AP World History
Category: Other
Updated: 13 Apr 2018
Above the timeline are events
Below the timeline are things that spanned over time
Purple events are from Units 1 and 2
Green events are from Unit 3
Pink events are from Unit 4
Blue events are from Unit 5
Orange events are from Unit 6
Contributors
Created byRachel Grau
Attachments
Events
Beginning of Portuguese exploration of West African coastChristian reconquest of Spain from Muslims completedBeginning of Pastoral economicsBegining of horseback ridingFailed Mongol attack on Japanfailed mongol attack on japanMongol ruler of Persia converts to islamCollaspe of western Roman empireCharlemange crowned as new roman emperorConversion of Kievan Rus to ChristianityMutual excommunication of pope and patriarchQuran completedBattle of Talas RiverBaghdad established as capital of Abbasid caliphateCrusaders seize JerusalemDelhi sultanate established in IndiaMongols sack Baghdad; formal end of Abbasid caliphateMansa Musa’s pilgrimage to MeccaOttoman Empire conquers Constantinople; end of Byzantine EmpireTrung sisters’ rebellion against China in VietnamSeventeen 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 China; beginning of foot bindingThe Tale of Genji (Japan)Trade-borne disease enters Greece from EgyptSpread of Buddhism to Central Asian cities and northern ChinaAll-water route opened between India and ChinaIbn Battuta visits West AfricaNubian conquest of EgyptInitial settlement of New ZealandImperial academy for training Chinese officials establishedSpartacus slave rebellion in italyEruption of Mount Vesuvius destroys PompeiiYellow Turban Rebellion in ChinaCollapse of Han; Loosening of restrictions on elite Chinese women as Han dynasty collapsedSlavery replaced by serfdom in the Roman worldFounding of the Roman RepublicEpic of Gilgamesh compiledAbandonment of Indus Valley citiesBeginnings of Olmec civilizationBabylonian conquest of JudahEgypt and Mesopotamia incorporated into Persian EmpireHuman entry into eastern AsiaHuman entry into EuropeExtinction of large mammals in AustraliaExtinction of NeanderthalsExtinction of large mammals in North AmericaFirst chiefdoms in MesopotamiaRussia emerges from Mongol ruleTreaty of Tordesillas divides the Americas between Spain and PortugalSafavid Empire established in Persia/IranMughal Empire established in IndiaOttoman siege of ViennaFirst Portuguese plantations in BrazilRussian expansion across Siberia beginsSpanish takeover of Philippines beginsJamestown, Virginia: first permanent English settlement in AmericasFrench colony established in QuebecSecond Ottoman siege of ViennaFragmentation of Mughal EmpireFirst European export of slaves from West AfricaColumbus reaches the AmericasVasco da Gama reaches IndiaFounding of Potosí as silver mining town in BoliviaBeginning of silver shipments from Mexico to ManilaBritish begin military conquest of IndiaBartolomeu Dias' voyage around the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian OceanEstablishment of Portuguese trading post in Calicut, IndiaEstablishment of Batavia by the Dutch on the island of JavaOttoman conquest of ConstantinopleLuther’s Ninety-Five Theses; beginning of Protestant ReformationPublication of Copernicus’s masterwork about a sun-centered universeTaki Onqoy movement in PeruEdict of Nantes proclaiming religious toleration in FranceEuropean missionaries expelled from JapanMissionaries lost favor in the Chinese courtBeginnings of antislavery movementEnd of slave trade in British EmpireBrazil gains independence from PortugalWomen’s Rights Convention, Seneca Falls, New YorkEmancipation of serfs in RussiaWomen gain the vote in United StatesEarly steam engine in BritainBeginning of British Industrial RevolutionLocomotives first used to haul coal in EnglandReform Bill gives vote to middle-class men in