Must Know Dates Flashcards

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Beginnings of Agriculture

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8000 BC

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2
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Beginnings of Bronze Age/Early civilizations

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3000 BC

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3
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Beginning of Iron Age

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1300 BC

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4
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life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu,(Beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.)

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500s BCE

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5
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Greek Golden Age- philosophers

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400s BCE

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6
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Reign of Alexander the Great

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336–323 BC

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7
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Qin Dynasty

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221 to 206 BC

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8
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Beginnings of Christianity

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32 C.E.

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9
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Pax Romana

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27 BC to 180 AD

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10
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Han Dynasty

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206 BC – 220 CE

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11
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Roman capital moved to Constantinople

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333CE

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12
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Beginnings of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

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300s

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13
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Fall of Rome

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476

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14
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Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire

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500s

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15
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Founding of Islam

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622

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16
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Maya Civilization

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250 to 900

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17
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Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France)

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732

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18
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Great Schism in Christian Church (roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)

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1054

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19
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Norman conquest of England

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1066

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20
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Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks over Byzantium)

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1071

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21
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1st Crusade

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1095

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22
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Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquests

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1206

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23
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Mongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid caliphate

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1258

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24
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Marco Polo’s Travels

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1271-1295

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Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China
1279-1368
26
Mansa Musa's pilgrimage
1324
27
travels of Ibn Battuta
1325-1349
28
Bubonic plague in Europe
1347-1350 approx
29
Ming Dynasty
1368-1644
30
Zheng He's voyages
1405-1433
31
Rise of the Inca Empire
1438
32
Ottomans capture Constantinople
1453
33
Aztec Empire
1428-1521
34
Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope
1488
35
Columbus/Reconquista of Spain
1492
36
1st African slaves to Americas
1502
37
Martin Luther's 95 Theses
1517
38
Cortez conquered the Aztecs
1521
39
1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna
1529
40
Pizarro toppled the Inca
1533
41
Discovery of silver at Potosi
1545
42
Battle of Lepanto (defeat of Ottoman Navy)
1571
43
defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British
1588
44
Battle of Sekigahara - unification of Japan - beginning of Tokugawa rule
1600
45
Founding of Jamestown
1607
46
30 Years War
1618-1648
47
1644 End of Ming/Beginning of Qing Dynasty
1644
48
2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna
1683
49
Glorious Revolution/English Bill of RIghts
1689
50
7 years war/French and Indian War
1756-1763
51
American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations
1776
52
French Revolution
1789
53
Haitian Independence
1804
54
Congress of Vienna
1815
55
Independence in Latin America
1820s
56
1st opium war in China
1839
57
European revolutions/Marx and Engles write Communist Manifesto
1848
58
Commodore Perry opens Japan
1853
59
Sepoy Mutiny
1857
60
end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification
1861
61
Emancipation Proclamation in US
1863
62
German unification
1871
63
Berlin Conference - division of Africa
1885
64
Spanish-American War - US aquires Philipines, Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico
1898
65
Boer War - British in control of South Africa
1899
66
Russo-Japanese War
1905
67
Mexican Revolution
1910-1920
68
Chinese Revolution
1911
69
Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu
1954
70
De-Staliniztion/Nationalization of Suez Canal
1956
71
WWI
1914 - 1918
72
Russian Revolution
1917
73
Treaty of Versailles - end of WWI
1919
74
stock market crash
1929
75
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
1931
76
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
1935
77
German blitzkrieg in Poland
1939
78
Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII
1941
79
WWII
1939-1945
80
independence and partition of India
1947
81
birth of Israel
1948
82
Chinese Communist Revolution
1949
83
Korean War
1950-1953
84
Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu
1954
85
de-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal
1956
86
Cuban Missile Crisis
1962
87
Chinese Cultural Revolution
1966-1979
88
six-day war
1967
89
Yom Kippur War
1973
90
Iranian Revolution
1979
91
1st Palestinian Intifada
1987
92
Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall
1989
93
fall of USSR/1st Gulf War
1991
94
genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa
1994
95
9/11 Attacks
2001