World History Flashcards
1
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Great Pyramid of Giza built by Khufu
A
-2570
2
Q
Start of Shang Dynasty
A
-1600 (till -1046)
3
Q
Roughly the date when Moses left Egypt
A
-1250
4
Q
Roughly the date of the Trojan Wars (if that existed)
A
-1200
5
Q
Start of Zhou Dynasty
A
-1046 (till -221)
6
Q
First Olympiad in Greece
A
-776
7
Q
Birth of Cyrus the Great of Persia
A
-600
8
Q
End of 1st Temple Period of Jews (started in 10th century BC) (Destruction by Babylonians)
A
-586
9
Q
Birth of Buddha
A
-563
10
Q
Birth of Confucius
A
-551
11
Q
Greeks won the Persian War and ended Persia’s attempt to conquer Greece
A
-479
12
Q
Start of Chinese Warring States period (lasted until start of Qin dynasty)
A
-403
13
Q
Sparta won the Peloponesian War over Athens
A
-404
14
Q
Birth of Aristotle
A
-384
15
Q
Alexander conquers Egypt
A
-332
16
Q
Romans conquered the whole Italian peninsula
A
-264
17
Q
Qin Dynasty starts
A
-221 (lasted 15 yrs)
18
Q
Han Dynasty starts
A
-202 (till 220)
19
Q
End of Second Punic War (Carthage’s defeat, although it almost conquered Rome)
A
-201
20
Q
Romans defeated Greeks at Battle of Corinth. Start of Roman era of Greek history
A
-146
21
Q
Cleopatra dies. Roman conquers Egypt
A
-30
22
Q
Founding of Roman Empire by Augustus
A
-27
23
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Crucifixion of Jesus
A
29
24
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Siege of Jerusalem and destruction of the Second Jewish Temple
A
73 (started in 516 BC)
25
Battle of 赤壁
208
26
Cao Pi proclaimed emperor of Wei
220 (till 266)
27
Start of West Jin Dynasty by Sima
266 (lasted until 420 as East Jin)
28
Founding of Constantinople
330
29
Last time West and East Roman Empires were ruled by a single emperor
395
30
Augustine of Hippo finishs The City of God
426
31
Fall of Roman Empire
476
32
Justinian the Great built Hagia Sophia
537
33
Augustine of Canteberry converts England
597
34
Tang Dynasty starts
618 (till 907)
35
Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Madina
622
36
Arabs/Muslims conquered Persia. Start of end of Zoroastrian religion
651
37
Muslim rule over Iberia starts
711
38
Frankish Charles Martel won against Umayyad in Battle of Tour. Stoped Arab expansion in Europe, helped to establish Carolingian Empire
733
39
Start of Abbasid Caliphate
750 (till 1517 in Egypt)
40
Anlushan rebellion starts
755 (lasted 7 years)
41
Start of Heian Period in Japan
794 (till 1185)
42
Coranation of Charlemagne
800
43
Treaty of Verdun: breakup of Carolingian empire and birth of France and Germany
843
44
Alfred the Great becomes King of the English
886
45
Start of Fatima Caliphate in Tunisia/Egypt
902 (till 1171)
46
Start of Goryeo Dynasty in Korea (first time unified)
918 (till 1392)
47
Start of Song Dynasty
960 (till 1279)
48
Otto I became the first Emperor of Holy Roman Empire
962
49
Hugh Capet becomes the first king in the Capetian dynasty
987 (till 1792)
50
Baptism of Vladimir the Great and Kievian Rus
988
51
Death of Cnut the Great (King of England, Denmark, Norway)
1035
52
East-West Schism
1054
53
Battle of Hastings
1066
54
Founding of Kingdom of Jerusalem
1099 (till 1291)
55
End of Liao (Kithan) dynasty by 金朝
1125
56
Start of Kamakura Shogunate
1185 (till 1333)
57
Crusaders sacked Constantinople during 4th Crusade
1204
58
Magna Carta
1215
59
Fall of 金朝 (by Mongols)
1234
60
Battle of Ain Jalut (stopped Mongol invasion in the West)
1260
61
Mongol invasion of Japan failed due to Kamikaze
1281
62
Mansa Musa's hajj to Mecca
1324
63
Start of Muromachi/Ashikaga shogunate
1336 (till 1573)
64
Start of Black Death
1346 (lasted 7 years)
65
Ming Dynasty starts
1368 (till 1644)
66
Start of Joseon dynasty in Korea
1392 (till 1910)
67
Fall of Constantinople
1453
68
Start of Ottoman Caliphate by capture last Abbasid Caliph in Cairo
1517 (till 1924)
69
Russians (Grand Duchy of Moscow) gained independence from Mongols
1480
70
Mislim rule over Iberia ends with the success of La Reconquista
1492
71
Christopher Columb discovered America
1492
72
Martin Luther publishes Ninety-Five Theses
1517
73
Spain conquers Mexico
1521
74
Mugal Empire starts in India
1526 (till 1857)
75
Spanish armada was defeated by British
1588
76
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespere
1597
77
Death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and end of Japan's Korean invasion
1598
78
Start of Tokugawa Shogunate
1603
79
Founding of New France by Samuel de Champlain
1608
80
Qing Dynasty starts
1636
81
Peace of Westphalia that marked the end of Thirty Years War
1648
82
Execution of Charles I of England and start of republic system that lasted 11 yrs
1649
83
Siege of Vienna by Muslims failed (end of Muslim expansion)
1683
84
Newton's law of universal gravitation
1687
85
William of Orange becames King of England after Glorious Revolution
1689
86
Peter The Great moves capital to Saint Petersbourg
1712
87
Death of Louis XIV of France
1715
88
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
1759
89
Qing definitely conquers Xinjiang
1759
90
American Declaration of independence
1776
91
Adam Smith writes The Wealth of Nations
1776
92
James Watt's steam engine
1776
93
French Revolution starts (Estate General)
1789
94
America's purchase of Louisiana
1803
95
Haiti declared its independence from France
1804
96
Burning of White House of British troops from Canada
1812
97
Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo
1815
98
End of First Opium War
1842
99
End of US-Mexico War that resulted in Mexican Cession
1848
100
Darwin writes On the Origin of Species
1859
101
American Civil War starts
1861 (till 1865)
102
Meiji Restoration
1868
103
Unification of Germany by Prussia
1871
104
Rome changed from monarchy to republic
-509
105
Start of Xin dynastry in China
9
106
Constantine granted religious toleration to Christians in the Roman Empire with Edict of Milan
313
107
Emperor Theodosius issued the Edict of Thessalonica, which declared Christianity to be the sole religion of the Roman Empire.
