Anchor Dates in AP World History: Modern

These flashcards cover key anchor dates in AP World History, providing essential historical events and their corresponding years.

500 BCE - 500 CE

Time period of the Roman Republic and Empire.

632

Year of Muhammad's death.

750-1258

Timeframe of the Abbasid Empire.

800

Year when Charlemagne was crowned emperor.

1095

Year when the Crusades began.

1206

Year Temujin became known as Chinggis Khan.

1206

Year the Delhi Sultanate was founded.

1324

Year of Mansa Musa's Hajj.

1347

Year the Plague began spreading in Europe.

1433

Year marking the Ming Isolation.

1453

Year Constantinople fell to the Ottomans.

1492

Year Columbus made his voyage.

1498

Year Vasco da Gama reached India.

1517

Year Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses.

1556-1605

Time period of Akbar the Great's rule over the Mughal Empire.

1618-1648

Duration of the Thirty Years' War.

639

Year of Tokugawa Japan's isolation.

1652

Year the Cape Colony was founded.

1697

Year Peter the Great began his Grand Embassy.

18th Century (1700's)

Period marking the height of the Atlantic slave trade.

1756

Year when the 7 Years' War started.