AP World History - A Map of Time
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Updated 27 Feb 2019
A timeline based on Ways of The World Second Edition by Robert W. Strayer.
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Cultural - Green
Economic - Yellow
Events and Occurrences on top, Time Periods on Bottom. Time Periods are divided by regions, scroll down for all of them.
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Epic of Gilgamesh CompiledAbandonment of Indus Valley citiesBabylonian conquest of JudahReign of Hammurabi (1792-1750)Kush Conquest of Egypt (760-660)Greco-Persian Wars (490-479)Peloponnesian War (431-404)Reign of Alexander the Great (336-323)Yellow Turban Revolt in ChinaHebrew Prophets (8th Century)Life of Zarathustra (7th and 6th c.)Life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi (6th century)Jewish Exile in Babylon (586-539)Life of Socrates (469-399)Life of Jesus (1st Century)Life of Paul (10-65)Christianity becomes state
religion of Roman Empire,
Armenia, Axum (4th century)Life of Ban Zhao (45-116)Life of Aspasia in Athens (470-400)Chinese Imperial Academy EstablishedSpartacus Slave Rebellion in ItalyBuddhist Poetry in Writing (1st Century)PompeiiHan Collapse = Patriarchy Loosens (after 221)Roman slavery replaced by serfdom (after 500)Reign of Empress WuTrung Trac and Trung Nhi's ResistanceNubian Conquest of EgyptIntroduction of Christianity to Axum (4th Century)Beginnings of silk industry in ChinaSpread of Buddhism into
Central Asian cities and
Northern China (by 1st century)Trade-bourne disease enters Greece from EgyptExpansion of Indian Ocean
commerce (early centuries)Maritime route opened
between India and ChinaChinese monopoly on silk production brokenMarco Polo in China (1275-1292)Black Death enters Europe (1346-1350)Ibn Battuta visits West AfricaMalay Trade with Madagascar (1st Millennium)Thorfinn Karlsfeni's Voyage
from Greenland to Vinland
(North America)Seventeen Article Constitution in JapanWithdrawal of Chinese Military Forces From KoreaSuppression of Buddhism in ChinaFirst Printed Book in ChinaVietnam Establishes Independence From ChinaInvention of Gunpowder in ChinaBeginning of Foot Binding in ChinaTale of Genji (Japan)Life of Izumi Shikibu (975-1002)Massacre at CantonAn Lushan Rebellion (755-763)Life of Muhammad (570-632)Muslim Conquest of Persia (633-644)Muslim Conquest of Spain (711-718)Battle of Talas RiverBaghdad established as
capital of Abbasid CaliphateCrusaders Sieze JerusalemMongols sack BaghdadMansa Musa Pilgrimage to MeccaOttoman Empire conquers ConstantinopleQuran CompiledMuslim Civil War (656-661)Emergence of Sunni/Shi'a Split (680-692)Muhummad Enters MeccaPersian Shahnama CompletedLife of Guru Nanak: Founder
of Sikhism (1469-1539)Collapse of Western Roman Empire(527-565) Justinian rules Byzantine EmpireCharlemagne crowned as
new "Roman Emperor"Conversion of Kievan Rus to ChristianityMutual Excomunication of Pope and PatriarchColumbus' First Trans-Atlantic Voyage(687-691) Construction of Dome of the RockNubian Christianity DisappearsMedieval Climate Optimum
Increases Agricultural ProductionForest Cover in Europe Reduced
to 20% of Land Area(1297-1344) Life of Cecilia PenifaderCrusader Sacking of ConstantinopleEmperor Justinian Closes Plato's AcademyAP World History Test 2019Beginning of Pastoral EconomiesBeginning of Horseback Riding(1162-1227) Life of Temujin (Chinggis Khan)(1241-1242)Mongol Attacks on Eastern EuropeFailed Mongol Attack on Japan (1)Failed Mongol Attack on Japan (2)Mongol Ruler of Persia Converts to IslamConquests of Timur (1370-1406)Chinese Maritime Voyages (1405-1433)Beginning of Portugese
Exploration of W.African CoastPortuguese Entry into Indian
Ocean World (1497-1520s)Ottoman Siege of ViennaReign of Ivan the Great (1462-1505)Yap is Center of Oceanic Trading
