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Africa
Egyptian Kingdoms [2700 - 1100 BCE]
2700 BCE - 1100 BCE
Kush Empire [775 BCE - 653 CE]
775 BCE - 653 CE
Axum Empire [100 - 940 CE]
100 - 940
Ghana Empire [830 - 1235 CE]
830 - 1235
Mali Empire [1230 - 1600 CE]
1230 - 1600
Mansa Musa's pilgrimage [1324 CE]
1324
Travels of Ibn Battuta [1325 - 1349 CE]
1325 - 1349
Songhai Empire [1464 - 1592 CE]
1464 - 1592
Bartolomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope [1488 CE]
1488 CE
King Afonso I rules Kongo [1491 - 1541 CE]
1491 - 1541
Berlin Conference [1885 CE]
1885
Rwandan Genocide [1994 CE]
1994
Middle East
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution [~8000 BCE]
Approx. 8000 BCE
Sumerians (Mesopotamia) [~3200 - 1200 BCE]
Approx. 3200 BCE - Approx. 1200 BCE
Rise of Judaism [~2000 BCE]
Approx. 2000 BCE
Hammurabi's Code [1790 BCE]
Approx. 1790 BCE
Persian Empire [550 - 330 BCE]
550 BCE - 330 BCE
Alexander the Great's reign [336 - 323 BCE]
336 BCE - 323 BCE
Life of Jesus Christ [~4 BCE - 30 CE]
Approx. 4 BCE - Approx. 30 CE
Rise of Christianity [~32 CE]
Approx. 32 CE
Life of Muhammad [570 - 632 CE]
570 - 632
Umayyad Dynasty [661 - 750 CE]
661 - 750
Abbasid Dynasty [750 - 1258 CE]
750 - 1258
Construction of House of Wisdom [775 CE]
775
Crusades [1095-1291 CE}
1095 - 1291
Mongols sack Baghdad [1258 CE]
1258 CE
Ottoman Empire [1453 - 1919 CE]
1453 - 1919
Birth of Israel [1948 CE]
1948
Iranian Revolution [1979 CE]
1979
Asia
Indus Valley Civilization [~2500 - 1700 BCE]
Approx. 2500 BCE - Approx. 1800 BCE
Shang Dynasty [~1650 - 1046 BCE]
Approx. 1650 BCE - Approx. 1046 BCE
Rise of Hinduism [~1500 BCE]
Approx. 1500 BCE
Zhou Dynasty [1027 - 256 BCE]
Approx. 1027 BCE - 256 BCE
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) born [~566 BCE]
Approx. 566 BCE
Confucius born [551 BCE]
551 BCE
Rise of Buddhism [~500 BCE]
Approx. 500 BCE
Chandragupta Maurya reigns [~321 - 297 BCE]
Approx. 321 BCE - Approx. 297 BCE
Mauryan Dynasty [~321 - 185 BCE]
Approx. 321 BCE - Approx. 185 BCE
Asoka reigns [~265 - 238 BCE]
Approx. 265 BCE - Approx. 238 BCE
Qin Dynasty [221 - 206 BCE]
221 BCE - Approx. 206 BCE
First construction of Great Wall of China [221 BCE]
221 BCE
Han Dynasty [206 BCE - 220 CE]
206 BCE - 220 CE
Silk Road [130 BCE - 1453 CE]
Approx. 130 BCE - 1453 CE
Gupta Dynasty [~320 - 550 CE]
Approx. 320 - Approx. 550
Tang Dynasty [618 - 906 CE]
618 - 906
Song Dynasty [960 - 1279 CE]
960 - 1279
Mongol Empire [1206 - 1368 CE]
1206 - 1368
Genghis Khan invades China [1234 CE]
1234
Marco Polo travels [1271 - 1295 CE]
1271 - 1295
Ming Dynasty [1368 CE - 1644 CE]
1368 - 1644
Zheng He voyages [1405 - 1433 CE]
1405 - 1433
Ivan III (the GREAT) reigns [1462 - 1505 CE]
1462 - 1505
Mughal Empire [1526 - 1857 CE]
1526 - 1857
Ivan IV (the TERRIBLE) reigns [1533 - 1584 CE]
