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1206
Rise of Genghis Khan (Mongol Empire goes on to conquer Song China, Abbasid and Russia)
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1258
Mongols sack Baghdad (end of Abbasid Caliphate)
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1271 - 1295
- Marco Polo Travels; visits Yuan dynasty (inspires European exploration)
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1300s
– Italian Renaissance (rebirth of Europe)
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1324
- Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca (Ruler of Mali - Muslim)
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1325 - 1349
- Ibn Battuta’s Travels (travels to West African Kingdoms, Swahili city-states, Mecca –documents experience of Islamic world)
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1337-1453
– Hundred Years War (fought between Britain and France, rise of nationalism, use of gunpowder in warfare – knights lose influence, feudalism declines)
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1347 - 1348
\- Bubonic Plague in Europe (people move from manors to cities – feudalism declines)
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Mid 1300s
– Rise of Aztec/Inca Empires (Pre-Columbian Civilizations)
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1368
– Ming Dynasty (replaces Yuan)
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1405 - 1433
- Zheng He’s voyages (Ming Dynasty chance to dominate is over, Western Europe will rise)
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1453
- Ottomans conquer Constantinople (Byzantine Empire)
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1492
- Columbus “discovers” Americas (searching for all water-route to Asia)
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1498
– Vasco Da Gama reached India (opens up European trade across Indian Ocean)
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1502
– Atlantic Slave Trade (highest volume of slaves during 18 th century)
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1517
\- Martin Luther’s 95 Theses (start of Protestant Reformation)
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1521
- Cortez conquered the Aztecs
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1526
– Founding of Mughal Empire (Babur, Akbar, Aurangzeb)
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1533
- Pizarro conquered the Incas
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1600s
– Beginning of Japanese isolation (Tokugawa Shogunate)
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1618 - 1648
- 30 Years War (religious wars- Protestant Reformation)
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1643
– King Louis XIV (France – Absolute Monarchy)
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1689
– Peter the Great (Westernization of Russia)
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1750s
- Industrialization begins in England
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1775-1783
– American Revolution (gains independence from Britain)
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1789
- French Revolution begins (rise of Napoleon)
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1804
- Haitian Independence (1 st Latin American country that gained independence from Europe, slave uprising)
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Early 1800s
– Latin American Wars for independence (most countries gain independence by 1825)
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1839 - 1860s
- Opium Wars in China (Britain forces China to open up trade to foreigners)
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1848
- Communist Manifesto (the rise of Karl Marx… socialism/communism)
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1853
– American Commodore Matthew Perry pressures Japan to open up to the West
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1853-1856
– Crimean War (Ottomans defeat Russia with help of Britain/France; Russia will abolish serfdom/industrialize)
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1861
– Russia abolishes serfs (lives of peasants won’t improve)
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1857
- Sepoy Mutiny in India (British government colonized India)
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1868
– Meiji Restoration (Japan will industrialize, westernize – begin colonizing surrounding lands)
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1884-1885
– Berlin Conference (Scramble for Africa – European leaders divide up Africa)
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1885
– Founding of the Indian National Congress (political party that will support Indian independence)
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1905
- Russo-Japanese War (triggers 1905 Russian Revolution)
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1910
– Japan annex Korea
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1910 - 1920
- Mexican Revolution (Porfirio Diaz removed from power)
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1911
- Chinese Revolution (Qing dynasty falls, Nationalists control Chinese government)
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1914 - 1918
\- World War I
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1917
- Russian Revolution (Lenin rises to power – Russia becomes communist and gets out of WWI)
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1929
- Start of Great Depression (caused by overproduction, weakening demand, stock market crash, bank failures and high unemployment rates)
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1931
- Japanese invasion of Manchuria
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1937
– Japanese invade China (Nationalist and communist in China join forces to fight Japanese)
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1939
- German invasion of Poland (start of WWII)
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1945
- End of WWII
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1947
– India gained independence from Britain (Partition of India… India – Hindus; Pakistan – Muslims)
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1947-1991
– Cold War (United States – democracy vs Soviet Union – communism)
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1948
- Creation of state of Israel (orchestrated by the United Nations
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1949
- Mao Zedong comes to power in China (China becomes communism after a civil war with Nationalist)
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1950 - 1953
- Korean War
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1959
- Cuban Revolution (rise of Fidel Castro)
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1962
- Cuban Missile Crisis (caused by Bay of Pigs – failed attempt by USA to remove Castro)
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1967
- Chinese Cultural Revolution (Mao tries to revive communism in China)
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1979
- Iranian Revolution (rise of Ayatollah Khomeini – Iran becomes Islamic state)
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1984
– Meiners is born
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1989
- Fall of Berlin Wall (West and East Germany reunited
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1991
- Fall of USSR
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2001
- 9/11 Terror Attacks on US
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