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The “Glorious Revolution”The steam engineBattle of the Plains of AbrahamAdam Smith’s Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsThe French National AssemblyThe Storming of the BastilleThe Declaration of the Rights of Man and the CitizenMary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of WomanContinental SystemInternational Workingmen’s AssociationSuffragettesTheory of RelativitySchlieffen PlanRussian RevolutionTreaty of VersaillesThird International or CominternLeague of NationsSA (Stormtroopers)The Stock Market Crash of 1929The Reichstag FireHiroshimaMoses and the ExodusKingdom divides into two kingdoms: Israel (North) and Judah (South)The Northern Kingdom is Defeated by the AssyriansThe Southern Kingdom is defeated by the BabyloniansReturn to PalestineBeginning of the compilation of the Hebrew BibleMaccabean revolt, Jewish control of PalistineRomans conquer Palestine and Capture JerusalemConversion of Paul of TarsusChristians arrive in IndiaEdict of MilanCouncil of Nicaea defines the full divine nature of Jesus and condemns teachings of AriusEmperor Theodosius declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman EmpireCouncil of Chalcedon adopts the dogma that Christ is “one person with two natures”; dissent leads to breakup of the church and establishment of Eastern Christian churches in Armenia, Syria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea and IndiaChristians spread into China eventuallyBoniface sent as a missionary to Germanic tribesrise of the Paple StatesCouncil of Nicaea two defends the veneration of iconsCharlamane crownedSchism between Eastern Orthadox and Roman CatholicInvention of the printing pressChristopher Columbus lands in the AmericasMartin Luther writes his 95 ThesesConquest of Mexico by Hernán CortésUlrich Zwingli leads reform movement in ZurichCorpernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, advancing heliocentrism (planets revolving around the sun)King Henry VIII creates separate Church of EnglandCalvin leads reform movement in Geneva; Tyndale’s English Bible is printedJesuits founded by Ignatius of Loyola and companionsPeace of Augsburg is signed, allowing German princes to establish Lutheranism or Catholicism in their realmsMatteo Ricci brings mission to ChinaFirst Baptist church established in AmsterdamKing James Bible completedPuritans arrive in North America on the Mayflower and establish a colony at PlymouthRoger Williams found the colony of Providence, the first American colony with religious libertyPeriods
The Commercial RevolutionOld RegimeAtlantic Slave TradeThe Scientific “Revolution”The (Second) Agricultural RevolutionThe English Civil WarWitch HuntsThe Industrial RevolutionThe American RevolutionThe Reign of TerrorTrade UnionismNapoleonic CodeRisorgimentoCongress of ViennaCrimean WarAustro-Hungarian EmpireThe Second Industrial RevolutionTriple AlliancePurge Trials/Great PurgesKristallnachtWorld War IIBlitzkrieg (“lightning warfare”)Battle of StalingradAbraham migrates to Caanan. beginning of the patriarchal periodbeginning of civilizationJoshua leads the invasion of Caanan; the period of the judgesDavid rains as kingTemple rebuiltAlexander the Great conquers the Near East, institutes the process of HellenizationRule of Herod the Greatministry of JesusNew Testaments are writtenbeginnings of civilizationbeginning of civilizationClovis unites Gaul (France) and adopts Christianitylife of MuhammadJerusalem, North Africa, and Spain come under Arab ruleFirst CrusadeFourth Crusade; Western soldiers pillage ConstantanopleAvignon papacy in FranceBubonic plagueCouncil of Constance ends rival papal claims and pronounces conciliarismFransis Xavier leads missions in India and JapanFransis Xavier leads missions in India and JapanCouncil of Trent reforms the Roman Catholic churchThirty Years War
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