Ap world history timeline quiz #2

8000 BCE

Beginnings of agriculture

3500 BCE

Beginnings of Bronze Age - early civilizations

1300 BCE

Iron Age

6th C BCE

Beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism

5th C BCE

Greek Golden Age - philosophers

323 BCE

Alexander the Great

221 BCE

Qin unified China

184 BCE

Fall of Mauryan Dynasty

130 BCE

Silk Road opened by Emperor Wu (Han)

32 CE

Beginnings of Christianity

180 CE

End of Pax Romana

220 CE

End of Han Dynasty

333 CE

Roman capital moved to Constantinople

4th C CE

Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

476 CE

Fall of Rome

527 CE

Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire

550

Fall of Gupta Dynasty/Empire

622

Rise of Islam

661

Umayyad Caliphate begins rule

732

Battle of Tours

750

Ghana gold and salt trade

800

Indian Ocean trade settlements established in East Africa

900

Vikings discovered Greenland

1054

Great Schism in Christian Church

1066

Norman conquest of England

1071

Battle of Manzikert

1095

First Crusade

1206

Ghengis Khan begins Mongol conquests

1258

Mongols sack Baghdad (end of Abbasid dynasty)

1271-95

Marco Polo travels

1279-1368

Yuan Dynasty in China

1324

Mansa Musa's pilgrimage

1325-49

Travels of Ibn Battuta

1347-1348

Bubonic plague in Europe

1368-1644

Ming Dynasty

1405-33

Zheng He's voyages

1438

Rise of Inca Empire