Important Dates APWORLD

Rise and Fall of Post-Classical Empires (Song China, Sultanate of Malacca, Delhi Sultanate, Abbasid Islam, Swahili East Africa, Mali West Africa, Al Andalus Spain)

600-1250

Mongolian Empire with 4 khanates - Golden Horde (Russia), Khanate of Chagatai (Central Asia), Khanate of (Persia), Yung Dynasty ( China)

1250-1350

Mali King Mansa Musa makes pilgrimage to Mecca

1324

Start of the Aztec and Inca Empires

1400

Zheng He voyages on the Indian Ocean

1405-1433

Start of the Columbian Exchange, discovery of America, Europe and Africa

1492

Martin Luther published 95 Theses in protest of abuses by German Catholic priests

1517

Arrival of conquistadors, Cortez conquers Aztecs and Pizarro conquers Inca (1521)

1519

Start of the Mughal Empire as Babur defeated the Delhi Sultan at Battle of Panipat

1526

British East Indian trading company, trade with Mughal Empire

1600

Fall of Ming, Rise of Qing

1644

perfection of the steam engine by James Watt (start of Industrialization)

1765

American Revolution

1776

Abolishment of Slavery in Britain

1833

Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars between China and Britain

1843

Communist Manifesto, Seneca Falls Convention leads to women suffrage movement in upstate New York

1848

Start of direct British rule in India after the Sepoy Rebellion

1857

Meiji Restoration in Japan

1868

Berlin Conference and division of Africa

1884-1885

Nationalist overthrow Qing Dynasty in China creating a Republic

1911

WWI

1914-1918

The Russion Revolution

1917

Japanese Invasion on Manchuria

1931

WWII in Europe

1939-1945

Indian Independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan

1947

Communist Revolution in China

1949

Korean War

1950

France quits Vietnam War and the US struggle against communism

1954

Bandung Conference of Non-Aligned Nations in Indonesia

1955

Launch of Sputnik by Soviet Union, first artificial satellite

1957

Great Leap Forward in China

1958

“The Year of Africa” gaining of African independence

1960

Fall of communism in Russia and East Europe; End of Apartheid

1990