EnglandKarl Marx, The Communist ManifestoBeginning of railroad building in Argentina, Cuba, Chile, BrazilFreeing of serfs in RussiaRapid growth of U.S. industrializationTakeoff of Japanese industrializationOpening of transcontinental railroad across United StatesUnification of GermanyRapid growth of Russian industrializationFailed revolution in RussiaRussian RevolutionInitial British settlement of AustraliaNapoleon’s invasion of EgyptBeginning of major British settlement in New ZealandOpening of Suez CanalUnited States acquires the Philippines from Spain and annexes HawaiiJapan annexes KoreaChinese reject British requests for open tradeFamine and rebellions in JapanAdmiral Perry arrives in JapanMeiji Restoration in JapanEthiopian defeat of Italy preserves Ethiopia’s independenceYoung Turk takeover in Ottoman EmpireBolshevik Revolution in Russia; United States enters World War ITreaty of Versailles ending World War I; founding of Nazi PartyTreaty of Sèvres, dissolving the Ottoman EmpireMussolini comes to power in ItalyBeginning of Great DepressionHitler assumes power in GermanyGermany invades Poland, beginning World War II in EuropeJapanese attack on Pearl HarborAtomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; United Nations createdEuropean Economic Community establishedEuropean Union establishedIntroduction of the euroFounding of Chinese Communist PartyCommunist triumph in ChinaCuban RevolutionCuban missile crisisPrague Spring: communist reform movement in CzechoslovakiaSoviet invasion of AfghanistanCollapse of communist regimes in Eastern EuropeDisintegration of Soviet UnionFidel Castro steps down as leader of communist CubaUnited States proposes to restore diplomatic relations with CubaPeriods
Aztec Empire in MesoamericaMing Dynasty in ChinaConquests in TudorChinese Maritime voyagesInca Empire along the IndesPortuguese entry into the Indian Ocean worldXiongnu EmpireVarious Turkic empiresArab empireConversion of Turkic peoples to IslamAlmoravid EmpireLife of Chinggis KhanMongol rule in ChinaMongol rule in RussiaMongol attacks on Eastern EuropeHigh point of black death in europeIntroduction of Chritianity to NubiaJustinian rules byzantine empireicon controversy in byzantineCrusaders in the Islamic worldTranslations of Greek and Arab works available in EuropeBlack Death in EuropeLife of MuhammadEra of Rightly Guided CaliphsMuslim conquest of PersiaCivil WarEmergence of Sunni/Shia splitUmayyad caliphateConquest of SpainHigh point of Abbasid caliphateEmergence of SufismEarly state building in KoreaBuddhism takes root in ChinaSui dynasty and the reunification of ChinaTang Dynasty in ChinaHeian period in Japanese historySong dynasty in ChinaInitial flourishing of Silk Road commerceBeginning of trans-Saharan tradeChinese monopoly on silk production brokenRise of islamSrivijaya kingdomKhmer kingdom of AngkorSwahili civilization along East African coastMongol Empire revitalizes Silk Road commerceKingdom of Zimbabwe in southeastern AfricaMarco Polo in ChinaAztec and Inca empires facilitate commercial exchange in the AmericasLapita culture in OceaniaChavín religious movement in Peruvian AndesKingdom of Meroë in upper Nile ValleyNiger Valley civilization in West AfricaHopewell “mound-building” culture in U.S. eastern woodlandsFlourishing of Axum (East Africa) and Moche (coastal Peru) civilizations; spread of Bantu-speaking people in eastern and southern AfricaClassical Maya cilizationFlourishing of TeotihuacánIntroduction of Christianity to AxumTiwanaku and Wari in the AndesChaco culture in U.S. SouthwestCahokiaSaudeleur dynasty on island of PohnpeiLife of Aspasia in AthensPoetry of Buddhist nuns set to writingLaws of Manu prescribing proper social behavior in IndiaReforming emperor Wang Mang in power in ChinaLife of Ban Zhao in ChinaEmpress Wu reigned in