7th Grade Social Studies - Unit 5: Renaissance
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Updated: 2 Jan 2019
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Created byJeremy Messinger
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B.C. - Before ChristSumerians develop cuneiformMoses and the 10 CommandmentsDavid rules HebrewsPhoenicians found CarthageNebuchadnezzar's Tower of Babel/Hanging Gardens of BabylonHammurabi's Code of LawsAbraham becomes father of the HebrewsHebrews migrate to EgyptPhoenicians develop the alphabetB.C./A.D. (Common Era) - dividing point between B.C. and A.D. - the life and time of JesusMinoan civilization begins on CreteMinoans are the first seafaring civilizationMyceneans gain control of Crete and the MediterraneanDorians conquer the Myceneans - Greece enters a Dark AgeRomulus and RemusRise of City-States beginsAthens develops first democratic constitutionSparta becomes the greatest military power in GreecePersian War beginsGreeks defeat Persians at Battle of Plataea ending the Persian WarsPeloponesian War beginsAthens surrenders to Sparta ending the warPhilip II of Macedonia conquers GreecePhilip II is killed - Alexander "The Great" comes to powerAlexander dies from a feverRomans conquer GreeceA.D. - Anno Domini - In the year of our LordRome gets Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Spain, and Northern AfricaJulius Caesar assassinatedChrist lives and diesRomans destroy the temple in JerusalemMt. Vesuvius eruptsChristianity is made legalRome fallsMuslim religion beginsReading and writing continues in monasteriesCharlemagne crowned emperorFeudalism beginsRobin Hood legendFirst castles builtVikings discover North AmericaPope Urban calls for the first crusadeChildrens' CrusadeCrusade of KingsCathedrals are builtUniversities begin to developDante Alighieri begins "The Divine Comedy" in ItalianGeoffrey Chaucer begins the Canterbury TalesCosimo de' Medici becomes ruler of FlorenceConstantinople falls to the TurksJohannes Gutenberg uses a printing pressSpain is formedMichelangelo begins work on Sistine ChapelMartin Luther writes his 95 ThesisFerdinand Magellan completes first circumnavigation of the earth+, -, and = signs first usedNicholas Copernicus determined the sun was the center of the universeEnglish defeat the Spanish ArmadaCompound microscope is inventedShakespeare writes HamletPeriods
SumerBabyloniaAssyriaChaldeansRome Ruled by KingsRome Ruled by the RepublicRome Ruled by the EmperorRome expands into central ItalyRome controls Italy and GreecePunic Wars - Rome vs. CarthageDark AgesMiddle AgesRenaissance
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