AP world dates (simplified)

600-1250

Rise and fall of the Post-Classical Empires

1250-1350

Mongolian Empire, with four khanates

1324

Mansa Musa makes pilgrimage to Mecca

1400

Start of Aztec and Inca Empires

1405-1433

Voyages of Zheng He

1492

Columbian Exchange begins

1517

Martin Luther publishes 95 Theses

1519

Arrival of conquistadors

1526

Start of the Mughal Empire

1600

British East India Company trading with Mughals in India

1644

Fall of Ming, Rise of Qing dynasty

1765

steam engine in Britain, start of Industrialization

1776

American Revolution; Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations

1833

Slavery abolished in Britain

1843

Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars

1848

Communist Manifesto; Seneca Falls Convention launches women's suffrage movement

1857

Sepoy Rebellion, start of direct British rule in India

1868

Meiji Restoration in Japan

1884-1885

Berlin Conference

1911

Nationalists (Guomindang) overthrow Qing & create a Republic

1914-1918

World War I

1917

The Russian Revolution

1931

Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

1939-1945

World War II

1947

Indian Independence, the partition of India and Pakistan

1949

Communist Revolution in China

1950

Start of the Korean War

1954

France quits the Vietnam War; U.S. begins fight against "communism"

1955

Bandung Conference of Non-Aligned Nations

1957

Soviet Union launches Sputnik

1958

Great Leap Forward in China

1960

Many African nations gain independence (decolonization)

1990

Fall of communism in Russia and East Europe; End of Apartheid in South Africa