APWH Must Know Dates Flashcards
8000 BCE
Beginnings of Agriculture
3000 BCE
Beginnings of the Bronze Age and Early Civilizations
1300 BCE
Iron Age
6th Century BCE
Life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi/ Beginnings of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism/Taoism
5th Century BCE
Greek Golden Age- Philosophers, etc.
323 BCE
Alexander the Great
221 BCE
Qin Unified China
184 BCE
Fall of the Mauryan Dynasty
32 CE
Beginnings of Christianity
180 CE
End of Pax Romana
220 CE
End of Han Dynasty
312 CE
Emperor Constantine Converts to Christianity
333 CE
Roman Capital Moves to Constantinople
4th Century CE
Beginning of Japanese Invasion of (rest of) China of Trans- Saharan Trade Routes
476 CE
Fall of Rome
527 CE
Justinian Rule of Byzantine Empire
550 CE
Fall of Gupta Dynasty/ Empire
622 CE
Founding of Islam
730 CE
Printing invented in china
732 CE
Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France)
900 CE
End of Classical Maya
1054 CE
Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)
1066 CE
Norman Conquest of England
1071 CE
Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks over Byzantine)
1095 CE
1st Crusade
1206 CE
Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquests
1258 CE
Mongols sack Baghdad, and of Abbasid Caliphate
1271-1295 CE
Marco Polo’s Travels
1279-1368 CE
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China
1324 CE
Mansa Musa’s Pilgrimage
1325-1349 CE
Travels of Ibn Battuta
1347-1348 CE
Bubonic Plague in Europe
1368-1644
Ming Dynasty
1405-1433 CE
Zheng He’s Voyages
1438 CE
Rise of Inca Empire
1453 CE
Ottomans Capture Constantinople
1480s CE
Height of Aztec Empire
1488 CE
Dias Rounded Cape of Good Hope
1492 CE
Columbus/ Reconquista of Spain
1502 CE
1st Slaves to the Americas
1517 CE
Martin Luther’s 95 Theses
1521 CE
Cortez Conquers Aztecs
1529 CE
1st Unsuccessful Ottoman Siege of Vienna
1533 CE
Pizarro Topple the Inca
1545 CE
Discovery of Silver at Potosi
1571 CE
Battle of Lepanto (Defeat of Ottoman Navy)
1588 CE
Defeat of Spanish Armada by the British
1600 CE
Battle of Sekigahara- Unification of Japan- Beginning of Tokugawa Rule