Periodization Three, Four, and Five Combined (600 CE-1900 CE)

1405-1433

voyages of Zheng He

1488

Bartholomew Diaz rounds the tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)

1521

Hernan Cortez conquers the Aztecs

1533

Francisco Pizarro conquers the Inca

1588

Britain defeats the Spanish Armada

1756-1763

French and Indian War (7 years war)

1804

Haitian independence

1815

Congress of Vienna

1839

Opium war

1848

Marx & Engles write the Communist Manifesto

1861

end of serfdom in Russia
-Italian unification

1885

Berlin Conference (scramble for Africa)

1054

Great Schism in Christian Church

1095-1291

The Crusades

1324

Mansa Musa's pilgrimage

1347-1348

Bubonic plague in Europe

1453

Ottomans capture Constantinople

1502

first slaves brought to the Americas

1517

Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses; Protestant Reformation

1689

Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights

1789

French Revolution

1857

Sepoy Rebellion

1871

German unification

1898

Spanish America War - US acquires Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

600 CE - 1450 CE

Periodization 3

622

Founding of Islam

732

Battle of Tours (ends Muslim expansion in Europe)

1066

Norman conquest of England (Battle of Hastings)

1071

Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire in Holy land)

1271-1295

Marco Polo's journeys

1294

height of the Mongol Empire

1325-1349

travels of Ibn Battuta

1450 CE - 1750 CE

Periodization Four

1492

Columbus sails the ocean blue

1600

beginning of Tokugawa Shogunate

1750 CE - 1900 CE

Periodization Five

1750

Industrial Revolution begins in England

1776

American Revolution

1820s

independence of Latin American countries

1853

Commodore Perry Opens Japan/Meiji Restoration

1863

Emancipation Proclamation in US