Events
Spread of Islam to South East AsiaMughal Emperor builds Taj MahalSikhism BeginsYuan Dynasty foundedSeljuk Turks conquer AbbasidsByzantine Empire CollapsesHenry the 8th creates church of EnglandAztecs reach peak powerSpanish Conquer the IncasSpanish conquer the AztecsCasta system is establishedNew World gains horses, cows, and pigsManchus take over Ming dynastyPlantation agriculture beginsColumbus discovers the new worldEurope seeks access to Asian spice tradeCompass used in navagationProtestant ReformationMartin Luther nails his 95 ThesisBible published in a variety of languages (not just Latin)Footbinding beginsMeiji RestorationColumbian ExchangeCollapse of the Qing DynastyInca's use the mit'a systemDhow ships with lateen sailsAfro-Eurasia gains corn and potatoesCounter ReformationEuropeons establish a trading post empires in the Indian OceanTanzimat ReformsBoxer RebellionCollectivization of agricultureMarx and Engels write the Communist ManifestoCreation of worker's unionsEnlightenmentGandhi's Salt MarchIndustrial RevolutionJesuit Missionaries sent to China and JapanTotal War StartedSeneca Falls ConferenceTreaty of Nanjing (signed)Declaration of Independence writtenTokugawa Shogunate Unifies JapanSecond Industrial RevolutionGreen RevolutionSimon Bolivar dreams of establishing Gran ColumbiaTelegraph InventedMale sufferage grantedPrinting press invented in EuropeEnd of serfdom (or at least close to the end)Admiral Perry arrives in JapanCrop Rotation reaches peakBessmer ProcessWorking class women work in factoriesChild Labor Laws PassedBerlin ConferenceGMO's DevelopedCollapse of the Soviet UnionWomens SufferageGreat DyingAfrican IndependenceGlobal Warming Coming to AttentionAdam Smith writes Wealth of NationsPortugal explores Western coast of AficaJapan Invades ChinaSynthetic fertillizersNuclear Power discoveredRough formations of trading blocs like EU, NAFTA, and ASEANInternet InventedHolocaustEnd of slavery world wideFormation of the UNCreation of IseralWorld Trade Organizaiton EstablishedVietnamese IndependenceKnowledge economies createdTiananmen Square MassacrePolio Vaccine InventedFirst use of atomic weapoonsDomino Theory first usedIndians IndependenceGlobalized CultureApartheid in South AfricaHan Chinese forced to wear the queue hairstyleEuropean states have no direct access to main trade routesJapan establisehes a Pacific EmpireOtto von Bismarck unifies GermanyPublic EducationNATO FormsFirst Satellites in spaceNon Allied Movement FoundedAIDS EpidemicMinecraft CreatedPeriods
Period 1: 1200-1450
Global Tapestry (1) and Networks of Exchange (2)1450-1750
Transoceanic Connections (3) and Land Based Empires (4)1750-1900
Revolutions (5) and Consequences of Industrialization (6)1900-Present
Global Conflict (7), Cold War and Decolonization (8), and Globalization (9)Pax Mongolia (Mongol Peace)Vasco da Gama discovers maritime route to Indian OceanMansa Musa (lived and died)Viking attacks on EuropeCrusadesZheng He travels in the Indian OceanEuropean FeudalismSufi missionaries spread IslamForbidden City ConstructedManorialismBlack PlagueNeoconfucianismRise of Swahili city-statesTang and Song Dynasty ChinaByzantine EmpireOttoman Empire PeaksSrivijaya Empire flourishesThree-field systemAfrican imperialismTriangular TradeChattel slaveryThirty Year's WarLouis the 14th construct VersaillesMongol EmpireTrans-Atlantic slave tradeToussaint L'Ouverture (lived and died)Akbar the GreatGunpowder EmpiresMali EmpireJoint-stock companies peakHaitian RevolutionTaiping RebellionBolshevik RevolutionChild LaborGreat ZimbabweJapenese and Chinese IsolationismJanissariesIndentured servitude from East and South AsiaFactory systemSteam shipsMexican Revolution7 Year's WarSepoy RebellionMercantilismRise of the industrial working classGreat Depression"Sparate spheres" for middle class men and womenThe first Opium WarSecond Opium WarNapoleon (lived and died)Dutch control the spice islandsRailroads in the USReign of TerrorTokugawa ShogunateMiddle PassageChinese Cultural RevolutionSpace RaceArmenian GenocideDeng Xiaoping (lived and died)Europeon "spheres of influence" in ChinaCollapse of the Ottoman EmpireStalins 5 year plan (attempt 1,2, and 3)American occupation of JapanRwandan GenocideGlasnostUse of Shipping containersRise of fascismWarsaw PactChinese Exclusion ActWorld War 1World War 2Rise of Ethnic EnclavesBerlin WallGreat Leap ForwardKorean WarLeague of NationsVietnam WarCuban Missile Crisis
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