AP World History Important Dates
9,000 BCE
Domestication of animals
1054
Split of Christian Church
8500-3500
Development of farming in ME
1096
First Christian Crusade
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4
millennium Bronze Age
12
century
Rise of Feudalism in Japan
3500
Rise of Sumerians
1200
Rise of Kingdom of Mali
3100
Unification of Egypt
1206-1227
Reign of Genghis Khan
2500
Rise of Indus River Valley
1271
Founding of the Yuan Dynasty
2000
Judaism begins w/Abraham
1281
Founding of the Ottoman Empire
1500
Shang kingdom in China
1304-1374
Italian Renaissance
1029-258
Zhou Dynasty
1320-1340
Spread of Bubonic Plague
1000-600
Rise of Hinduism
1325
Rise of Aztec Empire
509
Founding of Roman Republic
1350
Rise of Inca Empire
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5
century
Buddha, Confucius, Socrates
1368
Beginning of the Ming Dynasty
470-430
Golden Age of Athens
1400
Swahili states flourish
332-323
Alexander the Great
1405-1433
Zheng He voyages
332-184
Mauryan dynasty
1441
Start of Atlantic slave trade
221
Founding of Qin dynasty
1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
202
Founding of Han dynasty
1492
Columbus expeditions
27 BCE
Rise of Roman Empire
1498
Vasco da Gama reaches India
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1
century CE Spread of Christianity
16
century
Commercial Revolution in Europe
180
End of Pax Romana
1517
Start of Protestant Reformation
220
End of Han Dynasty
1524
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
220-589
Spread of Buddhism in China
1526
Founding of the Mughal Empire
313
Rome Legalizes Christianity
1533
Pizarro conquers the Inca
319-540
Gupta Dynasty
1552
Beginning of Russian Empire
476 CE
Fall of western Roman Empire
1571
Founding of Manila; world trade system
527-565
Reign of Justinian
1600-1690
Scientific Revolution
610
Rise of Islam
1603
Founding of Tokugawa Shogunate
618-907
Tang Dynasty in China
1607
First British colony in North America
661-750
Umayyad Caliphate
1640s
Beginning of Japanese isolation
750
Start of Abbasid Caliphate
1643-1715
Louis XIV in France; absolute monarchy
800
Charlemagne crowned H.R.E.
1644
Founding of the Qing Dynasty
c.800
Heian period in Japan
1652
Dutch Boers colonize South Africa
c.855
Beginning of Kievan Rus
1689-1725
Peter the Great; Westernization of Russia
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960-1271
Song Dynasty in China
18
century
The Enlightenment