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APWH Must Know Dates Flashcards

1
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8000 BCE

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Beginnings of Agriculture

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3000 BCE

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Beginnings of the Bronze Age and Early Civilizations

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1300 BCE

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Iron Age

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6th Century BCE

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Life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi/ Beginnings of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism/Taoism

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5th Century BCE

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Greek Golden Age- Philosophers, etc.

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323 BCE

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Alexander the Great

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221 BCE

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Qin Unified China

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184 BCE

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Fall of the Mauryan Dynasty

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32 CE

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Beginnings of Christianity

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180 CE

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End of Pax Romana

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220 CE

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End of Han Dynasty

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312 CE

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Emperor Constantine Converts to Christianity

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333 CE

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Roman Capital Moves to Constantinople

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14
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4th Century CE

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Beginning of Japanese Invasion of (rest of) China of Trans- Saharan Trade Routes

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476 CE

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Fall of Rome

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527 CE

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Justinian Rule of Byzantine Empire

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550 CE

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Fall of Gupta Dynasty/ Empire

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622 CE

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Founding of Islam

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730 CE

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Printing invented in china

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20
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732 CE

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Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France)

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21
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900 CE

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End of Classical Maya

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22
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1054 CE

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Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)

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23
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1066 CE

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Norman Conquest of England

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24
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1071 CE

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Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks over Byzantine)

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25
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1095 CE

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1st Crusade

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26
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1206 CE

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Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquests

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1258 CE

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Mongols sack Baghdad, and of Abbasid Caliphate

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28
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1271-1295 CE

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Marco Polo’s Travels

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29
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1279-1368 CE

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Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China

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30
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1324 CE

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Mansa Musa’s Pilgrimage

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31
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1325-1349 CE

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Travels of Ibn Battuta

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32
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1347-1348 CE

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Bubonic Plague in Europe

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33
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1368-1644

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Ming Dynasty

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34
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1405-1433 CE

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Zheng He’s Voyages

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35
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1438 CE

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Rise of Inca Empire

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36
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1453 CE

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Ottomans Capture Constantinople

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37
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1480s CE

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Height of Aztec Empire

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38
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1488 CE

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Dias Rounded Cape of Good Hope

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39
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1492 CE

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Columbus/ Reconquista of Spain

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40
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1502 CE

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1st Slaves to the Americas

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41
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1517 CE

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Martin Luther’s 95 Theses

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42
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1521 CE

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Cortez Conquers Aztecs

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43
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1529 CE

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1st Unsuccessful Ottoman Siege of Vienna

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44
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1533 CE

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Pizarro Topple the Inca

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45
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1545 CE

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Discovery of Silver at Potosi

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46
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1571 CE

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Battle of Lepanto (Defeat of Ottoman Navy)

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47
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1588 CE

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Defeat of Spanish Armada by the British

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48
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1600 CE

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Battle of Sekigahara- Unification of Japan- Beginning of Tokugawa Rule

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49
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1607 CE

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Founding of Jamestown

50
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1618-1648 CE

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30 Years War

51
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1644 CE

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End of Ming/ Beginning of Qing Dynasty

52
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1683 CE

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2nd Unsuccessful Ottoman Siege of Vienna

53
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1689 CE

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Glorious Revolution/ English Bill of Rights

54
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1756-1763 CE

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7 Years War/French and Indian War

55
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1767 CE

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Invention of the Spinning Jenny (Using Machines to Manufacture)

56
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1776 CE

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American Revolution/ Smith Writes Wealth of Nations

57
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1789 CE

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French Revolution Begins

58
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1804 CE

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Haitian Independence

59
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1807 CE

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British Abolition of Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade

60
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1815 CE

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Congress of Vienna

61
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1820s CE

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Independence in Latin America

62
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1839 CE

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1st Opium War in China

63
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1848 CE

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European Revolutions/ Marx and Engels write Communist Manifesto

64
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1853 CE

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Commodore Perry Opens Japan

65
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1857 CE

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Sepoy Mutiny

66
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1861 CE

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End of Russian Serfdom/ Italian Unification

67
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1863 CE

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Emancipation Proclamation in US

68
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1871 CE

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German Unification

69
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1885 CE

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Berlin Conference- Colonial Division of Africa

70
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1893 CE

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New Zealand Grants Women Suffrage

71
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1896 CE

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Battle of Adowa (Ethiopians Defeat Italians)

72
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1898 CE

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Spanish American War- US Acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rica

73
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1899- 1902

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Boer War- British Control of South Africa

74
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1905 CE

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Russo- Japanese War

75
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1910-1920 CE

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Mexican Revolution (Diaz overthrown)

76
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1911 CE

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Chinese Revolution (End of Qing)

77
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1914-1918 CE

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World War 1

78
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1917 March CE

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Russian Revolution (Czar Abdicates)

79
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1917 Oct/Nov CE

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Russian Revolution (Communist/Bolshevik)

80
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1918 Nov CE

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Armistice (End of World War 1 Fighting)

81
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1919 CE

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Treaty of Versailles

82
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1928 CE

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Kellogg- Brand Pact (Outlaws War)

83
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1929 CE

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Stock Market Crash

84
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1931 CE

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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

85
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1935 CE

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Italian Invasion of Ethiopia

86
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1937 CE

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Japanese Invasion of the Rest of China (Rape of Nanking)

87
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1939 CE

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German Blitzkrieg in Poland

88
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1941 CE

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Pearl Harbor, Entry of US into WW2

89
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1945 Feb CE

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Yalta Conference (Beg. of Cold War)

90
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1945 Aug CE

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Hiroshima/Nagasaki

91
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1945 Sept CE

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End of WW2 (Japan Surrenders)

92
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1947 June CE

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Truman Doctrine (Official Declaration of the Cold War)

93
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1947 Aug CE

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Independence and Partition of India

94
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1948 CE

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Birth of Israel

95
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1948-49 CE

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Berlin Blockade/ Airlift

96
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1949 April CE

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NATO Founded

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1949 Oct CE

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Chinese Communist Revolution

98
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1950-53 CE

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Korean War

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1954 CE

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Vietnam Expels France (Dien Bien Phu)

100
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1955 CE

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Bandung Conf (Non-Aligned Nations)

101
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1956 Feb CE

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Krushchev Begins De-Stalinization

102
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1956 Fall CE

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Nationalization of Suez Canal

103
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1957 CE

104
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1959 CE

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Cuban Revolution (Fidel Castro)

105
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1962 CE

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Cuban Missile Crisis

106
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1966-76 CE

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Chinese Cultural Revolution

107
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1967 CE

108
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1973 CE

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Yom Kippur War (OPEC Oil Embargo)

109
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1979 CE

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China Begins “Socialist Market Economy” Reforms (Deng Xiaoping)

110
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1987 CE

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1st Palestinian Intifada

111
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1989 June CE

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Tiananmen Square

112
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1989 Nov CE

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Fall of Berlin Wall

113
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1990 CE

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Namibia Gains Independence (Last African Colony)

114
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1991 Jan CE

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1st Persian Gulf War

115
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1991 Dec CE

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USSR Disbands

116
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1994 Apr-July CE

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Genocide in Rwanda

117
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1994 Apr CE

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1st All Race Elections in South Africa

118
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2001 CE

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9/11 Attacks

119
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2003 CE

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US Invades Iraq

120
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2004 CE

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Facebook Founded

121
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2007 CE

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Global “Great Recessions” Begin

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2011 CE

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WikiLeaks “Arab Spring” Democracy

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