AP World Turning Points/ Important Events

Some Important Events and turning points to remember for AP World History: Modern

1258

Mongol conquering of Baghdad, expansion of the Mongol Empire

1347

Black Death begins to peak in Europe

1453

Ottoman conquering of Constantinople

1492

Start of the Columbian Exchange

1764

James Watt’s invention of the steam engine, Industrial Revolution

1776

US Declaration of Independence, other Atlantic Revolutions follow

1857

Sepoy Uprising/ Indian Uprising

1884

Berlin W. Africa Conference, expansion of imperialism in Africa

1914

Start of WWI

1945

End of WWII/ Start of the Cold War

1947

Decolonization in South Asia and the partition of India and Pakistan

1957

Ghana gains its independence, decolonization in Africa more broadly follows

1978

Deng Xiaoping begins economic liberalization policies in China