With Guam and Palau (15th c.)First Use of Gunpowder WeaponLife of Zheng He (1371-1433)Russia Emerges from Mongol RuleTreaty of TordesillasSpanish Conquest of Aztec Empire (1519-21)First Portuguese Plantations in BrazilSpanish Conquest of the Inca Empire (1532-40)Russian Expansion Across Siberia BeginsJamestown, Virginia EstablishedFrench Colony Quebec EstablishedSecond Ottoman Siege of ViennaStart of the Caste System in IndiaStart of the Great Wall of ChinaInvention of the Gutenberg Printing PressInvention of GunpowderLife of William the Conqueror (1028-1087)Battle of Hastings in EnglandLife of Doña Marina (Malinal) (1505-15300Tupac Aramu Revolt in Peru (1780-81)Rule of Peter the Great (1689-1725)Rule of Catherine the Great (1762-1796)Chinese Expansion into Inner Asia (1680-1760)Treaty of NerchinskRule of Akbar (1556-1605)Rule of Aurangzeb (1658-1707)1st European export of slaves from W.Africa (1440s)Vasco da Gama reaches IndiaFounding of Potosi silver mining town in BoliviaStart of silver shipments from
Mexico to Manila (1570s)East India Companies established in Asia (1601-2)British begin military conquest of India (1750s)Decline of Portuguese trading post empireFerdinand Magellan's World Voyage (1519-21)Life of Wang Yangming (1472-1529)Life of Mirabai (1498-1557)Luther's 95 Theses; Beginning
of Protestant ReformationPublication of sun-centered universe workCouncil of Trent (1545-1563)Matteo Ricci in China (1582-1610)Edict of NantesThirty Years' War (1618-1648)Life of Issac Newton (1642-1727)European Missionaries expelled
from Japan (early 1600s)Christian Missionary preaching
banned in ChinaWahhabi Movement (1740-1818)Conflict Between Catholics and
Huguenots in France (1562-1598)Life of Úrsula de Jesús (1606-1666)Taki Onqoy Movement in Peru (1560s)American Revolution (1775-1783)Beginnings of antislavery movement (1780s)French Revolution (1789-1799)Haitian Revolution (1791-1803)Reign Of Terror in France (1793-4)Reign of Napoleon (1799-1814)End of Slave Trade in British EmpireHidalgo-Morelos Rebellion
in Mexico (1810-11)Latin American Wars of
Independence (1810-1825)Brazil Gains Independence from PortugalWomen's Rights Convention,
Seneca Falls, New YorkEmancipation of Serfs in RussiaCivil War & Abolition of Slavery in US (1861-5)Unification of Germany and Italy (1870-71)Cuba and Brazil Abolish Slavery (1886-88)Women gain the vote in USMass Conscription to Defend
the French RevolutionWars of Resistance to
Napoleonic Empire (1800-15)Greek Independence From Ottoman EmpirePolish Insurrections Against
Russian Rule (1830,1863)Young Ireland Movement Begins1st Ukranian Nationalist
Organization EstablishedHungarian Upriding Against
Austrian Habsburg RuleEgyptian Revolt Against
British/French ImperialismFounding of Indian National CongressPolitical Zionism Emerges (1890s)Reform Bill Gave the Vote to
Middle-Class Men in EnglandKarl Marx, The Communist ManifestoBeginning of Railroad Building in
Argentina, Cuba, Chile, Brazil (1850s)1st International Socialist
Organization in Europe (1864-1876)Early Steam Engine in BritainBeginning of British Industrial Revolution (1780s)Locomotives 1st Used to
Haul Coal in EnglandRapid Growth of US
Industrialization (after 1865)Take-off of Japanese
Industrialization (after 1868)Opening of Transcontinental
Railroad Across US2nd International Socialist
Organization in Europe (1889-1916)Rapid Growth of Russian
Industrialization (1890s)Building of Trans-Siberian
Railroad (1891-1916)Failed Revolution in RussiaMexican Revolution (1910-1920)Russian RevolutionInitial British Settlement of AustraliaNapolean's Invasion of EgyptFrench Invasion of AlgeriaBeginning of Major British