ChinaUpanishads composedHebrew prophets (Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah)Life of ZarathustraEmergence of Greek rationalismLife of Buddha, Confucius, LaoziJewish exile in BabylonAchaemenid dynasty in Persia; state support for ZoroastrianismAge of warring states in ChinaLife of SocratesQin dynasty in ChinaLife of JesusLife of PaulChristianity becomes state religion of Roman Empire, Armenia, AxumEra of Greek City-StatesPersian Achaemenid EmpireMajor battles between Persians and GreeksGolden Age of AthensPeloponnesian WarReign of Alexander the Greatndia’s Mauryan dynasty empireChina’s Han dynasty empireHigh point of Roman EmpireTransition from republic to empire in RomeIndia’s Gupta dynasty empireCollapse of western Roman EmpireBeginnings of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Norte Chico civilizationsNubian kingdom of Ta-SetiPeriod of independent Sumerian city-statesOld Kingdom Egypt (high point of pharaoh’s power and pyramid building)Beginnings of Chinese, Indus Valley, and Central Asian (Oxus) civilizationsXia dynasty in China (traditionally seen as first dynasty of Chinese history)Babylonian EmpireReign of HammurabiNew Kingdom EgyptKush conquest of EgyptEarliest Homo sapiens in AfricaBeginnings of Mirgration 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 MexicoAustronesian migration to Pacific islands and MadagascarHuman entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers)Songhai empire in West AfricaSpanish conquest of Aztec EmpireSpanish conquest of Inca EmpireChinese expansion into Inner AsiaBeginning of Portuguese voyages along the coast of West AfricaRussian conquest of SiberiaBritish and Dutch East India companies established in AsiaPeak of the transatlantic slave tradeLife of Prince Henry the Navigator of PortugalVasco da Gama's first voyage to IndiaFerdinand Magellan's circumnnativation of the worldSpanish conquest of the PhillipinesSeven Years' WarCaptain James Cook's voyages in the Pacific OceanMatteo Ricci in ChinaThirty Years’ War in EuropeLife of Isaac Newton; culmination of European Scientific RevolutionEnlightenmentWahhabi movement of Islamic reform in ArabiaLife of Guru Nanak; beginning of Sikh traditionLife of Wang Yangming in ChinaLife of Mirabai, bhakti poet of IndiaCouncil of TrentNorth American RevolutionFrench RevolutionHaitian RevolutionExecution of Louis XVI; the Terror in FranceReign of NapoleonHidalgo-Morelos rebellion in MexicoLatin American wars of independenceCivil War and abolition of slavery in United StatesUnification of Germany and ItalyCuba and Brazil abolish slaveryFirst International socialist organization in EuropeSecond International socialist organization in EuropeBuilding of trans-Siberian railroadMexican RevolutionIndian RebellionFrench conquest of IndochinaScramble for AfricaBoer War in South AfricaCompletion of Dutch conquest of IndonesiaMaji Maji rebellion in East AfricaSpread of Christianity in non-Muslim AfricaGandhi’s leadership of Indian National CongressFirst Opium War in ChinaTanzimat reforms in the Ottoman EmpireTaiping Uprising in ChinaSecond Opium War in ChinaJapanese war against ChinaBoxer Uprising in ChinaRusso-Japanese WarChinese revolution; end of Qing dynastyGenocide in communist CambodiaDeng Xiaoping and beginnings of communist reforms in ChinaGorbachev reforms in USSREconomic contraction in the former Soviet Union and economic expansion in ChinaCommunist North Korea acquires nuclear weaponsWorld War IJapan invades China, beginning World War II in Asia; Rape of NanjingWorld War II; the HolocaustU.S. occupation of JapanCold warMarshall Plan for EuropeStalin in power in Soviet UnionLong March in ChinaImposition of communist regimes in Eastern EuropeKorean WarChina’s Great Leap Forward and massive famineU.S.-Vietnam warChina’s Cultural Revolution
Comments