36 Dates of APWH

Mongolian Empire, with four khanates - the Golden Horde, the Khanate of Chagatai, the Il-Khanate of Persia, and the Yuan dynasty

1250-1350 CE

Italian Renaissance

1300-1500 CE

Mali king Mansa Musa makes pilgrimage to Mecca

1324 CE

Voyages of Zheng He on the Indian Ocean

1405-1433 CE

Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks (Seljuk Turks)

1453 CE

Spain unifies - Moors driven out; Columbus sailed; the Columbian Exchange begins

1492 CE

Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in protest of the abuses of Catholic priests in Germany

1517 CE

Arrival of conquistadors in Mexico

1519 CE

British East India Company (EIC) trading in India with Mughal Empire

1600 CE

Fall of Ming, Rise of Qing dynasty in China

1644 CE

James Watt perfects the steam engine, industrialization connection

1765 CE

American Revolution; Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations

1776 CE

Slavery abolished in Britain, France, US

1833 Britain, 1848 France, 1865 US

Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars between China and Britain

1843 CE

Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx (in early years of German industrialization); the feminist movement’s Seneca Falls Convention

1848 CE

Start of direct British rule in India after the Sepoy Mutiny/First War for Indian Independence

1857 CE

Meiji Restoration in Japan

1868 CE

Berlin Conference to decide rules for dividing Africa

1884-1885 CE

The United States victory in the Spanish-American War leads to the growth of American empire in taking the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico from Spain

1898 CE

Mexican Revolution

1910-1920 CE

World War I

1914-1918 CE

The Russian (communist) Revolution

1917 CE

The Great Depression

1929-1939 CE

World War II

1939-1945 CE

Founding of the United Nations

1945 CE

Indian Independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan

1947 CE

Communist Revolution in China

1949 CE

Start of the Korean War

1950 CE

“The Year of Africa” when many African nations gain independence during decolonization

1960 CE

Construction of the Berlin Wall

1961 CE

The Iranian Revolution

1979 CE

Fall of communism in Russia and East Europe

1990 CE

End of apartheid as Nelson Mandela elected as first black president of South Africa

1994 CE

Hong Kong becomes semi-autonomous after the British leave their former colony

1997 CE

The Euro is adopted as the official currency of the Eurozone (EU), replacing many different currencies throughout Europe

1999 CE

“Arab Spring” movement across the Middle East and North Africa

2010-2012 CE