Settlement in New Zealand (1840s)Indian Mutiny and Rebllion (1857-1858)French Conquest of Indochina (1858-1893)Opening of Suez CanalScramble for Africa (1875-1914)US Acquires the Phillippines from
Spain and Annexes HawaiiBoer War in South Africa (1899-1902)Completion of Dutch Conquest
of Indonesia (1901-1910)Maji Maji Rebellion in
East Africa (1904-1905)Japan annexes KoreaSpread of Christianity in
non-Muslim Africa (20th c.)Ghandi's Leadership of Indian
National Congress (1920s-1947)Human Entry into Eastern AsiaHuman Entry into EuropeExtinction of Large Mammals in AustraliaExtinction of NeanderthalsExtinction of Large Mammals in North America1st Chiefdoms in Mesopotamia (after 6000)Chinese Reject British
Requests for Open TradeFamine and Rebellions in Japan (1830s)First Opium War in China (1838-1842)Tanzimat Reforms in the
Ottoman Empire (1838-1876)Taiping Uprising in China (1850-1864)2nd Opium War in China (1856-1858)Admiral Perry Arrives in JapanMeiji Restoration in JapanShino-Japanese War (1894-1895)Ethiopian Defeat of Italy
Preserves Ethiopia's IndependenceBoxer Rebellion in China (1899-1901)Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)Young Turk Takeover
in Ottoman EmpireChinese RevolutionWorld War I (1914-1918)Bolshevik Revolution in RussiaUS enters WWITreaty of Versailles ends WWIFounding of Nazi PartyTreaty of Sevres Dissolves
the Ottoman EmpireMussolini Comes to Power in ItalyBeginning of Great DepressionHitler Assumes Power in GermanyJapan Invades China,
Beginning World War II in Asia;
Rape of Nanjing (1937-38)Germany Invades Poland,
Beginning World War II in EuropeWorld War II; The Holocaust
(1939-45)Japanese Attack on Pearl HarborAtomic Bombing of
Hiroshima and NagasakiUnites Nations CreatedUS Occupation of Japan (1945-52)Cold War (1947-91)Marshall Plan For Europe (1948-52)European Economic
Community EstablishedEuropean Union EstablishedIntroduction of the EuroFounding of Chinese Communist PartyStalin in Power in Soviet Union (1929-1953)Long March In China (1934-1935)Imposition of Communist Regimes
in Eastern Europe (1945-1950)Korean War (1950-1953)China's Great Leap Forward
and Massive Famine (1958-1961)Cuban Revolution (1953-1959)Cuban Missile CrisisUS - Vietnam War (1965-1973)China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)Prague Spring: Communist Reform
Movement in CzechoslovakiaDeng Xiaoping and Beginnings
of Communist Reforms in China
(1976-early 1990's)Soviet Invasion of AfghanistanGorbachev Reforms in USSR (1985-1991)Collapse of Communist Regimes in Eastern EuropeDisentigration of the Soviet UnionGhandi Returns to India
from South AfricaTurkey's Secular Modernization
Initiated Under Kemal Ataturk
(1923-1938)Muslim Brotherhood Established in EgyptIndependence of India/PakistanEstablishement of State of IsraelApartheid Formally Established in South AfricaIndependence of IndonesiaCommunist Victory in ChinaBandung Conference of Nonalighned NationsIndependence of African Countries (1957-1975)Cuban RevolutionWave of Military Coups
in Africa and Latin
America (1960-1970's)Six Day Arab/Israeli WarOPEC Oil EmbargoIranian Revolution (1978-79)Growth of Democratic Movements
and Governments in Africa and
Latin America (1980s-1990s)End of Apartheid in South AfricaArab Spring in the Middle EastGenocide in RwandaLeague of Nations (1920-1946)World Bank and International
Monetary Fund EstablishedOrganization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries FoundedRachel Carson Publishes Silent SpringBetty Friedan Publishes
The Feminine MystiqueGreenpeace EstablishedConvention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women Adopted by UNLaw of the Sea Convention IntroducedNAFTA EnactedWorld Trade Organization CreatedKyoto Protocol on Global
Warming IntroducedSeptember 11 Attacks on World
Trade Center and PentagonGlobal Economic Crisis BeginsOsama bin Laden KilledThe Punic Wars (264–146)Periods
