New World History Timeline
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Updated: 20 Dec 2017
Everything for History Semester 1
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Created bySadie
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King Narmer/Menes of Upper Egypt -- unites Upper + Lower Egypt by marrying the princess of Lower Egypt 3100 BCERamses II -- greatest pharaoh of Egypt; makes Egypt very wealthy, creates Egyptian Empire 1279-1212 BCESargon -- creates first empire, falls apart after death; ruler of Mesopotamia 2300 BCEBabylonian Empire -- Nebuchadnezzar II overthrows the Assyrians 605-562 BCEPersian Empire -- led by Cyrus the Great (600-530 BCE); empire of tolerance and public worksEnd of Indus Valley -- don't know why it ended → Aryan Invasion Theory 1500 BCEShang Dynasty -- believed in animism and ancestor worship; Yangtzi/Yangtzu and Yellow Rivers 1600-1095 BCEZhou Dynasty -- Mandate of Heaven → "heaven" gave king authority 1095-476 BCEWarring States Period -- people war with other people trying to get Mandate of Heaven 476-221 BCEQin Dynasty -- first emperor was Qin Shihuangdi; emerged victorious in Warring States Period 221-107 BCERoman Republic -- republic; rose as power in the 300s BCE during Hellenistic Period 771 BCEFirst Punic War -- Rome invents corvus and Carthage surrenders; Rome gets Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia 264-241 BCESecond Punic War -- Hannibal → Carthaginian general; attacks Rome through north; Roman Scipio wins war 216-201 BCEAkbar -- patron of arts but slaughtered many people 1556-1605 BCEBattle of Marathon -- Athenian fighters on mountain; standstill for many days - Persians attacked when leaving 900 BCESecond Persian War -- Xerxes is king of Persia, Greeks win + unite, starts Greek Golden Age 480 BCEBattle of Thermopylae -- group of 1000(?) Greeks defend against 300000 Persians + hold them 3-4 days 480 BCEBattle of Salamis -- naval battle; Greeks use trireme + sink Persian fleet 480 BCEBattle of Cannae -- Romans were overconfident; Carthaginians learned from past Roman failures + ravage Italy 16 years 216 BCEThe Fall of Rome -- lots of reasons 476 CEThe "Dark" Ages -- less technology and social structures, feudalism, centrality of religion 476-1000 CEMughal Empire -- India, held power for about 200 years; Taj Mahal, efficient taxation 1526-1857 CEAurangzeb -- discriminated against non-Muslims but stopped many things to reduce costs 1658-1707 BCE
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