1533 - 1584
Tokugawa Shogunate [1600 - 1868 CE]
1600 - 1868
Opium Wars [1839 - 1860 CE]
1839 - 1860
Sepoy Rebellion/Mutiny [1857 CE]
1857
Russo-Japanese War [1905 CE]
1905
Chinese Revolution [1911 - 1912 CE]
1911 - 1912
Independence & partition of India [1947 CE]
1947
Chinese Communist Revolution [1949 CE]
1949
Korean War [1950 - 1953 CE]
1950 - 1953
Tiananmen Square [1989 CE]
1989
Events
Unit 1: 8000 - 600 BCE
8000 BCE - 600 BCE
Unit 2: 600 BCE - 600 CE
599 BC - 600 CE
Unit 3: 600 - 1450 CE
0601 - 1450
Unit 4: 1450 - 1750 CE
1451 - 1750
Unit 5: 1750 - 1900 CE
1751 - 1900
Unit 6: 1900 CE - Present
1901 - 2016
Europe
Life of Socrates [~470 - 399 BCE]
Approx. 470 BCE - 399 BCE
Age of Pericles [460 - 429 BCE]
460 BCE - 429 BCE
Life of Plato [428 - 348 CE]
Approx. 428 BCE - Approx. 348 BCE
Life of Aristotle [~384 - 322 BCE]
Approx. 384 BCE - Approx. 322 BCE
Pax Romana [27 BCE - 180 CE]
27 BCE - 180 CE
Edict of Milan [313 CE]
Approx. 313 CE
Byzantine Empire [330-1453 CE]
330 CE - 1453 CE
Construction of Hagia Sophia completed [360 CE]
360 CE
Justinian reigns [527 - 565 CE]
527 - 565
1st Schism in Christian Church [1054 CE]
1054
Magna Carta [1215 CE]
1215
Italian Renaissance [1330 - 1550 CE]
1330 - 1550
Bubonic Plague [1347 - 1351 CE]
1347 - 1351
Invention of Printing Press [1440 CE]
1440
Machiavelli's "The Prince" [1517 CE]
1517
Martin Luther's 95 Theses [1517 CE]
1517
The Enlightenment [1651 - 1794 CE]
1651 - 1794
Peter the Great reigns [1682 - 1725 CE]
1682 - 1725
Industrial Revolution [~1760 - 1850 CE]
Approx. 1760 - Approx. 1850
Catherine the Great reigns [1762 - 1796 CE]
1762 - 1796
French Revolution [1789 CE]
1789
Congress of Vienna [1815 CE]
1815
Communist Manifesto [1848 CE]
1848
Emancipation of the Serfs [1863 CE]
1863
WWI [1914 - 1917 CE]
1914 - 1917
Russian Revolution [1917 - 1922 CE]
1917
Soviet Union [1922 - 1991 CE]
1922 - 1991
WWII [1939 - 1945 CE]
1939 - 1945
Berlin Wall [1961 - 1989 CE]
1961 - 1989
Americas
Olmec Empire [~1200 - 400 BCE]
Approx. 1200 BCE - Approx. 400 BCE
Chavin Empire [~900 - 200 BCE]
Approx. 900 BCE - Approx. 200 BCE
Mayan Civilization [~250 - 900 CE]
Approx. 250 - Approx. 900
Aztec Civilization [~1100 - 1521 CE]
Approx. 1100 - 1521
Columbus arrives in Americas [1492 CE]
1492
Transatlantic Slave Trade [1502 - 1808 CE]
1502 - Approx. 1808
Cortez conquers the Aztec [1521 CE]
1521
Pizarro conquers the Inca [1533 CE]
1533
American Revolution [1775 - 1783 CE]
1775 - 1783
Haitian Revolution [1791 - 1804 CE]
1791 - 1804
Emancipation Proclamation [1863 CE]
1863
Mexican Revolution [1910 - 1920 CE]
1910 - 1920
Stock Market Crash [1929 CE]
1929
Pearl Harbor attack [1941 CE]
1941
Cuban Revolution [1959 CE]
1959
Cuban Missile Crisis [1962 CE]
1962
9/11 Attacks [2001 CE]
2001
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