Upanishads ComposedEmergence of Greek RationalismEarly State Building in KoreaBuddhism Takes Root in ChinaEmergence of Sufism(5-6th Centuries) Introduction of Christianity into NubiaTranslations of Greek and Arab works availible in EuropeEgypt adopts more hostile stance towards ChristianityFlowering of Arab Scholarship(10-14 c.) Conversion of Turkic Peoples to IslamSpread of Islam in S.E. Asia (15th c.)Aztec and Inca Commercial Exchange (15th c.)Hundred Years' WarNative American pop. Recuperate from Great Dying (17th c.)Russian Empire Takes Shape through ExpansionOttoman-Safavid ConflictsPeak of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (18th c.)Rise/Spread of Islam (7th c.)Intro. Of Christianity in China (7th c.)Mongol Empire Revitalizes Silk Road commerce (13-14th c.)Jesuit Missionaries in ChinaEarliest Homo sapiens in AfricaBeginning of Migration Out of AfricaHuman Entry into Australia (First Use of Boats)Human Entry Into The AmericasCave Art in EuropeEnd of Last Ice Age (global warming)Earliest Agricultural RevolutionsBeginning of Domestication of Corn in Southern MexicoGrouping
East/Central/Southeast Asian Time Periods
Events
China's Qin Dynasty Empire (221-206)China's Xin Dynasty (9-23)Sui Dynasty and Reunification of China (589-618)Republic of China (1912-1949)Nara Period Japan (710-794)Japan's Meiji RestorationPeriods
Xia Dynsaty ChinaChinese age of Warring StatesChina's Han Dynasty EmpireIncorporation of Vietnam into Expanding Chinese EmpireUse of the Silk RoadSrivijaya KingdomKhmer Kingdom of AngkorFunan State Vietnam/CambodiaTang Dynasty in ChinaHeian Period in Japanese HistorySong Dynasty ChinaKorea's Silla DynastyKorea's Koryo DynastyKorea's Yi DynastyXiongnu EmpireMongol Rule in ChinaMing Dynasty ChinaJapan's Warring States PeriodSpanish Takeover of the PhilippinesShang Dynasty ChinaWestern Zhou DynastyEastern Zhou DynastyYuan (Mongol) Dynasty ChinaQing Dynasty ChinaHunsAsuka Period JapanTokugowa (fuedal) JapanChina's Wei DynastyEuropean Time Periods
Events
Golden Age of Athens (479-429)Periods
Era of Greek city-statesRoman RepublicRoman EmpireScandanavian Viking ExpansionMuslim (Moor) Occupation of SpainCrusaders in the Islamic WorldThe High Middle AgesMongol Rule In RussiaEuropean Renaissance (14th-17th c.)Hellenistic PeriodHoly Roman EmpireKievan RusEurope's Medieval Era (the Middle Ages)The ReconquistaThe Hanseatic LeagueThe HabsburgsViking AgeEuropean Enlightenment (1700s)Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian Time Periods
Events
Era of Rightly Guided Caliphs (632-661)Periods
Egyptian and Mesopotamian CivilizationsNubian Kingdom of Ta-SetiPeriod of independent Sumerian city-statesOld Kingdom EgyptBabylonian EmpireNew Kingdom EgyptPersian Achaemenid EmpireUmayyad CaliphateAbbasid Dynasty CaliphateByzantine EmpireIconoclasm in ByzantiumVarious Turkic EmpiresArab EmpiresSafavid Empire in PersiaAncient IsraelOttoman EmpireSouth Asian Time Periods
Events
Fragmentation of Mughal EmpirePeriods
India's Mauryan Dynasty EmpireIndia's Gupta Dynasty EmpireLaws of ManuDelhi Sultanate in IndiaMughal Empire IndiaVijayanagara Empire in IndiaEarly Agriculturalists in Indus River ValleyIndus River Valley CivilizationAryansPortuguese IndiaBritish IndiaThe Vedic Period in IndiaAfrican Time Periods
Periods
Kingdom of MeroëNiger Valley CivilizationAxum CivilizationBantu MigrationsTrans-Saharan TradeSwahili Civilization(11-12 c) Almoravid EmpireKingdom of the Kongo in West Central AfricaKingdom of Zimbabwe "Great Zimbabwe"Kingdom of Mutapa (Mwenemutapa)Songhay Empire in W. AfricaGhana EmpireFulbeMali EmpireDutch Settlements in Cape TownSouth/Central American Time Periods
North American Time Periods
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