Events
c. 8000 B.C.E. Beginnings of agricultureBeginnings of Bronze Age-earlyIron Agebeginnings of Confucianism,
Buddhism, DaosimGreek Golden Age - philosophersAlexander the Great diesQin Dynasty unified ChinaFall of Mauryan DynastyBeginnings of ChristianityEnd of Pax RomanaEnd of Han DynastyEmperor Constantine converts to
ChristianityRoman capital moved to
Constantinople“Fall” of RomeJustinian rule of Byzantine EmpireFall of Gupta Dynasty/EmpireFounding of IslamPrinting invented in ChinaBattle of Tours (end of Muslim move
into France)Decline of classical MayaGreat Schism in Christian Church
(Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)Norman conquest of EnglandBattle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat
Byzantine army)1st CrusadeChinggis Khan begins Mongol
conquestsMongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid
caliphateMansa Musa’s pilgrimage/hajjRise of Inca EmpireOttomans capture ConstantinoplePrinting Press in Europe (Gutenberg)Height of Aztec EmpireDias rounds Cape of Good HopeColumbus/Reconquista of Spain1st African Slaves to AmericasMartin Luther/Prot ReformationCortez conquered the Aztecs1 unsuccessful Ottoman siege of st
Vienna (under Suleiman)Pizarro toppled the IncaDiscovery of silver at PotosíBattle of Lepanto (Ottoman naval
defeat)1 Manila Galleon (global trade)Spanish ArmadaBattle of Sekigahara (beg of Tokugawa
Shogunate)Foundation of Jamestownend of Ming/beg of Qing DynastyCape Town colony founded (Dutch)2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of
Vienna (Mehmed IV)Glorious Revolution/English Bill of
RightsPeriods
(China’s) Era of Warring StatesBeginning of Trans-Saharan Trade RoutesMarco Polo’s
travelsYuan (Mongol) Dynasty in ChinaTravels of Ibn BattutaBubonic plague in EuropeMing DynastyZheng He’s voyages30 Years War
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