CHRONOLOGICAL TERMS AP WH

When does Hinduism develop?

2300-1500 BCE

When does Judaism develop?

1500 BCE

When does Confucianism develop?

500 BCE

When does Buddhism develop?

400 BCE

When does Christianity develop and spread?

100 CE

When does Islam spread?

600 CE

Mongol invasion of Kyivan Rus

1242

Mongol invasion of Abbasid Caliphate

1258

Mongol invasion of Song Dynasty

1271

Black Death rages across Europe and Eurasia

1346

Ming Dynasty conquers Yuan Dynasty

1368

Vatican passes a series of “Doctrine of Discovery” policies

1452 - 1493

Ottoman conquest of Byzantine Empire

1453

Sikhism founder, Guru Nanak is born

1469

Spanish Reconquista ends after 700 years (competing perspectives state that the reconquista ended in 1493)

1490

First encounter with Arawak and Spanish

1492

First Wave of Globalization in form of European imperialism in the North and South America

1492 - 1775

Protestant Reformation disrupts religious rule in Europe

1517

Trans-Atlantic slave trade begins in South America + Mughal empire begins on the Indian subcontinent

1526

European scientific revolution begins

1543

Russian Empire expands eastward into Siberia

1550

Trans-Atlantic slave trade begins in North America

1619

Ming Dynasty collapses as the Qing Dynasty begins

1644

Kongo Civil War weakens African resistance against Europe

1666

Glorious Revolution sparks Europe’s Enlightenment

1689

The Industrial Revolution begins and is still happening!

1750 - Present

First wave of revolution in the Age of Revolution leaves parts of North and South America independent of European colonial rule (and slavery by 1888)

1776-1821

British invasion of China in Opium Wars

1838

Second Wave of European imperialism in Asia, Africa, America

1838 - 1947

Taiping rebellion accelerates Qing Dynasty decline

1850

British invasion of India in Sepoy Rebellion

1857

On Origin of Species opens gates to ‘Social Darwinism’

1858

Japan begins era of “Western Modernization” in Meiji Restoration

1868

Berlin Conference begins the era of European imperialism in Africa

1884

Manifest Destiny ends as USA fully takes over Pacific West Coast

1890

The first Sino-Japanese war begins era of Japanese imperialism in China

1895

The failed Boxer Rebellion intensifies European imperialism in China

1900

Russo-Japanese war begins era of Japanese imperialism in Korea

1905

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

1911

WWI erupts and continues across the globe until 1918 with USA emerging as a global superpower

1914

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

1917

The Treaty of Versailles formally ends WWI.

1919

The Chinese Civil War between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party begins.

1927

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

1929

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

1933

WWII begins in East Asia with Japanese invasion of Nanking followed by outbreak of war in Europe with the Nazi-German invasion.

1937 + 1939

Six million Jews are murdered in the Holocaust during the course of WWII which ends with US Atomic Bomb droppings on Japan

1941-1945

India’s independence from Britain marks the AGE OF DECOLONIZATION from European empires and influence in Asia and Africa

1947 - 1989

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

1948

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

1949

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

1950 - 1991

The Green Revolution begins

1960s

The Islamic revolution in Iran begins

1979

The Digital Revolution begins with the advent of the internet

1980s and 1990s

Fall of Berlin Wall

1989

Soviet Union dissolves

1991

The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks set a new era of War on Terror

2001