AP World 55 Chrono Terms

2300 - 1500 BCE

Hinduism begins to develop

1500 BCE

Judaism begins to develop

500s BCE

Confucianism begins to develop

400s BCE

Buddhism begins to develop

00s CE (0-99)

Christianity begins to spread / develop

600s CE

Islam begins to develop

1215

Magna Carta limits the King of England's power and grants the right to rebel against tyrannical government

1242

Mongol invasion of Kyivan Rus

1258

Mongol invasion of Abbasid Dynasty

1271

Mongol invasion of Song Dynasty

1346

Black Death rages across Eurasia

1368

Ming Dynasty conquers Yuan Dynasty

1452 - 1493

Vatican passes the series of 'Doctrine of Discovery' policies

1453

Ottoman Conquest of Byzantine Empire

1469

Origins of Sikhi begin with birth of Guru Nanak

1490s

Spanish Reconquista ends after 700 years (officially ends Jan 2, 1493 with the taking of Granada)

1492

First encounter with Arawak & Spanish

1517

Protestant Reformation disrupts religious rule in Europe

1526

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade begins in South America + Mughal Empire begins on the Indian subcontinent

1543

European Scientific Revolution begins

1550

Russian Empire expands eastward into Siberia

1619

Trans-Atlantic Slavery begins in North America

1644

Ming Dynasty collapses as the Qing Dynasty begins

1666

Kongo Civil War weakens African resistance to Europe

1689

Glorious Revolution spurs European Enlightenment

1750 - 1910s

The Industrial Revolution begins in England and spreads throughout Europe and North America

1492 - 1775

First Wave of Globalization in form of European Imperialism in North & South America

1776 - 1821

First Wave of Revolution leaves North & South America mostly independent of European colonial rule (and slavery by 1888)

1838

British invasion of China in Opium Wars

1850

Taiping Rebellion intensifies Qing Dynasty decline

1857

British invasion of India in Sepoy Indian Rebellion

1858

On the Origin of Species opens gates to 'Social Darwinism'

1868

Japan begins era of 'Western Modernization' in the form of the Meiji Restoration

1884

Berlin Conference begins devastating era of European Imperialism in Africa

1890

'Manifest Destiny' ends as the USA fully takes over the Pacific West Coast

1895

The 1st Sino-Japanese War begins era of Japanese imperialism in China

1900

The failed Boxer Rebellion intensifies European Imperialism in China

1905

Russo-Japanese War begins era of Japanese Imperialism in Korea

1911

The Xinhai Revolution brings end to Qing Dynasty and dynastic rule in China

1914 - 1918

The First World War erupts and continues across the globe, with the USA emerging as a superpower

1917

The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins as the world's first communist revolution

1919

The Treaty of Versailles formally ends the First World War

1927

The Chinese Civil War between the Chinese Communist Party & Nationalist Party begins

1929

The Great Depression causes dramatic worldwide shifts in global influence structures & socio-economic ideologies

1933

Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin wages genocide against Ukraine in the Holodomor

1937 + 1939

The Second World War begins in East Asia with the Japanese invasion of Nanking, followed by the outbreak of war in Europe with the Nazi-German invasion of Poland

1941 - 1945

Six million Jews in Europe are murdered in the Holocaust during WWII, which ends with the U.S. Atomic Bomb droppings on Japan

1946

The Cold War begins between the Soviet Union & the United States

1947 - 1989

India's independence from Britain marks the start of the AGE OF DECOLONIZATION from European empires & influence in Africa & Asia

1948

The Founding of Israel on the once-British-occupied Palestine begins a new era of enduring ethnic conflict

1949

The Chinese Communist Revolution triumphs in victory with the Chinese Nationalist Party fleeing to Taiwan

1950 - 1991

The Korean War marks a new era of Cold War proxy wars throughout the world until the collapse of the Soviet Union

1960s

The Green Revolution begins

1979

The Islamic Revolution in Iran begins

1980s

The Digital Revolution begins with the advent of the internet

2001

The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks set a new era of war on terror