AP WORLD HISTORY IMPORTANT DATES

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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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4

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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15

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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22

1643

– King Louis XIV (France – Absolute Monarchy)

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23

1689

– Peter the Great (Westernization of Russia)

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24

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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42

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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