Chrono quizes

Hindu

2300-1500 BCE

Judaism

1500 BCE

Confucianism

500 BCE

Buddhism

400 BCE

Christianity

0 CE

Islam

600 CE

Magna Carta

1215, limits the kin of england’s power, grants rights to rebel against a tyrannical gov

mongol invasion of kyivan rus

1242

mongol invasion of abbasid dynasty

1258

mongol invasion of song

1271

black death spreads across eurasia

1346

ming dynasty conquers yuan

1368

failed boxer rebellion intensifies euro imperialism in china

1900

russo-japanese war begins era of japanese imperialism in korea

1905

xinhai revolution brings end to qing dynasty and dynastic rule in china

1911

first world war erupts and continues until 1918 with US emerging as superpower

1914

bolshevik revolution in russia begins as worlds first communist rev

1917

treaty of versailles formally ends first world war

1919

chinese civil war between communist party and nationalist party begins

1927

great depression

1929

SU leader josef stalin wages genocide against ukraine in the holodomor

1933

second world war begins in east asia with japanese invasion of nanking followed by war in europe with nazi-german invasion of poland

1937+1939

6mil jews murdered in europe are murdered during holocaust during ww2 which ends with US atomic bomb droppings on japan

1941-1945

cold war begins between SU & US

1946

india’s independence from britain marks the age of decolonization from european empires and influence in africa & asia

1947-1989

founding of israel in once british occupied palestine begins new era of enduring ethnic conflict

1948

CCP (chinese comm revolution) triumphs over nationalist party fleeing to taiwan

1949

korean war makes new area of cold-war proxy wars through the world until collapse of SU

1950-1991

green revolution beings

1960’s

digital revolution begins with internet

1980’s

islamic revolution in iran begins

1979

9/11 terrorist attacks

2001

vatican passes series of Doctrine of Discovery policies

1452-1493

ottoman conquest of byzantine empire

1453

origins of sikhi begin with birth of guru nanak

1469

spanish reconquista ends after 700 years

1490 (some mark earlier), 1493 (official)

first encounter with arawak and spanish

1492

protestant reformation disrupts religious rule in europe

1517

the maafa, trans atlantic slave trade begins south america + mughal empire begins on india subcontinent

1526

european scientific revolution begins

1543

russian empire expands eastwar into siberia

1550

transatlantic slavery begins in north america

1619

ming collapses, qing begins

1644

kongo civil war weakens african resistance to europe

1666

glorious revolution spurs on european enlightenment

1689

industrial rev begin england, spreads through europe and north america

1750-1910’s

first wave of revolution in the age of revolution leaves North and South America of mostly independent of european colonial rule (and slavery by 1888)

1776-1821

british invasion of china in opium wars

1838

taiping rebellion intensifies qing dynasty decline

1850

british invasion of india in sepoy indian rebellion

1857

origin of species, social darwinism

1858

japan begins era of western modernization in the form of meiji restoration

1868

berlin conference begins era of ero imperialism in africa

1884

manifest destiny ends as usa fully takes over pacific west coast

1890

first sino-japanese war begins era of japanese imperialism in china

1895