380
108
Siege and sack of Baghdad by Mongols
1258
109
Start of Nara Period
710 (lasted till 794)
110
The Tale of Genji
1021
111
Eight-Nation Alliance invades Beijing
1901
112
Establishment of Zhou Dynasty by Wu Zetian
690 (till 705)
113
Marco Polo's Asian Travels
1271 (till 1295)
114
Death of Jeanne D'Arc
1431
115
Start of One Hundred Years' War
1337 (till 1453)
116
Cixi starts to be Empress Dowager of China
1861 (till 1908)
117
Zhang Qian starts his travels
-138 (till -126)
118
Zheng He's travels start
1405 (till 1433)
119
澶渊之盟 between Song and Liao
1005
120
Pope Urban II called for 1st crusade
1095
121
Start of Second Opium War
1856 (till 1860)
122
Arrival of Perry's Black Ships
1853
123
Birth of 圣德太子 (Shotoku)
574
124
Start of Umayyad Caliphate
661 (till 750)
125
Western Schism (bishops residing in Rome and Avignon both claimed to be the true pope)
1378 (till 1417)
126
Treaty of Tordesillas (division of New World)
1494
127
End of the East India Company Rule (taken over by the Crown)
1858
128
Battle of Plassey (East India Company took control of Bengal)
1757
129
Taiping Rebellion
1850 (till 1864)
130
Hundred Days' Reform (戊戌变法)
1898
131
Monk Kukai settled in Mount Kouya
819
132
Execution of Robespierre
1794
133
Spanish-American War (US gained Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines)
1898
134
Magellan Expedition completed (first circumnavigation of the world)
1522
135
Publication of Copernicus's model of Sun as world's centre
1543
136
Great Exhibition in London
1851
137
Battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen: The end of the Babenberg dynasty and the rise of the Habsburgs in Austria
1278
138
The first Siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Empire is repelled, securing Austria's role in defending Europe from Ottoman expansion.
1529
139
The Peace of Augsburg ended a period of armed conflict between Roman Catholic and Protestant forces within the Holy Roman and established cuius regio, eius religio. Granting religious autonomy to the rulers of German states, including Austria.
1555
140
Francis II proclaims himself to be the Emperor of Austria.
1804
141
Last Holy Roman Emperor (Francis II) abdicated
1806
142
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary.
1867
143
Coronation of Stephen I, first king of Hungary
1000
144
Start of Bronze Age
-3300
145
Earliest start of Iron Age (Near East and Egypt)
-1200
146
The arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove, marking the beginning of British colonization of Australia and the establishment of the colony of New South Wales.
1788
147
The six British colonies in Australia federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia, becoming a unified nation.
1901
148
Start of Hittite Empire (lasted until -1180)
-1650
149
The Persian Empire conquers Anatolia, incorporating it into the Achaemenid Empire.
-546
150
Anatolia becomes part of the Roman Republic after the defeat of last Hellenistic king
-133
151
Battle of Manzikert - The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert, leading to the gradual Turkish conquest of Anatolia.
1071
152
Ottoman Empire Founded - Osman I establishes the Ottoman Beylik, laying the foundation for the Ottoman Empire.
1299
153
Neo Hittite States
-1180 (till around -800 when absorbed into Assyrian Empire)
154
Start of Seven Years War
1756 (end in 1763)
155
Start of War of Austrian Succession
1740 (end in 1748)
156
Start of building of Ring Road in Vienna
1857
157
Start of War of the Roses
1455 (end in 1487)
158
Death of Holy Roman Emperor + King of Spain Charles V
1558
159
Greek Dark Age
-1100 to -800
160
Roughly when Homer completed Iliad and Odyssey
-720
161
Start of First Industrialization
1760 (last till 1840)
162
Start of the Second Industrialization
1870 (till 1914)
163
Battle of Kadesh
-1274
164
Start of Yayoi Period (弥生時代)
-1000 (till 300)
165
Start of Kofun period (古墳時代)
300 (till 538)
166
Start of Asuka period (飛鳥時代)
538 (till 710)
167
大化元年
645
