Death in China
1347-1388 Black Death in Europe
1351-1368 Red Turban Rebellion
1368-1644 Ming Dynasty
1405-1433 Zheng He's treasure voyages
1428-1521 Aztec Empire
1438-1533 Inca Empire
1440 Swahili city-states
1440 Guteneberg invents printing press
1400s Portuguese caravel developed
1441 Atlantic slave trade in Atlantic islands
Units 3-4, 1450-1750
1453 Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
1450s-1480s Russia overthrows Mongol rule in Moscow
1464-1591 Songhai Empire
1469 Sikhism begins
1492 Reconquista of Spain completed
1492 Columbus's 1st voyage to Americas
1498 Vasco da Gama reaches India
1501-1722 Safavid Empire
1534 African slaves trade to Americas starts
1509-1543 Nzinga Mbemba (Afonso I) rules Kongo Empire
1517 Martin Luther's 95 Theses
1519-1521 Magellan voyage around the world
1526-1748 Mughal Empire
1534 France claims St. Lawrence riverway (Quebec colony)
1543 Copernicus / heliocentric universe
1545 Potosi mine opened in Bolivia
1550-1700 Scientific Revolution
1552 Russian Empire begins
1556-1605 Akbar the Great of the Mughal Empire
1571 Manila founded by Spanish
1595 Dutch "Fluyt" cargo ship introduced
1600 British East India Company founded
1600-1826 Tokugawa shogunate
1602 Dutch East India Company founded
1607 Britain begins colonizing the Americas with Jamestown
1623-1641 Tokugawa Iemitsu rules Japan
1632 Taj Mahal built
1643-1715 Louis XIV rules France
1652 Boers colonize South Africa
1687 Newton publishes Principia
1688-1911/12 Qing (Manchu) Empire
Peter the Great rules Russia
1689 Glorious Revolution in England
1698 Early steam engine invented
The Enlightenment
Units 5-6, 1750 to 1900
1756-1763 Seven Years' War
1757 Battle of Plassey in India
1760-1789 First Industrial Revolution
1765-1783 American Revolution
1776 Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith published
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789-1795 French Revolution
1791-1804 Haitian Revolution
1792 Mary Wollstonecraft' "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
1793 Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
1799-1815 Napoleonic period
1806-1826 Latin American revolutions/ Bolivar
1815 Congress of Vienna
1839-1860 Opium Wars
1839-1876 Ottoman Tanzimat reforms
1845-1849 Irish potato famine
1848 Communist Manifesto published
1848 Seneca Falls Convention
1850-1864 Taiping Rebellion
1854 Commodore Perry opens Japan
1857 Sepoy Rebellion
1859-1869 Suez Canal built
1861 emancipation of Russian serfs
1863 Emancipation Proclamation in U.S.
1865-1909 King Leopold rule of Congo
1868 Meiji Restoration in Japan
1870-1914 Second Industrial Revolution
1871 Germany unified under Otto von Bismarck
1885 Berlin Conference & the "scramble for Africa
1890s European spheres of influence in China
1896 Battle of Adowa (Ethiopia)
1898 Spanish-American War
1899 Boer War
1899 United Fruit Company formed
1899-1901 Boxer Rebellion
Units 7-9, 1900 to Present
1904 U.S. starts Panama Canal
1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War
1906 Muslim League founded
1910-1920 Mexican Revolution
1914-1918 World War I
1915-1917 Armenian genocide
1917 Russian revolution
1917 Zimmerman telegram & US entry to WWI
1920 League of Nations established
1922 Stalin assumes Soviet leadership
1922 Ottoman empire ends
1923 Turkey established
1927-1936 Chinese Civil War
1929-1939 worldwide economic depressions
1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria
1933-39 New Deal
1936-1938 Great Purge in USSR
1939-1945 World War II
1941 Pearl Harbor attack
1941-1945 Holocaust
1941-1953 Stalin total rule
1943-1949 Greek civil war
1943-1978 Green Revolution
1945-1950 Chinese Communist Revolution
1945 atomic bombs dropped
1946 Philippine independence
1947 Partition of India
1947 Japanese Empire formally ended
1947 Truman Doctrine
1947-1990 Cold War
1948 Israel founded
1949 NATO established
1950-1953 Korean War
1953-1959 Cuban Revolution
1955 Warsaw Pact founded
1955 Bandung Conference
1955 Polio vaccine introduced
1955-1975 Vietnam War
1956 Khrushchev takes power
1958-1962 Great Leap Forward/ Cultural Revolution
1960 "Year of Africa"
1961 President Eisenhower warns of "military-industrial complex"
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
1966-1976 Cultural Revolution
1973-1990 Pinochet coup
1977-1989 Deng Xiaoping assumes power
1979 Iranian Revolution
1989 Tiananmen Square protests
1989 fall of the Berlin Wall
1990 collapse of USSR
1990 Apartheid ended
1991 Gulf War
1994 Rwandan genocide
2001 Sept 11 attacks
2003+ War on Terrorism
2011 Arab Spring
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